My wife and I met when were 16 & marrired when we turned 20. We loved to dance, receiving many compliments. This was our favorite song. We danced to it for 70 years. She passed away 4 years ago. I hope the good Lord will reunite us and that we will be able to dance to it again...

@kareemadel2226

Жыл бұрын

Amen to that .... with love 🙏

@annaaisa5702

Жыл бұрын

Wow true love you fit man acknowledging your late wife I salute you for that,

@BGmary

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your tremendous loss, I bet you were amazing. Do you have any videos if you and her dancing to this song?

@oiseauxblanc2517

Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

@irenitafaleiro6261

Жыл бұрын

Muito gratificante ouvi falar bem desta banda uma lenda viva. Que não tem preço. G🎄💕💕🌷🌷

My dad used to play Boney M on weekends, brings back lots of childhood memories. He passed in 2011 but this takes me back. :)

@alexandrefernandes9061

11 ай бұрын

Long Life to your dad

@lilyespinoza1445

5 ай бұрын

2023?😅

@lilyespinoza1445

5 ай бұрын

😮😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩😩😩

@wesehonthebit2364

4 ай бұрын

Q

I was born in 1999 and I’m so thankful that my parents let me grew up with their good taste of music. I mean that was music with a meaning, a story behind it. We need more like this nowadays.

@sourayatorbey9230

3 жыл бұрын

so so true

@taufiqueshayibu6296

3 жыл бұрын

Me too. I can totally relate to u

@yourstrulytk12

3 жыл бұрын

u spoke truth mate

@piperharwood6542

3 жыл бұрын

I’m an 05 baby and if I have kids this will be all they hear

@jerrybear6440

3 жыл бұрын

You are good people....

I was born in 1998 and my dad is an avid lover of your music. I grew up listening to your record everyday at home. It is truly nostalgic to listen to your songs nowadays

@maritesstnasara1992

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 1989

@declanweyers2677

Жыл бұрын

Me too October 31st

@MaysseinGoma-co2ff

8 ай бұрын

Vraiment ma mère voulais même se marié avec lui j'ai écouté sa depuis mon enfance 1996

This group were so underated. And as a Christian, I loved it that they put words of the Psalms into lovely music ! God bless !

@iorverakile5233

2 жыл бұрын

Not THAT underrated. One of their songs, rasputin, has 246 M views on youtube

@brianmccauley339

Жыл бұрын

Amen 🙏

@slaffkas

2 ай бұрын

This is a classic from a long ago.

I am 71 today..still love this song .a long time ago in 1978 when studying in Edinburgh,Scotland .

@ruthclara5082

5 жыл бұрын

awesome!! We are currently studying in Edinburgh and your comment made us smile. :)

@Blackwingk

5 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1976, and I imagine this song often played in our home...because I'm always taken back to my childhood when I hear this :)

@toddt-1514

5 жыл бұрын

What did you study there?

@youcefoussama9248

4 жыл бұрын

Othman Ahmad exactement hhhhhh tu ponce tres bien mon grand frère

@SivaKumar-mu5pj

4 жыл бұрын

May God bless you and family.

one of the greatest songs of all time. I carry it in my favorite folder, wherever i go.

@marioprieto2335

7 ай бұрын

IS PART OF PSALM 137 IN OUR BIBLE,...💗💗

Lord why don't we have this true music any more? :(

this song never get's old.

@ideos2980

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the song was written over 2000 years ago

@2seven4heaven

4 жыл бұрын

@@ideos2980 Right, by King David who was the first rapper on the world.

@thebadsanses6001

3 жыл бұрын

This song has scriptural base!!! Re: The HOLY BIBLE K.J.V. 1611 The WORD Of GOD

@wga8363

2 жыл бұрын

@@2seven4heaven No, after the exile of Babylon. It is the last Psalm chronological.

@joemarshall7214

Жыл бұрын

See

I was 12 when this song was released, hardly new any word of English, now, by the power of memory talking to a friend about this song, I decided to hear it again. Oh, boy, what a powerful message. We all sang this song how we could, oblivious of the meaning it was conveying. God bless, Boney M. and Jamaica

Greetings from Russia! Thank you for your songs) In the 70s and 80s, we danced at discos to your music. I didn't understand the song "Rivers of Babylon" then... I only understood it now, when I read the Psalms.

