Going to lay down my heavy load down by the riverside.
Gonna lay down my heavy load down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
Lay down my heavy load down by the riverside, down by the riverside.

O I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study o war no o war no more.
Well, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study o war no more.

Meet my lovin’ mommy now down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
Meet my lovin’ mommy now down by the riverside, down by the riverside.

I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, goin’ study that war no o war no more,
I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study o war no more.

Lay down my burden now down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside.
Lay down my old burden now down by the riverside, down by the riverside. 

O I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study o war no o war no more.
Well, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study war no more, I ain’t study o war no more.