Commissions
Goin' Down the River
Paul Reuter
Composer:
Paul Reuter
Arranger:
Not Applicable
Publication:
Duration:
4:33
Program notes:
World Premiere Performance by the Women's HOPE Chorale
Voicing:
SSA with Solo Voice
Accompaniment:
A cappella - can be performed with guitar as in our recording
Themes:
Friendship​, Hope, Spirituality
Lyrics:
Goin' down the river with my friend.
I'm goin' down the river,
Leavin' the past behind.
New adventures coming up.
I'm going' down with my friend.
Goin' down the river,
Leavin' our past behind.
Goin' down the river,
Don't know what we'll find.
​New adventures coming up,
Just around the bend.
I'm goin' down the river with my friend.
​Goin' down the river
through dangers in the night.
I'm goin' down the river,
prayin' for the morning light.
The sun comes up, a new day dawns,
The water's calm again.
I'm goin' down the river with my friend.
The river rolls on,
The water flows on,
We never will pass these shores again.
We feel the wind that blows on,
Our journey goes on,
But we don't know where it will end.
​We've gone quite a distance.
Got some more to go.
Down this old river
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Out into the ocean,
Out into the sea.
Down this old river,
you and me.
Paul Reuter
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