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Thread #58101 Message #1487786
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
18-May-05 - 11:51 PM
Thread Name: Origins: history of Down by the Riverside
Subject: RE: Origins: history of Down by the Riverside
Lyr. Add: DOWN BY THE RIVER (Baptism)
Refrain:
Yes, we'll gain this world,
Down by the river,
We'll gain this world,
Down by the riverside.
1. And if those mourners would believe,
Down by the river,
The gift of life they would receive,
Down by the riverside.
2. When I was a mourner just like you,
(Down by the river,)
I mourned and mourned till I got through
(Down by the riverside.)
"A cheerful song, with a strong major melody ... The Baptists use it at immersion; but it is not confined to such occasions."
With music, Barton, Wm. E., "Old Plantation Hymns," p. 453; New England Magazine, vol. 25. no. 4, pp. 443-456, Dec. 1898.
On line http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/browse.journals/newe.1898.html