GWINE-A STUDY WAR NO MO'!
Arr. William Arms Fisher

1.
Gwine-a lay down mah burden
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Gwine-a lay down mah burden,
Down by de ribber-side,
To study war no mo'!

deciso:
I'm gwine-a study war no mo'!
Gwine-a study war no mo'!
Ain't gwine-a study way no mo'!

I'm gwine-a put on mah long white robe,
Gwine-a put on mah starry crown,
Gwine-a study war no mo'!

Gwine-a lay down my burden,
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Gwine-a lay down my burden,
Down by de ribber-side,
To study war no mo'!

2.
Gwine-a lay down mah sword an' shield,
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Gwine-a lay down mah sword an' shield,
Down by de ribber-side,
To study war no mo'!

deciso
I'm gwine-a study was no mo'!
Gwine-a study war no mo'!
Ain't gwine-a study war no mo'!

I'm gwine-a lay down mah sword an' shield,
Gwine-a put on mah starry crown,
Gwine-a study war no mo'!

Gwine-a lay down mah sword an' shield,
Down by de ribber-side
Down by de ribber-side,
Down by de ribber-side,
Gwine-a lay down mah sword an' shield,
Down by de ribber-side,
To study war no mo'!

William Arms Fisher, 1926, "Seventy Negro Spirituals," edited for low voice. Oliver Ditson Company, NY, sheet music format, pp. 60-62. Fisher studied with Antonin Dvorak for two years (1893-1895) at the National Conservatory of Music. Several blacks participated in the Conservatory Orchestra at the request of Dvorak, including Harry Burleigh, noted for his singing of spirituals and his arrangement of "Deep River." Fisher was editor and publishing manager of Oliver Ditson from 1896-1928.
Fisher's arrangement of the second movement from Dvorak's New World Symphony, a pseudo-spiritual with the lyrics "Goin' Home," became extremely popular and continues to be a favorite. Among other works, he published several anthologies of black spiritual music. Extracted from biographies in "Seventy Negro Spirituals and in Alliance Pub. website: Fisher