Song 33 in Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors · Song 37 in Ukulele for Beginners

Shenandoah

Also known as: Across the Wide Missouri

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For Easy Piano for Adults and Seniors.

Slow (70% speed) (0:56)
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For Ukulele for Beginners.

Slow (70% speed) (0:56)
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Normal speed (0:40)
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Play-along (0:40)
Just the accompaniment, no tune: you play or sing the melody.

Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Away you rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you.
Away, I'm bound to go
'Cross the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter. (twice)
'Tis seven long years since last I see thee. (twice)
Oh Shenandoah, I took a notion
To sail across the stormy ocean.
Oh Shenandoah, I'm bound to leave you.
Oh Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you.
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you. (twice)

Music: Traditional American (sea shanty and river song); as collected by Richard Runciman Terry (1864–1938)
Words: Traditional; text as printed by Richard Runciman Terry (1864–1938)
First published: 1921 (R. R. Terry, The Shanty Book, Part I, London: J. Curwen & Sons); song known from the mid-1800s
Copyright: Public domain in the US, UK and EU. The arrangement and recordings belong to the book.