Q,

It's interesting that Mary Garvey in the post above remembered the song ending with "aint gonna grieve no more" instead of "aint gonna study war no more" .

There's some interesting posts about the "aint gonna grieve no more" in the "gang gang goolie" thread. Sorry, I don't know how to hyperlink.

Mary also asked about the "met my little bright eyed gal" line.
I would imagine that this line came later, don't you think?

Also, I apologize if this is thread drift-but IS there any connection to "Down by the riverside "and the "Oh, you'll never get to heaven" children's song?

I'm also reminded of the African American call & response song "Oh, the preacher went down to the cellar to pray/but he got drunk and stayed all day." That song has the same tune as "Oh you'll never get to heaven". And it also ends with the "Aint gonna grieve my Lord no more" line, although the way I've heard people sing it is "Aint gonna meet my Lord no more"...

Any thoughts about any of this?

Thanks,
Azizi