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Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, away you rolling river,
I'll take her 'cross your rollin' water, away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
'Tis seven long years since last I saw you. Away you rolling river,
'Tis seven long years since last I saw you. Away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter, away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah, I'll come to claim her. Away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
In all these years, whene'er I saw her, we have kept our love a secret,
Oh! Shenandoah, I do adore her, away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah, she's bound to leave you. Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you. away, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
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O Shenandoah! began as a sea chanty around the year 1820, and was adopted as the state song of
Viriginia.
BELOW: Robert Horton
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