Sister Rosetta Tharpe

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Down By The Riverside

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Sister Rosetta Tharpe Canonical path: /sister-rosetta-tharpe/down-by-the-riverside Related lyric paths: 6

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Down By The Riverside

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I feel so bad in the morning

I feel so bad in the middle of the day

I feel so bad in the evening

That's why I'm going to the river, to wash my sins away

I'm gonna lay down my heavy load, down by the riverside

Down by the riverside, down by the riverside

I'm gonna lay down my heavy load, down by the riverside

I'm gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more, I

Ain't a gonna study war no more

Well, I'm gonna put on my long white robe

(Where?) down by the riverside (oh)

Down by the riverside, down by the riverside

I'm gonna put on my long white robe

(Where?) down by the riverside

I'm gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

Well, I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield

(Where?) down by the riverside

Down by the riverside, down by the riverside

I'm gonna lay down my sword and shield

(A-ha) down by the riverside

I'm gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

I ain't a gonna study war no more

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