@alangervasis

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Are you Orthodox?

@Leah-sb5tw

2 жыл бұрын

@@alangervasis Shalom. I didn’t understand it neither until now that I am committed to read the Torah🤗👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼HaShem’s people really went through so many trials🥲but there’s hope.

@alexiflores7575

2 жыл бұрын

@@Leah-sb5tw I love to hear that! The lyrics struck me before I knew they were psalms. Confirmation

@marcfpv3206

2 жыл бұрын

We now sing this for the victims of the russian attacks.. You should overthrow your president..

@nonstopcooltop

2 жыл бұрын

Wish you well in this madness.

The harmonies in their voices is always so beautiful and when I listen to this song so do my neighbors and they never complain

@irishfairytarot5674

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@muzishiripinda9375

Жыл бұрын

Yes

Boney M is to me one of the all time best group musically.

Вечная музыка! Сколько лет прошло, слушаешь и не наслушаешся. Никогда не надоест

Psalm 137. Awesome song.

I cannot believe it is 40 years since I first heard this remarkable group,nothing like them exists in today's 'music' scheme (i.e synthesised noise) a retired 'Muso' myself, I reckon those wonderful years of real music,with melody and harmony and professional musicians has long gone.

@torquetorque1777

Жыл бұрын

Your are aware a lot of it is straight out of the bible?

I am 16 years old and i still hear this Masterpieces that they will never die

@nanaasare1239

3 жыл бұрын

@Erga ditano OMG😂😂😂you've shut him up

@ramimurey8040

3 жыл бұрын

Yes champion.

@induuuu5338

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@johnmulej7961

3 жыл бұрын

Rite on BRO 😎😎

@mujdekilvington1687

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely

I heard Boney M. for the first time while studying in France. They were, and are still I suspect, HUGE in France. Funny how they never really caught on here in the US. Long LIVE Boney M.! One of the all time greatest groups! Great memories indeed! xoxox P.

@susannediessner9

3 ай бұрын

Liz the lead singer is still performing in her 70s 😊

I was born in 1899 and I'm glad I've lived for so long.

I was born in 1991 and I remember my dad playing this album in the car. After many years of trying to remember the name of this song I finally found it. ❤

This is music for eternity... Touching every humanbeen...

It's 2021 and a world that is in midst of a pandemic but this song never gets old. That's what evergreen songs are all about!

Always when i hear this song throw me into my childhood when i was holding a black vinyl envelope. It was hmm ... before approx. 35 years ..

@francisokudu1733

3 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@francisokudu1733

3 жыл бұрын

This music and pop is from the poisonous heart of devil worshippers

@SuDeep_M9999

3 жыл бұрын

Ditto !!!

@SuDeep_M9999

3 жыл бұрын

On d nostalgia! Why spit venom on a song...it got some people their grub in their days!!! And thr were ppl who loved it....why spit venom so inconsequentially... Let ppl be!

@katula91

3 жыл бұрын

@@francisokudu1733 It's from Psalms.

Gracias a Dios por este grupo alemán Boney Mque nos brinda música maravillosa. Saludos desde Colombia

Love their music, songs and style.. one of my all time favourite band ❤️BONEY M... We miss those days--your albums , walkman , ear phones, audio casettes ... nostalgic 💚..Loads of love from India❤️❤️❤️.. can never dream to get back this kinda aura and music 🎵🎵❤️❤️❤️💚👍.. and Liz Mitchell And Marcia barrett's voice and style wow hats off❤️💚

By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song Now how shall we sing the lord's song in a strange land Let the words of our mouth and the meditations of our heart Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight By the rivers of babylon, there we sat down Ye-eah we wept, when we remembered zion. By the rivers of babylon (dark tears of babylon There we sat down (you got to sing a song Ye-eah we wept, (sing a song of love When we remember zion. (yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah By the rivers of babylon (rough bits of babylon There we sat down (you hear the people cry Ye-eah we wept, (they need their god ooh, have the power When we remember zion

@RobertPrince-wl7zd

26 күн бұрын

2:43

I remember first hearing this with my friends when I was 5 years old in 1978 and its catchy melody has stayed with me ever since.

2021, anyone??? You're not alone

i love all songs of "Boney M"😍

@tazimkhan4442

5 жыл бұрын

tin Long Beach no

@princessofandrosaisha3614

5 жыл бұрын

Is Boney M.

