Down the River / Down the Ohio
Traditional
- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1854
- Language
- English
- Comments
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Popular 1800s American minstrel song published in 1854 by William Hall & Son in NYC. The sheet music references it being performed by the Christy's Minstrels, with no songwriting credits listed as it was considered a traditional song. The original song had lyrics about slavery that weren't passed down into the recording era and it's now just a catchy tune considered more of a children's song.
[Chorus]
Down the river, down the river
Down the river we go-o-o (or Down the Ohio, hi-o)
Down the river, down the river
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