Down to the River to Pray - The Petersens (LIVE)

Emmett and Katie came up with such a beautiful arrangement of “Down to the River to Pray,“ a traditional gospel song that Alison Krauss famously recorded for the 2000 movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?“. The fun interlude at 1:45 was Katie’s idea. We try to match our songs to locations and it can take a little while for the song, venue, and lead singer to all come together at the same time! Sometimes we also have to wait for the leaves to return to the Ozarks, the heavy rains to stop, or Julianne to come back from college. ►Buy or stream the album ►More of the trio: Be Thou My Vision Tulsa Time Wade in the Water ►Photo album: Filming day Katie’s river baptism Julianne’s baptism - a photo series! ----------------------- ►Useful links: YouTube About page Most asked questions Join our Patreon community Subscribe to our channel Sign up to our email list Get It Mama Fan Club Show and tour dates Buy or stream our music ►Social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter Band members Go behind the scenes with @ThePetersenFamily ►This video: Vocals: @katiepetersen Vocals: @EllenHaygood Vocals: @JuliannePetersen Dobro: Emmett Franz Bass: Karen Petersen Guitar: @mattpetersen4000 Key moments: 0:01 dobro 0:06 Katie 0:40 Ellen 0:55 rhythm guitar 1:14 Julianne 1:29 sisters 1:35 mother on bass 3:11 outro Location: The Ozark Mill at Finley Farms The Finley River is such a key part of the water mill’s history and its new life as a dining destination. We crossed the footbridge next to the restaurant (1:36), and filmed this video on a stream that leads to the river. Photo: The footbridge dressed for a party Turn on captions (CC) to see the lyrics on screen. Videography: Aaron Clark Audio: Troy Dixon Microphones: Ear Trumpet Labs ►LYRICS - Down to the River to Pray As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way O brothers, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O brothers, let’s go down Down in the river to pray As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show me the way O sisters, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O sisters, let’s go down Down in the river to pray As I went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall wear the starry crown Good Lord, show me the way O mothers, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O mothers, let’s go down Down in the river to pray Let’s go down, let’s go down [x4] As we went down in the river to pray Studying about that good ol’ way And who shall wear the robe and crown Good Lord, show us the way O sinners, let’s go down Let’s go down, come on down O sinners, let’s go down Down in the river to pray O brothers, let’s go down Come on down, don’t you wanna go down? Come on brothers, let’s go down Down in the river to pray Down in the river to pray [x2] ►The Petersens: We celebrate American roots music with family values, and perform full time in Branson, Missouri in the USA. The band consists of four siblings, Katie, Ellen, Matt, and Julianne, our mom Karen, and good friend Emmett Franz. Learn more about our family on our website Subscriber count: 665,375 #ThePetersens #MyOzarkMountainHomeAlbum #DownToTheRiverToPray #OBrotherWhereArtThou #AlisonKrauss #DownInTheRiverToPray #Folk #GospelSong #BluegrassMusic #BluegrassSong #Bluegrass #FinleyFarmsMO This song features on: #MyOzarkMountainHomeAlbum