“Down in the Valley to Pray”
Description
"As I went down in the valley to pray, Studying about the good old way (or: My soul got happy and I stayed all day)." "Oh, (sinners/mothers/fathers/brothers/sisters, etc.), let's go down, you better go down, Down in the valley to pray."
Cross references
- cf. "Can't Cross Jordan"
Recordings
- Delta Big Four, "Moaner Let's Go Down in the Valley" (Paramount 13009, 1930; on VocalQ2)
- Price Family Sacred Singers, "I Went Down Into the Valley to Pray" (OKeh 40796, 1927)
References
- BrownIII 553, "As I Went Down in the Valley to Pray" (3 short texts with significant variations)
- DT, DOWNVALL
- Roud #4928
- BI, Br3553