..By the rivers of Babylon.

Some of our ancestors did live near the Tigris and the Euphrates, carried there after Nebuchadnezzar 2nd started the deportation of Judeans in 586 BC. Cyrus (The Great) gave permission for their return in 538 BC.

As the blood of the Sephardim or Spanish Jews who were expelled from Spain is in most of us, there is a real connection with these events.

There is another song by Jacob Miller that reminds us of another 'captivity'. Containment by narrow mindedness, faasness and resentment.

http://www.dooballoh.com/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=3865

Why do I harp on negativities? Same reason that a doctor seeks the causes of illness in order to deal with the condition.

"Let them all pass their dirty remarks.....

...One Love"

For those interested in the Temple of Solomon.

http://www.hshideaway.com/chap15.htm