im gonna lay down my heavy load........

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down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.....

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:24 (twenty-three years ago)

im just singing this song cause its stuck in my head for some reason.

singalong anyone? its such an easy song even though i cant recall the rest of the words and they are probably awful.

( im just a tad ANGRY right now and trying to let off steam so any assistance would be appreciated ).

or let off a heavy load of steam. thats even better :-)

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:28 (twenty-three years ago)

is that "Brokedown Palace" by the Dead?

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:30 (twenty-three years ago)

"and i aint gonna study war ( or is it law ) no more..........."

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:35 (twenty-three years ago)

does this relate to a certain 'best friend'?

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:55 (twenty-three years ago)

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 05:57 (twenty-three years ago)

that was ages ago, i have other stuff to be pissed off at now :-)

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:00 (twenty-three years ago)

the grey eyebrow thing?

― Chris Radford (Chris Radford), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:02 (twenty-three years ago)

hahaha yeah that must be it

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:08 (twenty-three years ago)

not

down by the riverside, down by the riverside...........

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:15 (twenty-three years ago)

where did this song come from? what are the lyrics?

― donna (donna), Sunday, 8 June 2003 06:21 (twenty-three years ago)

get to the verse about walking with prince down by the riverside, more spirituals should feature purple funk gonks.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 8 June 2003 08:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm goin' down in the river,
the one that's cold as ice
I'm goin' down in the river
Lord I'm gonna pay the price
I'm goin' down in it three times
But Lord I'm only comin' up twice.

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 8 June 2003 08:30 (twenty-three years ago)

ooh, more lyrics and a tune to that please.

― Ed (dali), Sunday, 8 June 2003 09:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"We built this city on rock and roll
Something something day"

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 8 June 2003 11:09 (twenty-three years ago)

Starship rule!

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 June 2003 11:11 (twenty-three years ago)

''( im just a tad ANGRY right now and trying to let off steam so any assistance would be appreciated ).''

'anger management' starring adam sandler (such a fine exponent of the comedic arts) has just been released in cinemas. you should see it.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 8 June 2003 12:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes, because Adam Sandler films could never make anyone angier.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:20 (twenty-three years ago)

they sang this one in Jonestown while gulping down kool-aid

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 14:22 (twenty-three years ago)

really.
wow, their goes my favourite hymn.

― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 8 June 2003 20:21 (twenty-three years ago)

I had me a woman who couldn't be true.
She made me for my money and she made me blue.
A man needs a woman that he can lean on,
But my leanin' post is done left and gone.

She's long gone, and now I'm lonesome blue.

-Hank Williams

― That Girl (thatgirl), Sunday, 8 June 2003 22:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Man, Hank's delivery of the phrase "A man needs a woman" in that song kills me so bad it's a miracle I can even think about it without dying outright

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Sunday, 8 June 2003 22:31 (twenty-three years ago)

donna i get it stuck in my head too. i've not heard your "heavy load" version, though. the words i know go like this:

"i'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
down by the riverside (down by)
down by the riverside,
down by the riverside!
i'm gonna lay down my sword and shield
down by the riverside,
ain't gonna study war no more (no more)

i ain't gonna study war no more,
i ain't gonna study war no more,
i ain't gonna study war no more!"

The first parenthetical "down by" is ideally done by a man with a really really deep voice.

this song was big with my parents, who are big old hippy SDSers and "community organizers"; it segues pretty nicely with "This Little Light of Mine" :)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 9 June 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

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