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"Let's All Go Down to the River" is a song originally recorded as a duet by American singers Jody Miller and Johnny Paycheck. The earliest known version of the song, titled "The Good Old Way," was published in Slave Songs of the United States in 1867.
"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 ...
"Let Me Help You Work It Out" Connie Smith Jerry Foster I Love Charley Brown: 1968 [25] "Let's All Go Down to the River" Connie Smith Earl Montgomery Sue Richards A Lady Named Smith: 1973 [7] "Letting Go" Connie Smith Glenn Martin Dave Kirby I Never Knew (What That Song Meant Before) 1974 [29] "Little Things" Connie Smith Willie Nelson Shirley ...
Alabama's first single on RCA Records, "Tennessee River", began a streak of 21 country No. 1 singles, including "Love in the First Degree" (1981), "Mountain Music" (1982), "Dixieland Delight" (1983), "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" (1984) and "Song of the South" (1988). The band's popularity waned slightly ...
He explains that he would proceed to go to Dumas Walker's "after the show" where Dumas and others would be shooting marbles behind the store. The call of "let's all go, down to Dumas Walker" then continues as the chorus is sung. Next, the singer describes Dumas Walker (played by Johnnie Johnson in the music video) as closely adhering to the law ...
"Calling All Angels" Jeff Jones Dancin' on the Boulevard: 1997 [8] "Can't Forget About You" Teddy Gentry The Alabama Band #3 My Home's in Alabama: 1979 1980 [16] "Can't Keep a Good Man Down" † Bob Corbin 40-Hour Week: 1985 [10] "Can't You See" Toy Caldwell: Alabama Live: 1988 "A Candle in the Window" Susan Longacre Walt Aldridge Gary Baker ...
Southern Drawl is the twenty-third studio album by American country music group Alabama, and their first new studio album of original materials since When It All Goes South in 2001. The album was released on September 18, 2015, with lead single "Wasn't Through Lovin' You Yet" released the same month. [ 3 ]
In this song the repeated line "Follow the Drinkin' Gourd" is thus often interpreted as instructions to escaping slaves to travel north by following the North Star, leading them to the northern states, Canada, and freedom: The song ostensibly encodes escape instructions and a map from Mobile, Alabama, up the Tombigbee River, over the divide to ...