Shenandoah
A boatmen's song from the Missouri River in the early 1800s, later a sailors' capstan shanty. First printed in 1876, in Captain Robert Chamblet Adams's article "Sailor Songs."
G C
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
G D
Away, you rolling river,
G C
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Em D G
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.
G C
Oh, Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
G D
Away, you rolling river,
G C
For her I'd cross your roaming waters,
Em D G
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.
G C
'Tis seven years since last I saw you,
G D
Away, you rolling river,
G C
'Tis seven years since last I saw you,
Em D G
Away, I'm bound away, 'cross the wide Missouri.