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"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't Gonna Study War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") is an African-American spiritual.Its roots date back to before the American Civil War, [1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company. [2]
"Down by the Riverside" takes place during a major flood. Its main character, a farmer named Mann, must get his family to safety in the hills, but he does not have a boat. In addition, his wife, Lulu, has been in labor for several days but cannot deliver the baby. Mann must get her to a hospital - the Red Cross hospital.
Tharpe's 1944 release "Down by the Riverside" was selected for the National Recording Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress in 2004, which noted that it "captures her spirited guitar playing and unique vocal style, demonstrating clearly her influence on early rhythm-and-blues performers" and cited her influence on "many gospel, jazz, and ...
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The title is derived from a line in the traditional gospel song "Down by the Riverside": "I ain't gonna study war no more". It was published by St. Martin's Press in 1977, and reprinted by Avon Books in 1978. It has also been published in the United Kingdom, and translated into German and French.
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1959: Down by the Riverside (United Artists) 1980: In New York (Qualtro) 1980: Swingin' That Music ; 1980: Pee Wee in Hollywood (Qualtro) 1990: Dixieland Ramble (Broadway Intermission) – contains radio transcriptions probably from the 1950s and a 1965 live session) 2000: Dr. Jazz – with Vic Dickenson, all tracks recorded in 1952