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2 unusual facts about Down in the River to Pray


Down in the River to Pray

Visitors to the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington D. C. have reported hearing a Hupa song played there which has the same melody as "Down in the River to Pray".

"Down in the River to Pray" (also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a gospel song.



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