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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 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.
The song is told as a first-person narrative by Hammond. The storyline is that he and his lover take a camping trip down by a river, where they both decide to go swimming. The next day, both feel ill, having not slept well all night, and go for a morning walk. During their walk, they see "silver fish lay on its side" and wonder how it died.
Down by the River may refer to: "Down by the River" (Albert Hammond song), 1972; re-released in 1975 "Down by the River" (Bliss n Eso song), 2010 "Down by the River" (Milky Chance song), 2014 "Down by the River" (Neil Young song), 1969 "Down by the River", a song by Bing Crosby, 1935 "Down by the River", a song by Des'ree from Supernatural, 1998
"River Bank" is a song recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It is the lead single from his tenth studio album, Moonshine in the Trunk. He co-wrote the song with Kelley Lovelace and co-produced it with Luke Wooten. A remix of the song featuring country rapper Colt Ford was released in July 2014. [3] [4]
The song did not appear on any of the band's studio albums; it reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. [1] The song was named after the Colin MacInnes novel of the same name. The book was one of songwriter Paul Weller's favourites, being chosen by him when he appeared on Desert Island Discs. [2] "Tales from the Riverbank" appeared as the B-side.
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The song's accompanying music video was released on Bliss n Eso's official YouTube channel on 16 June 2010, it achieved over 300,000 and an alternate upload has around 1 million views. [3] In the video, Bliss n Eso move quickly through a forest while they rap the song, as well as go BMX riding, fishing and riding wheelie bins .