<P> `` Rivers of Babylon '' is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970 . The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible . The Melodians ' original version of the song appeared in the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie The Harder They Come , making it internationally known . </P>
<P> `` Rivers of Babylon '' is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970 . The lyrics are adapted from the texts of Psalms 19 and 137 in the Hebrew Bible . The Melodians ' original version of the song appeared in the soundtrack album of the 1972 movie The Harder They Come , making it internationally known . </P>
who wrote the song by the rivers of babylon
who wrote the song by the rivers of babylon
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians
Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians