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"Down in the River to Pray" (Roud 4928, also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song. The exact origin of the ...
"Down by the River" is a song composed by Neil Young. It was first released on his 1969 album with Crazy Horse, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.Young explained the context of the story in the liner notes of his 1977 anthology album Decade, stating that he wrote "Down by the River," "Cinnamon Girl" and "Cowgirl in the Sand" while delirious in bed in Topanga Canyon with a 103 °F (39 °C) fever.
Way down upon the Suwannee River, Far, far away, There's where my heart is turning ever, There's where the old folks stay. All up and down the whole creation, Sadly I roam, Still longing for my childhood station, And for the old folks at home. Chorus All the world is sad and dreary Everywhere I roam. O dear ones, how my heart grows weary,
"Down in the Willow Garden" (Roud 446), also known as "Rose Connelly", [1] [2] is a traditional Appalachian murder ballad.It is written from the perspective of a man facing the gallows for the murder of his lover, to whom he gave poisoned wine, then stabbed, and threw in a river.
Cash Box called it a "masterful cut" that "generates a powerful vision of steamy life in a more primitive phase, on a river from soul of Louisiana, or the Nile, or the mortal soul" and is "done with spoken word and a chant-like vocal and poetic lyrics that speak with a novelist's tongue and the heart of Huckleberry." [4]
Down by the river Saile. She had a penknife long and sharp Weela Weela Walya She had a penknife long and sharp Down by the river Saile. She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart Weela Weela Walya She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart Down by the river Saile. Three loud knocks came a'knocking on the door Weela Weela Walya
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, James Madison University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.
The lyrics narrate the story of a woman drowning her daughter and reference the traditional American folk song "Salty Dog Blues". "Down by the Water" received critical acclaim upon its release, charting in Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.