Words: Psalm 137.

Music: Don McLean, probably based on a canon by Philip Hayes (1737–1797).

Parts: 3

Range: 15 half-steps

Difficulty: Medium.

Recordings elsewhere

Recorded by Don McLean: “Babylon,” on American Pie.

Recorded by The Rounds Galore and More Singers: “By the Waters of Babylon,” on Rounds Galore … and More, Volume 3.

Philip Hayes canon recorded by Streetsinger John et al: “By the Waters of Babylon.”