Down in the River to Pray

Traditional
arr. Cheryl Lynn Helm

Refrain 1
Solo

# # 2 p
#
j
&
4

ri - ver to

pray,

freely

As
Sopranos
Altos

I went

# # 2
#
&
4

down in the

stu - dy - ing a - bout that

Hmm...

&

# #
#

way, and

&

# #
#

who shall

Tutti
Altos

&

# #
#

sis - ters,

sis - ters,

&

# #
#

sis - ters,

sis - ters,

let's go

let's go

24

the

star - ry

crown, Good

let's

let's

go

go

Lord,

show me the

Hmm...

# #
#
&

wear

16 Verse 1
Tutti
Sop

Hmm...

Hmm...

p
# #
#
&

good old

way.

Hmm...

down,

down,

let's go

let's go

down,

down,

come on

come on

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down,

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down,

down.

down.

As

As

Refrain 2
32

S1

S2

&

&

&

# #
#

# #
#

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

stu - dy - ing

S1

&

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

# #
#

S2

# #
#

# #
#

stu - dy - ing a

&

bout that

good old

who shall

wear the

star - ry

j
.

wear the

star - ry

who shall

crown, Good

crown, Good

# #
#

Ooo...

way, and

good old

way, and

&

bout that

Ooo...

39

Ooo...

Lord,

Lord,

j
j

show me the

j
j

show me the

way.

way.

Ooo...

Ooo...

Verse 2

# # F
#
&

48

S1

S2

# # F
#

&
O

# # F
#
&

bro - thers,

bro - thers,

bro - thers,

let's go

down,

let's go

let's go

let's go

down,

let's go

down,

let's go

down,

down,

down,

come on

come on

down.

come on

down.

down.

56

S1

&

# #
#

Come on

S2

&

# #
#

bro - thers,

j
.

Come on

&

S1

S2

&

&

&

72

S1

&

S2

j
.

&

let's go

down in the

down,

down in the

ri - ver to

pray.

ri - ver to

pray.

As

bro - thers,

let's go

down,

down in the

ri - ver to

pray.

As

Refrain 3

# #
#

# #
#

went

down

in the

ri- ver to

pray,

went

down

in the

ri- ver to

pray,

went

down

in the

ri- ver to

pray,

# #
#

# #
#

# #
#

who shall

down,

As

# #
#

who shall

&

let's go

bro - thers,

Come on

64

.
wear

.
wear

# #
#

who shall

.
wear

the star - ry

j

the

star - ry

the star - ry

stu - dy - ing a - bout that

stu - dy - ing

a - bout that

stu - dy - ing a - bout that

crown, Good Lord,

show me

Lord,

show me

the

Lord,

show me

crown, Good

crown, Good

the

the

good old

good old

good old

way, and

way, and

way, and

way.

way.

way.

Verse 3

80

S1

# # f
#
&

S2

fa - thers,

# # f
#

&

let's

fa - thers,

# # f
#
&

let's

fa - thers,

let's

88

S1

S2

&

&

95

S1

&

# #
#

# #
#

# #
#

fa - thers,

fa - thers,

fa - thers,

let's

let's

down,

go

go

S2

&

F
j

As

A1

&

# #
#

F
j

As

95

A2

# #
#
&

F
j

As

come on

down.

come on

down.

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down

in the

ri - ver to

down

pray.

Ooo...

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

down.

Ooo...

# #
#

down,

come on

down now,

down,

down now,

down,

down now,

let's go

go

let's go

Refrain 4

go

let's

down,

let's go

down,

go

# #
#
&

go

stu - dy - ing a - bout that good old

stu - dy - ing a - bout that good old

stu - dy - ing a - bout that good old

103

S1

&

# #
#

Ooo...

S2

&

# #
#

way, and

A1

&

# #
#

A2

&

S1

S2

# # F
#
&
O

A1

# # F
#

&
O

# # F
#
&

mo - thers,

mo - thers,

star - ry

mo - thers,

let's

go

let's

go

let's

go

Lord,

let's go

down,

let's go

down,

let's go

show me the

j
j

Lord,

show me the

down, don't you

down, don't you

show me the

j
j

Lord,

show me the

crown, Good

Lord,

crown, Good

down,

Good

crown, Good

who shall wear the star - ry

Verse 4

# # F
#
&

way, and

112

who shall wear the

# #
#

who shall wear the star - ry

way, and
103

down, don't you

way.

way.

way.

way.

want to come

want to come

want to come

down?

down?

down?

112

A2

mo - thers,

let's

go

down,

let's go

down, don't you

want to come

down?

120

S1

&

# #
#

Come on

S2

&

# #
#

Come on

A1

&

120

A2

&

# #
#

S1

S2

&

&

&

let's

mo - thers,

go
j

go

down, go

let's

go

down, go

mo - thers,

let's

go

down in the

down, go

down in the

down in the

down, go

let's

mo - thers,

j
.
Come on

128

j
.
Come on

mo - thers,

# #
#

down in the

ri - ver to

pray.

ri - ver to

pray.

ri - ver to

pray.

S1

&

S2

# #
#

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

went

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray,

stu - dy - ing a

# #
#

# #
#

# #
#

# #
#

way, and

&

pray.

Refrain 5

way, and

&

As

ri - ver to

As

P
j

stu - dy - ing

who shall

j
.

wear the

star - ry

wear the

star - ry

Ooo...

crown, Good

crown, Good

# #
#

good old

bout that

good old

Ooo...

who shall

bout that

Ooo...
135

P
j

Ooo...

Lord,

Lord,

j
j

show me the

j
j

show me the

way.

way.

Ooo...

Verse 6

a little slower

# # p
#
&

144

sin - ners,

# # p
#
&

&

# #
#

sin - ners,

sin - ners,

Refrain 7

down,

come on

let's go

down,

come on

down.

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down,

down

in the

ri - ver to

pray.

down.

down,

let's go

let's go

down,

let's go

down,

let's go

152

let's go

sin - ners,

# #
#
&

As

slower

# #
#
&

160

Unison
168

&

# #
#

went down in the

who shall wear

ri - ver to

pray,

stu-dy-ing a - bout that

the star - ry crown, Good Lord,

"

soft and slow

show me

the way.

good

old

way, and