Who wrote the original words for 'Jerusalem'?

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Who wrote the original words for 'Jerusalem'?

Question #92849. Asked by nibbles0011.
Last updated Sep 12 2021.

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The Lion and the Cobra by Sinéad O'Connor:

"Jerusalem" (O'Connor/McMordie/Clowes/Reynolds) – 4:20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_Cobra

U2 and Anouk also have done songs by that title.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_%28disambiguation%29#Music

Feb 26 2008, 9:14 AM

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Which Jerusalem do you mean? It depends. There is an opera written by Verdi.

Or the song which uses the words from the William Blake poem "And did those feet in ancient time"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time

There are other songs called "Jersualem" as well

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Not to mention the countless poems, stories and songs in Israeli culture with just "Yerushalayim" (Jerusalem) as the title...

Feb 26 2008, 11:16 AM

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer do a fantastic version of the original lyrics on the album titled Brain Salad Surgery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TbiIEpZJ8

Alphaville (Big In Japan)has their own song by this name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_(Alphaville_song)

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In the UK, 'Jerusalem' as a song title always refers to the Blake words and Parry music unless qualified. I have never regarded it as a hymn (Wikipedia) but as a political song - as political as Billy Bragg's stuff is now.

Feb 27 2008, 2:25 PM