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Oh Shenandoah" (also called "Shenandoah", "Across the Wide Missouri", "Rolling River", "Oh, My Rolling River", "World of Misery") is a traditional folk song, sung in the Americas, of uncertain origin, dating to the early 19th century.
“Shenandoah” is an American folk song dating back to the early 19th century and is believed to have originated from French travelers journeying down the Missouri River. It was printed in the April 1876 issue of The New Dominion Monthly in an article titled “Sailor Songs,” by Captain Robert Chamblet Adams.
The earliest versions of "Oh Shenandoah" describe a fur trapper on the Missouri River who steals away the daughter of an Indian chief named Shenandoah. One morning last fall, I found myself driving along the Miller’s River as it winds through Western Massachusetts.
"O, Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Away you rolling river. Across that wide and rolling river." Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri. (from Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties Collected by W.B. Whall, Master Mariner) Flatboatmen carrying goods on the American rivers in the early 19th century may also have sung versions of "Shenandoah."
Dec 26, 2020 · Today’s word is “Shenandoah.” Hundreds of years ago a Native American chief named Shenandoah lived with his tribes in what is now the state of Virginia. Little is known about Shenandoah, but...
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Some believe that the song refers to the river of the same name. Others suggest that it is of African-American origin, for it tells the tale of Sally, the daughter of the Indian Chief Shenandoah, who is courted for seven years by a white Missouri river trader.
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Oct 7, 2016 · A common version starts out, “Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,” a line that could refer to the sound of a running river but could also mean a woman’s voice; another version says, “Oh Shenandoah, I hear you calling.”