@isaacsinsun9857

2 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs I hear

These are songs that are never repugnant; just keep living on and growing stronger and better like wine under the sea. Marvelous and beautiful.

Recuerdo hace 10 años yo solo tenía 4 en ese entonces... Mi papá ponía esa canción y mucha música de Boney y no pude evitar seguir sus pasos, ahora en el Colegio me molestaban porque escucho música muy vieja, pero ellos nunca apreciarán la verdadera música 💙😢

@thevisionarygames9132

5 ай бұрын

Con 16 años, casi 17 Te puedo decir que no eres el único bro xd A y se me olvidaba, talvez ya lo sepas, la canción es literalmente el salmo 137 cantado jaja

Salutare din Romania ! Muzica voastra este `viabila` pentru noi. Sunteti cei mai buni pentru mine si pentru cei mai multi dintre prietenii mei. Nu-i tarziu sa reveniti...ma gandesc la ritmuri indiene, chinezesti si voci superbe...hai, ca se poate. Thank you because of your LOVE: M U S I C

In 1978, the famous group Boney M is coming on tour in the USSR , and conquers the country forever.

@clausb7980

3 жыл бұрын

Die Besten für immer Dr. Bienko / Alsfeld

Un grupo "simple" que era imprescindible en cualquier discoteca de los últimos años de la dácada de los 70 y principios d elos 80. Una música muy pegadiza.

What a great band of all time. Oh Jesus time has just gone and miss all this our times

One of the greatest songs of all time.

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

@Baba-yv6ml

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if you're referencing New Vegas but if you are, nice!

@cytkl

4 жыл бұрын

Let those WHO have eyes and ears hear the truth

@rolandmcdonald2297

4 жыл бұрын

imagine these words also brings tears to mine eyes but renewed faith in my heart by the rivers of babylon there we sat down, yea we wept when we remembered zion. It tells me this babylon is not our mt zion , is our home n it is a holy n advanced place n we wept because we are missing our heavenly home the emptiness we all feel inside only the kingdom of mt zion can fill . Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord my strength and my redeemer.

@rosesulla2616

3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

@letitiaokelly5216

3 жыл бұрын

Precious! Makes me feel sad and happy at the same time!!!

This piece is priceless. One fine memory from childhood!

Essa canção me remete a minha infância,não sabia da letra,mas é linda e amo.ainda bem que a internet ajuda agente a recordar ❤

The birth of Jesus in everyone's heart brings peace to the world. Wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year 2020.

@antoniusxxo5687

3 жыл бұрын

2020 wasn't that good but 2021 didn't got better

@acehasaface948

3 жыл бұрын

hehehe this aged HORRIBLY

@user-rh4fc2dg8e

3 жыл бұрын

Oof....... *pulls on collar......

@Ballu12345

3 жыл бұрын

So you believe Jesus is God and He died 🤣 Shut Up

@SivaKumar-mu5pj

3 жыл бұрын

@@Ballu12345 man will die one day. But, the truth will never die and it will live forever to abolish all evils. SHUT UP. Your top & bottom.

Hmmm que belleza. Que recuerdos. Que música. La sigo amando. Lo bueno no pasa de moda recordarla es un deleite ❤️🎶🎵🎶💋 gracias VEVO 👍🏻

@navian13

4 жыл бұрын

Gloria Castro totalmente de acuerdo contigo, la verdadera música son los clásicos los adoro al igual que tú 😍😍😍

@Luka_jackson

3 жыл бұрын

Yo que sólo tengo 14 años, es la mejor música que alguien puede escuchar :'3 amo esta canción y todas estas rolitas que me hacen recirdar a mi padre y a mi abuelo uwu

@mericialexander4486

2 жыл бұрын

Song reminds me of my teenage year.The music is soo sweet.I can listen to it over and over.

Gran música del año 1978. En 2023 sigue sonando. 🔊🎵

@kamalakshabardhan

Жыл бұрын

Now it is 2023 & it will be for long, long & for ever

My childhood ❤

Who is here in 2023?

@alexandermcguire3695

4 ай бұрын

2024?

@Fabulous439

2 ай бұрын

@@alexandermcguire3695 Me 💃🏻

@elisetemiriam1222

Ай бұрын

🙋2024/04 🙌🇧🇷

Such a talented group of people, reminds me of Christmas whenever I hear the ladies singing however because all Christmas growing up my mom would play the Boney M Christmas album.

