Biografia:
Auguably the finest rocksteady group to come out of Jamaica, The Melodians were formed in the Greenwich Town area of Kingston in 1965 by Tony Brevett (brother of Skatalites bassist Lloyd Brevett), Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton. Close friend, Renford Cogle, assisted with writing and arranging material. In 1966 The Melodians made their recording debut with Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label with the releases "Lay It On" "Meet Me", "I Should Have Made It Up" and "Let's Join Hands (Together).
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Intro]
G G D G
[Verse]
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By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
Sing it out loud, sing a song of freedom, sister
G D G
Sing a song of freedom, brother
G
We gotta sing and shout it, we gotta jump and shout it
D G
Shout the song of freedom now
[Chorus]
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G
Sing it again! We've got to sing it together
D G G G D G
We've got to shout it together
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land...
G G D G
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
Sing it out loud, sing a song of freedom, sister
G D G
Sing a song of freedom, brother
G
We gotta sing and shout it, we gotta jump and shout it
D G
Shout the song of freedom now
[Chorus]
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G D G D
So let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our heart
G D G
Be acceptable in Thy sight, oh Far I
G
Sing it again! We've got to sing it together
D G G G D G
We've got to shout it together
[Verse]
G
By the rivers of Babylon where he sat down
D G
And there he wept when he remembered Zion
G
But the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land?
G
'Cause the wicked carried us away in captivity
C G
Required from us a song
G D G
How can we sing King Alpha song in a strange land...
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