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The Waters

from Sibylline by Robin O'Brien

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by Robin O’Brien; words adapted from “Ballad of Babylon,” John of the Cross, 1542-1591

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Beside the flowing river that in Babylon I found,
I sat down with my weeping, watering the foreign ground.
I remember you, Zion: My heartland that I love so well,
The sweetness of memory increasing as the tears fell.

I took off my fancy clothes, and plucked away the rose that I wore.
By the hanging willows green: I hung up my music, I put away my song, I hung up my music for so long.

For you my own life has died, and in you is newly born.
By the memory of you, life is given and withdrawn.
Will you call me home my Lord? Will my life in exile be
Fastened to the rock of Jesus
He for whom I cast my life away?

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from Sibylline, released May 24, 2020

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Robin O'Brien Santa Rosa, California

Eclectic mix of recordings; mostly lo-fi. I've been a closet home-taper, recording my music since before multitrack was available to us common folk at home. It's my joy.
George Reisch re-imagined some of these tunes, and you can find them at Luxotone.com
recordings by Jean Farmer and I are at notan.org
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