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Text:Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield
Tune:DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Arranger:Mary Allen Walden, 1946-

162. Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield

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

Refrain:
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
ain’t gonna study war no more.
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
I ain’t gonna study war no more,
ain’t gonna study war no more.

2 Gonna lay down my burden,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my burden,
down by the riverside,
gonna study war no more. [Refrain]

3 Gonna shake hands around the world,
ev'rywhere I roam,
ev'rywhere I roam,
ev'rywhere I roam.
Gonna shake hands around the world,
ev'rywhere I roam,
gonna study war no more. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Title: Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1993
Topic: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men: Peace
Source: African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875
Tune Information
Name: DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
Arranger: Mary Allen Walden, 1946-
Meter: Irregular
Key: G Major or modal
Source: African American spiritual, c. 1750-1875
Copyright: Arr. © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association



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