Down by the Riverside
Composer:
American traditional gosple song
Genre: World / Folk
Decade: before 1923
Submitted by: Russell Ambrose
Description:
From Wikipedia: "Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain`t Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is a traditional gospel song. It was first published in Carl Sandburg`s The American Songbag (1927)[1] and there are at least 14 black gospel recordings before World War II.[2]"Down by the Riverside" has a long history and was known in Civil War times. It was sung by blacks. The line "I ain`t goin` to study war no more" perhaps originated about this time. Slaves from the American South sung this song as a work song and added many lines to it from other spirituals. It has endured far into modern times with little changes since.
File Size: 3Kb |
Bars: 25 |
Pages: 2 |
Length: 1m, 0s |
Submitted: 08/01/2012
by: Russell Ambrose