Forever one of my favorite Boney M's song ❤

Awesome. I just learned about this for the first time from a friend in Croatia. Reminds me of Haiti where I have been 23 times. Haiti perseveres because its people honor and trust God. " May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be worthy of God, my Strength and Savior."

@rosesulla2616

3 жыл бұрын

Amen.

I am from the Sepik River Papua New Guinea. Rivers of Babylon always reminds me of where my root is. This song with the creative music is still one of a master piece many years on. Bonny M I thank you for your great music.

I love these people... My childhood songs that gives me nostalgia... I have looking for this for so long... ❤️❤️❤️

LOS QUE CRECIMOS EN LOS AÑOS 70'S Y 80'S TUVIMOS CIERTOS PRIVILEGIOS COMO EL HABER DISFRUTADO Y CRECIDO CON ESTA HERMOSA MÚSICA, ALGO QUE LA JUVENTUD DE AHORA NUNCA SABRA.

@derinmavilik9078

2 жыл бұрын

aynen sana katiliyorum ben 72 dogumlu olarak cok sansliyim cocuklugumun sarkisdr hepside👍👏💙💜💜💜🥰

@geraldinmartinez2898

Жыл бұрын

Yo soy el ejemplo de pocos jóvenes que escuchan buena música yo crecí oyendo estás canción ✨

When I listing this everyday I'm going to my childhood. They make our childhood best. We love u boney M. Thank u for all

Eu amo Boney M, essa música então, me lembra poucos momentos felizes que tive na minha adolescência

I grew up listening to these guys back home in Poland. love it!!

oh, the sweet & memorable 70's...

@Lumiclan

8 жыл бұрын

+MariaGarcia281 wish I was born in the 60's so I could enjoy the 70's.. Sept I'm a 2002 babay..

@fpsguner2

8 жыл бұрын

+Ylva 0,0 same here 2002

@Lumiclan

8 жыл бұрын

likeaboss00 coolio

@comradejosephstalin6886

7 жыл бұрын

+Ylva 0,0 gangsters paradise?🙋

@Lumiclan

7 жыл бұрын

Comrade Joseph Stalin haha

juste pour dire que Boney M a repris cette chanson donc laisser la vrai gloire de ces paroles aux artistes originels .....

Ah yes a Classic

My favourite since 1978 when I was a kid.

This is so moving that I will listen to it every day!

Psalm 137-1 : "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion" .

This song is brilliant! Chorus is derved from Psalm 137: 1, 2, 4 Verse is from Psalm 19:14

my beloved mom & aunties always play this music in tape at 80..hear this song now remember me to them and the past...bravo...love it👍👍

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion

this song makes me feel sad, yet precious to me. this song really brings me back to my core memories back then

My dad used to sing this song to me and my brother when we were younger. Things were better then, but atleast I've got those memories.

Iam still watching in 2019!!!! ....Really they are LEGENDS......

@nicanorcarvajalbustos3181

4 жыл бұрын

Quién puede compartir está música

@nicanorcarvajalbustos3181

4 жыл бұрын

Quién puede compartir está música

It has been a favourite song since my childhood. We used to listen to this while preparing for Christmas.

Still one of my fav's, so upbeat you can't help but sing a long.

Love much this song . Remind me the sweet time with my wife .thank you .

This was the first record I ever played when I was 5 back in 1979.

🎉🎉🎉🎉HAPPY MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎆🎆🎉🎉🎉2019 to all who are viewing this comment... Love from Mizoram

@SivaKumar-mu5pj

4 жыл бұрын

The birth of Jesus in everyone's heart brings peace to the world. Wish you a happy Christmas and a prosperous new year 2020.

Как ещё вспомнить молодость? Конечно же, слушать Бонни М!!!

Oh mein Gott, was für eine Musik👏👏

I was born 2001 and still interested in listening classical song ❤

Am still watching and admiring this song at 69, WOW.

