Down by the Riverside

Its roots date back to before the American Civil War,[1] though it was first published in 1918 in Plantation Melodies: A Collection of Modern, Popular and Old-time Negro-Songs of the Southland, Chicago, the Rodeheaver Company.

[5] In general, the song is focused on the concept of leaving the feelings of anger and pessimism behind, as to have a new spiritual dress, in the setting of a riverside, prior to going across it.

[6] The song suggests baptism in water, using the metaphor of crossing the River Jordan to enter the Promised Land in the Old Testament.

It was played in Ted Lasso episode "208 ('Man City')" as Isaac MacAdoo gives a haircut to Sam Obisanya with the team in the AFC Richmond locker room.

In episode 72 of the animated television series Animaniacs, this song was parodied as "U.N. Me" about the United Nations Headquarters and was later released on their 2nd album, Yakko's World.