Shenandoah Lyrics

Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter,
Way hey you rolling river
I'll take her cross yon rolling water
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri
The c***f disdained the trader's dollar
Way hey you rolling river
My daughter you shall never follow
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

For seven years I courted Sally
Way hey you rolling river
For seven more, I longed to have her
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

She said she would not be my lover
Way hey you rolling river
Because I was a tarry sailor
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri
At last there came a Yankee skipper
Way hey you rolling river
He winked his eye and tipped his flipper
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

He sold the c***f that firewater
Way hey you rolling river
And cross the river he stole his daughter
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter,
Way hey you rolling river
I'll take her cross yon rolling water
Away, we're bound away
Cross the wide Missouri

(C) 2004 McGuinn Music (BMI) / April First Music (ASCAP)

Trad. Arr. C. McGuinn / R. McGuinn