I ain't go study war no more -- 1853

1853 I ain't go study war no more study war no more ain't go study war no more I ain't go study war no more study war no more, ain't go study oh war no more. Gonna lay down my burden-----------gonna lay down my sword and shield down by the riverside down by the riverside down by the riverside gonna lay down my burden----------gonna lay down my sword and shield down by the riverside down by the riverside. Gonna try on my long white robe ---- Gonna try on my starry crown ---- Gonna put on my golden shoes Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace ---- Gonna shake hands around the world The song has a long history: some ancestral versions were known in Civil War times.