By the rivers of Watertown
we wept, we wept, we wept,
When we remembered Thee, O Balsam,
preserve them, defend them,
Deliver an d restore them unto us,
preserve them, defend them,
Deliver an d restore them
For they that held them in bondage
To take our arms against their brethren,
Forbid it, Lord God, forbid!
Forbid it, Lord God, forbid!
That those who have succoured
Should thirst for American blood.
A voice was heard in Roxbury,
Which echoed through the continent,
Weeping, weeping, weeping,
I do earnestly remember it still.
I do earnestly, I do earnestly,
I do earnestly remember it still.
If I forget thee, if I forget thee,
Yea, if I do not remember thee,
Then let thy numbers cease to flow,
then be thy news un kind,
Then let thy tongue forget to move,
Let horrid jargon split the air,
and drive my nerves asunder.
Let hateful discord greet my ear
dance and consolements depart.
Let dissonance erect her throne
and reign within my heart.
If I forget Thee, if I forget Thee,
yea, if I do not remember Thee,
Then let my numbers cease to flow,
Then let my tongue forget to move,
Let foreign jargons split the
Let hateful discord breed my ear
and sun consonants depart,
Let his honours erect a throne
and reign within my heart.
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