There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,(A)
for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”(B)

How can we sing the Lord’s song
on foreign soil?(C)

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There on the poplars(A)
    we hung our harps,(B)
for there our captors(C) asked us for songs,
    our tormentors demanded(D) songs of joy;
    they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”(E)

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(F)
    while in a foreign land?

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