Shenandoah

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 years    since last I saw you.    Away you rolling river,    'Tis seven 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.

The Official State song for the State of Virginia.

The lyrics tell the story of a roving trader in love with the daughter of an Indian Chief; the rover tells the Chief of his intent to take the girl with him far to the west, across the Missouri River.

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