Jazz quintet arrangement featuring guitar, keyboard, bass, drums and horn (C, Bb or Eb).

"Down by the Riverside" (also known as "Ain't GonnaStudy War No More" and "Gonna lay down my burden") isa Negro spiritual song. Its roots date back to beforethe American Civil War, though it was firstpublished in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popularand Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company.The song has alternatively been known as ?Ain' go'n' to study war no mo'?,?Ain't Gwine to Study War No More?, ?Down by de Ribberside?, ?Going to Pull MyWar-Clothes? and ?Study war no more?

Thelevel is Advanced Intermediate and the duration is 2.39minutes.