| Oh, shenandoah, i long to hear you
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| Look away, you rollin' river
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| Oh, shenandoah, i long to hear you
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| Look away. |
| we’re bound away
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| Across the wide missouri
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| Now the missouri is a mighty river
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| Look away, you rollin' river.
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| Indians camp along her border
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| Look away. |
| we’re bound away
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| Across the wide missouri
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| Well a white man loved an indian maiden
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| Look away, you rollin' river
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| With notions his canoe was laden
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| Look away, we’re bound away
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| Across the wide missouri
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| Oh shenandoah, i love your daughter
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| Look away, you rollin' river
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| It was for her i’d cross the water.
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| Look away, we’re bound away
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| Across the wide missouri
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| For seven long years i courted sally
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| Look away, you rollin' river
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| Seven more years i longed to have her
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| Look away, we’re bound away
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| Across the wide missouri
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| Well, it’s fare-thee-well, my dear,
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| I’m bound to leave you
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| Look away you rollin' river
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| Shenandoah, i will not deceive you
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| Look away, we’re bound away |