@pautununa461

4 жыл бұрын

I Like You 👍👍👑

@pautununa461

4 жыл бұрын

I Like You 👍👍👍👍

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered Zion There the wicked Carried us away in captivity Required from us a song Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? There the wicked Carried us away in captivity Requiring of us a song Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts Be acceptable in thy sight here tonight By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down Yeah, we wept, when we remembered Zion By the rivers of Babylon (dark tears of Babylon) There we sat down (you got to sing a song) Yeah, we wept (sing a song of love) When we remembered Zion (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) By the rivers of Babylon (rough bits of Babylon) There we sat down (you hear the people cry) Yeah, we wept (they need their God) When we remembered Zion (ooh, have the power) By the rivers of Babylon (oh yeah yeah), there we sat down (yeah, yeah

Самые лучшие годы.. А какая музыка!!! Настоя Щая!! //❤❤❤

tengo 43 años. y me flipa la música que eschuchabais antes preciosa cómo ver un 124 miraflori que vuelvan esos tiempos por favor

@mariagalvan4013

4 жыл бұрын

Am 50 and I looooooooooooooooove this song, it'll neva grow old on me,it'll keep me young and alive. Peace and harmony to all who is reading this.

@manuelalejandroapablazabec7090

3 жыл бұрын

Claro lo mejor no muere

I have one of my best days when Boney M to my country and have concert! Evethough that was after their breakup, but i still had the fulliest of my life's... how i dance, with my friends... i still can recall of that Night!

Легендарные хиты легендарной группы

One of my husband's favorite songs

Always loved Psalm 137!

@FanxB

9 жыл бұрын

I hope you're being ironic

@matthewaislabie7354

3 жыл бұрын

Song is verbatim from psalms 137. Exact word for word..!

It's of a classic touch--extraordinary!

Safi kabisa wimbo Bora KBS kwangu

Thanks to Boney M I grew up with listening Boney M

Lynne loved this,always sung it when we had a party,evertime i hear this it brings a tear to my eyes. R.I.P lynne.

Beautiful Boney M💗💗💗💗

Glory to true living God. The song and the vocals of the singers are tuning minds of all in the world.

My grand father dancing with this song

The Hum at the start is so HEAVENLY

@kochin1752

6 жыл бұрын

Clinton Vincen mymi zo.

I SEE THIS WEEKEND Liz Mitchell LIVE ON CONCERT IN ROMANIA ! I AM VERY VERY PROUD , IT WAS MY DREAM !

@jolantakrajewska2984

7 жыл бұрын

Bajor

@user-xv3mm9fy7y

7 жыл бұрын

BMW E3OPASSION

@mohammediq1034

7 жыл бұрын

BMW E3OPASSION a fost aici in România ? Unde a fost concertul ?

@bmwe3opassion519

7 жыл бұрын

Da , in Romania mai exact in Covasna ! scrie pe google Boney M romania 2016 Covasna septembrie

@mohammediq1034

7 жыл бұрын

BMW E3OPASSION ok frate am scris-o si le am găsit , mulțumesc tare ❤️

Timeless still in 2023

Viva los años 70- 80 lo mejor de la historia.

When I was in Junior High School in 1981, Boney M was very popular. I love this group. I like almost all their songs. Disco was very popular because Boney M.

we will dance again when we beat this Covid-19, be safe lets hope we will be all right :)

@adeeRoKUO

3 жыл бұрын

you can dance now, don't let anything rob your joy for life 😊

@MrCharliedub1

3 жыл бұрын

@@adeeRoKUO Thanks, you to partyyyyyyyy :)

@There-Is-No-Virus

3 жыл бұрын

Dance now. Fk covid, the whole thing is BS. If you wish to go down the rabbit hole, look up the terrain theory (don't use google though).

Today is september 30 (2022) and I remember them always. I am 65 years old and for me , you will be in my heart foreber. REGARDS FROM SALTILLO . MEXICO.

Good music 🎶

Sun, sea, Jamaica and Boney M. 1978 Rivers Of Babylon was no.1 in Jamaica and in United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria and many states more.

@vuvuuuu

6 жыл бұрын

Freeto laugh All the way to Vietnam, we still turn on Boney M in Lunar New Year. So many memories flashing back nonstop and I literally can weep like child

Maravilha ,tivemos previlegio nos anos 70 e 80. Nunca mais, só lembranças.Dores de Campos , Minas, BRASIL.

The Rivers of Babylon should be a reminder of all those who survived slavery and the obstacles that came with it, and what they had to endure and overcome. Let's not forget. A great song of hope which we still need.

Best song. Best song, of all Times. The GOAT SONG.