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 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 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 my 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