Down by the riverside (Traditional)

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• (Posted 2024-05-07)  CPDL #80558:       

Editor: David Greenwood (submitted 2024-05-07).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 69 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Arranged by David Greenwood.

General Information

Title: Down by the riverside
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Spiritual

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 2023
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Gonna lay down my burden,
down by the riverside,
and study war no more.

I ain't gonna study war no more.
I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield,
down by the riverside.

Gonna lay down my sword and shield,
down by the riverside,
and study war no more.