Piano,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.592734 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by David McKeown. Christian,Gospel,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Spiritual. 4 pages. David McKeown #6411837. Published by David McKeown (A0.592734). Down by the Riverside is a beautiful gospel song arranged here for Solo Violin and Piano.Down by the Riverside was sung in African-American communities before the American Civil War but did not appear in print until included in a 1918 collection of spirituals. Several versions were recorded by gospel choirs in the ‘20s and ‘30s, and Down by the Riverside, with its lyric, I ain’t goin’ to study war no more, was adopted as an anti-war song by the ‘60s counterculture.
