Four Iconic Performances Of "Down By The Riverside" ("Ain't Gonna Study War No More")

Edited by Azizi Powell

[updated September 22, 2014]

This post showcases four iconic renditions of the song "Down By Thee Riverside" (also known as I Ain't Gonna Study War No More".

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FEATURED EXAMPLES
These examples are given without comment in chronological order based on their posting date on YouTube with the oldest dated example given first.

Example #1: 'Ain't Gonna Study War No More' LEADBELLY, Blues Guitar Legend



Uploaded by RagtimeDorianHenry on Apr 15, 2009

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Example #2: Sister Rosetta Tharpe



Uploaded by zebbers on Apr 4, 2006

Sister Rosetta Tharpe singing "Down by the Riverside"

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Example #3: I Ain't Gonna Study War No More - Dandridge Sisters & Jimmy Lunceford Band



Uploaded by Rowland108 on Feb 11, 2010

The Dandridge Sisters recorded with Jimmy Lunceford Band, NY July 1940 just as they broke up & Etta Jones married her 1st husband Gerald Wilson - Trumpet with Jimmy Lunceford. Pics include period London Palladium playbill, excerpt from passenger list for US Liner President Harding (8,600 tons) which left UK on 10th Sept '39 a week after start of WW2...

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Example #4: Mahalia Jackson - Down By The Riverside



Uploaded by andersonramosdearauj on Aug 23, 2008

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