Shenandoah

[Verse 1: Dave Simonett]

Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you

I look away, rolling river

Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 2: Rich Mattson]

The chief disdained the trader's dollars

Look away, rolling river

My daughter, you shall never follow

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 3: Dave Simonett]

For seven years, he put it sadly

I look away, rolling river

For seven more, he longed to have her

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 4: Rich Mattson]

She said she would not be my lover

Look away, rolling river

Because I was a dirty sailor

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 5: Dave Simonett]

It's "Fare thee well," I'm bound to leave you

I look away, rolling river

Oh Shenandoah, I would not deceive you

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6: Rich Mattson]

At last, there came a Yankee skipper

Look away, rolling river

He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

[Verse 7: Dave Simonett & Rich Mattson]

Oh Shenandoah, I love you daughter

I look away, rolling river

I take her across the open water

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri