Cover art for Shenandoah by Bruce Springsteen
Apr. 25, 20061 viewer

Shenandoah Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
I'll take her across the water

[Chorus]
Away, bound away
Across the wide Missouri

[Verse 2]
My Shenandoah, I long to meet you
Away you rolling river
I'll not deceive you

[Chorus]
Away, bound away
Across the wide Missouri

[Verse 3]
For seven years I've been a roller
Away you rolling river
Seven years I've been a roller

[Chorus]
Away, bound away
Across the wide Missouri
[Verse 4]
Shenandoah, I love your daughter
The way you rolling river
I'll take her across the water

[Chorus]
Away, bound away
Across the wide Missouri

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“Oh Shenandoah” (also called simply “Shenandoah” or “Across the Wide Missouri”) is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating to the early 19th century.

The song appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter. By the mid-1800s versions of the song had become a sea shanty heard or sung by sailors in various parts of the world. (source: Wikipedia)

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Release Date
April 25, 2006
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