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Artist: Alabama
Canonical path: /alabama/down-by-the-riverside
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Down By The Riverside
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Down By The Riverside
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Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Gonna meet my dear mother, down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Gonna meet my dear mother, down by the riverside
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Gonna meet my dear father, down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Gonna meet my dear father, down by the riverside
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Gonna meet my dear jesus, down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Gonna meet myy dear jesus, down by the riverside
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my burdens, down by the riverside
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
Ain't a-gonna study war no more
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Alabama performs "Down By The Riverside", and this lyric page sits inside the Alabama catalog on LyroVerse.
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