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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's All Go Down the Strand" was popular with British soldiers in the First World War, alongside other music hall favourites such as "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" and Charles Whittle's "We All Go The Same Way Home". [11] The men of a London battalion are recorded as having sung it when up to their knees in mud near Ypres in 1917. [3]
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,
"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 ...
The song's lyrics refer to the Christian concept of the anticipation of restoration and reward, and reference the motifs found at Revelation 22:1–2 - a crystal clear river with water of life, issuing from the throne of heaven, all presented by an angel of God. It also brings to mind Acts 16:13, where Paul found women gathered by the river ...
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 ...
"Take This Job and Shove It" is a 1977 country music song written by David Allan Coe and popularized by Johnny Paycheck, about the bitterness of a man who has worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was first recorded by Paycheck on his album also