"Shenandoah"
American folk song
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Origin: U.S.A. (🇺🇸)
Trivia: "Shenandoah" (also known as "Oh Shenandoah" and "Across the Wide Missouri") is a traditional American folk song from the early 19th century.
The song seems to have originated with Canadian and US voyageurs or fur traders who traversed in canoes along the Missouri River.
There are many different lyrical renditions of this piece, with some of them singing of a story of a trader who desires to marry the daughter of Oneida chief Shenandoah. Other versions of this piece have been turned into sea shanties and have spread throughout parts of the world.
Example Variants of Lyrics
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
And hear your rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
Away, we’re bound a way
Across the wide Missouri.
Tis seven years
since last I've seen you,
And hear your rolling river.
'Tis seven years
since last I've seen you,
Away, we’re bound a way
Across the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to hear you,
And hear your rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to hear you,
Away, we’re bound a way
Across the wide Missouri.
Pictures of Shenandoah River
Extension Activity
Extension Activity
If you could write a song about a place, where would it be? Describe how the place you are thinking of looks, smells, and feels.
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