Believed to have been inspired by American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders travelling down the Missouri River in canoes the American folk song 'Oh Shenandoah' dates back to the early 19th century.
The song is about one such trader who falls in love with a native American woman
It was also adopted by sailors and became a sea shanty
undefined'Oh Shenandoah' lyrics
Oh
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Away, you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
Away, I'm bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away, you rolling river
For I'd cross your roaming waters
Away, I'm bound away
Across the wide Missouri
'Tis seven years since I've last seen you
And hear your rolling river
'Tis seven years since I've last seen you
Away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Oh
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Oh Shenandoah