This song
includes the traditional refrain, "Babylon, your
throne is gone down, gone down;
Babylon, your throne is gone down."
For more information:
'Babylon' |
Bob Marley - Rastaman Chant
(Traditional; arranged Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer)
Song
Lyrics
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Biblical
Reference
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Hear
the words of the Rastaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down."
Said I hear the words of the Iyaman say:
"Babylon, you throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon, you throne gone down." |
Isaiah
47:1 - Come down, and sit in
the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on
the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the
Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called
tender and delicate.
Revelation 14:8
- And there followed another angel, saying,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city,
because she made all nations drink of the wine of
the wrath of her fornication.
Revelation 18:2
- And he cried mightily with a strong voice,
saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,
and is become the habitation of devils, and the
hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird.
Revelation 18:21
- And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus
with violence shall that great city Babylon be
thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. |
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And I hear the
angel with the seven seals say:
"Babylon throne gone down, gone down;
Babylon throne gone down." |
Revelation
5:1-2 - And I saw in the right
hand of him that sat on the throne a book written
within and on the backside, sealed with seven
seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with
a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and
to loose the seals thereof?
Revelation 17:1
- And there came one of the seven angels which
had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying
unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon
many waters: |
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I say fly away
home to Zion (fly away home);
I say fly away home to Zion (fly away home).
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
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One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
One bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home.
Say one bright morning when my work is over,
Man will fly away home. |
Psalm
55:6 - And I said, Oh that I
had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away,
and be at rest. |
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