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Down by the Riverside

Appears in 45 hymnals First Line: Goin' to lay down my sword and shield Refrain First Line: Ain't goin' to study war no more Text Sources: African American spiritual
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STUDY WAR NO MORE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 28 hymnals Tune Sources: African-American spiritual Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 32356 11333 23212 Used With Text: Down by the Riverside
STUDY WAR NO MORE

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Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #162 (1993) Meter: Irregular Lyrics: 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] Topics: Words and Deeds of Prophetic Women and Men Peace Languages: English Tune Title: DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE
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Gonna Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #321 (2013) Lyrics: 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, down by the riverside. I ain't gonna study war no more. ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, I ain't gonna study war no more, 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, down by the riverside. I ain't gonna study war no more. ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, I ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more. Topics: Commitment; Confession; Conflict; Non-Violence; Peace on Earth; Peacemaking; Pursuit of Peace Scripture: Joel 3:10 Languages: English Tune Title: STUDY WAR NO MORE
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Down by the Riverside

Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #673 (1995) Meter: Irregular First Line: Gonna lay down my sword and shield Lyrics: 1 [Leader:] 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, [Response:] down by the riverside, gonna study war no more. I ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more, ain't gonna study war no more. 2 [Leader:] Gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside; gonna lay down my burden, [Response] Topics: God's World Peace on Earth; God's World Peace on Earth; Peace on Earth; Spirituals Languages: English Tune Title: STUDY WAR NO MORE
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John Wesley Work

1873 - 1925 Person Name: John W. Work Jr., 1873-1925 Author of "Down by the Riverside" in Praise y Adoración John W. Work, Jr. (b. Nashville, TN, 1872; d. Nashville, 1925), is well known for his pioneering studies of African American folk music and for his leadership in the performance of spirituals. He studied music at Fisk University in Nashville and classics at Harvard and then taught Latin, Greek, and history at Fisk from 1898 to 1923. Director of the Jubilee Singers at Fisk, Work also sang tenor in the Fisk Jubilee Quartet, which toured the country after 1909 and made commercial recordings. He was president of Roger Williams University in Nashville during the last two years of his life. Work and his brother Frederick Jerome Work (1879-1942) were devoted to collecting, arranging, and publishing African American slave songs and spirituals. They published two collections: New Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers (1901) and Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907). Bert Polman
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Edward C. Deas

1880 - 1944 Person Name: E. C. Deas Arranger of "[Goin' to lay down my sword and shield]" in Songs and Spirituals of negro composition for revivals and congregational singing Edward C. Deas was born on 31 Jan 1880 in Florence County, South Carolina. He died June 20, 1944, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. email to Hymnary
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Phil. V. S. Lindsley

Arranger of "[Going to lay down my burden]" in National Jubilee Melodies
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