There is also Zion Garden in Saline, which I have never found. (It would probably help if I actually looked for it...)
Zion Garden is a private place behind the Grain de Sel, same family owners, it is sometimes used for parties, an occasional wedding, photo shoot etc.. mostly empty but often quite a few goats when nothing else is happening there...
Thanks Amy! I knew about the Jerusalem connection but not the Eden one.
Since Izzy is falling down on the job ( :laughing-cry: ) here are a couple Wikipedia entries more related to the Eden definition In Rastafari, "Zion"...
For the Rivers of Babylon, I believe this is the original:
Rivers of Babylon by Boney M...
JEK, do you remember the year Andy Hall dressed as Boney M and this was their Carnival float song??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bt-v6Y9K7I
maybe you can embed these videos, I can't seem to....
I do remember that year! Edit out the "s" in "https" and it will embed.
For the Rivers of Babylon, I believe this is the original:
Rivers of Babylon by Boney M... .
Melodians first recorded their version in 1970. Boney M's recording came in 1978.
Given that this one has being "covered", adapted, and "sampled" for over 2500 years, a few years is not much of a difference though... one can strongly argue, btw, that the real nature of the psalm on which the songs are based but incompletely quote or reference is not evident in either version...
...here's an interesting article in the Financial Times:Rivers of Babylon — Boney M’s hit has a history stretching back thousands of years