Down in the Valley to Pray - Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs, and Alison Krauss
song starts at 0:37
"Down in the Valley to Pray" (traditional song, Doc's version first appeared on 1966 Home Again! album by Doc Watson; first published in 1867 Slave Songs of the United States collection)
This live performance was originally broadcast on PBS's Great Performances series as "The Three Pickers: Legends of American Music"
Season 31 Episode 15
aired July 28, 2003
on DVD as "The Three Pickers" available for sale
℗ Ginger Group Productions, Inc and Thirteen/WNET New York
© 2003 Rounder Records Corp.
LYRICS
As I went down in the valley to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way
Come on, fathers
Let's go down
Come on down
Don't you wanna go down
Come on, fathers
Let's go down
Down in the valley to pray
As I went down in the valley to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way
Come on, mothers
Let's go down
Come on down
Don't you wanna go down
Come on, mothers
Let's go down
Down in the valley to pray
As I went down in the valley to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way
Come on, brothers
Let's go down
Come on down
Don't you wanna go down
Come on, brothers
Let's go down
Down in the valley to pray
As I went down in the valley to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the robe and crown
Good Lord, show me the way
Come on, sisters
Let's go down
Come on down
Don't you wanna go down
Come on, sisters
Let's go down
Down in the valley to pray
As I went in the valley to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way
Come on, sinners
Let's go down
Come on down
Don't you wanna go down
Come on, sinners
Let's go down
Down in the valley to pray