How can we sing (A)the Lords song
In a foreign land?
If I (B)forget you, Jerusalem,
May my right hand [a]forget its skill.
May my (C)tongue cling to the roof of my mouth
If I do not remember you,
If I do not [b](D)exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 137:5 I.e., become useless
  2. Psalm 137:6 Lit cause to ascend

How can we sing the songs of the Lord(A)
    while in a foreign land?
If I forget you,(B) Jerusalem,
    may my right hand forget its skill.
May my tongue cling to the roof(C) of my mouth
    if I do not remember(D) you,
if I do not consider Jerusalem(E)
    my highest joy.

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