The Fisk University Jubilee Quartet sings "Down By The Riverside" aka "Ain't Gonna Study War No More". The song was recorded in 1920 and is obviously a spiritual dating back to pre American Civil War. Wikipedia: "As with many Negro spirituals, the biblical imagery can also be read as a hidden allusion to escaping slavery, with the river representing the Ohio River, which was a border between states where slavery was allowed and prohibited before the American Civil War."

The Four Lads (lead vocalist Jimmy Arnold, Frank Busseri, Connie Codarini and Bernie Toorish) 1952 secular version of "Down By The River Side" (D. Jordan) peaked at number seventeen on Billboard. The quartet backed Johnnie Ray on "The Little White Cloud That Cried" and "Cry".