Down by the riverside - John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra

'Down by the riverside'
From the album ‘A Double Celebration’
Composer John Rutter
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra BBC Concert Orchestra
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Down by the riverside
John Rutter’s lively arrangement of this barnstorming American folk-song builds up from a quiet opening to a triumphant conclusion, with a characterful orchestration that can only give rise to a rousing performance.
LYRICS:
I’m goin’ to lay down my heavy load
Down by the riverside,
I ain’t gonna study war no more.
I’m goin’ to lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside,
I ain’t gonna study war no more.
I’m goin’ to put on my trav’lin’ shoes
Down by the riverside,
I ain’t gonna study war no more.
I’m goin’ to put on my long white robe
Down by the riverside,
I ain’t gonna study war no more.
I’m goin’ to put on my starry crown
Down by the riverside,
I ain’t gonna study war no more.
(American folk-song, arranged by John Rutter)
A Double Celebration
A 55 track celebration to mark 30 years of the Cambridge Singers and the 70th birthday of John Rutter.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1981) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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Makes my heart sing

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Oh wonderful and fitting for this time of year!!