Shenandoah
- Oh, Missourah she’s a mighty water
Away ye rollin’ river!
The redskin camp lies on her border,
Away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - O Shenandoah wuz a redskin maiden,
Away ye rollin’ river!
And a white man loved that redskin maiden,
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - Oh, the white man loved the Indian maiden,
Away ye rollin’ river!
With trade-goods his canoe was laden.
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - The chief refused the trader’s dolllars,
Away ye rollin’ river!
My daughter ye shall never follow.
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - At last there came a Yankee skipper,
Away ye rollin’ river!
Who winked his eye and flipped his flipper.
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - He sold the chief some fire-water,
Away ye rollin’ river!
And stole the gal across the water.
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah! - O Shenandoa, I love yer daughter,
Away ye rollin’ river!
I’ll take her sailing cross yon rollin’ water.
An’ away we’re bound to go,
‘Crosst the wide Missourah!