| Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
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| I look away, rolling river
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| Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| The chief disdained the trader’s dollars
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| Look away, rolling river
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| My daughter, you shall never follow.
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| For seven years, he put it sadly
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| I look away, rolling river
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| For seven more, he longed to have her
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| She said she would not be my lover
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| Look away, rolling river
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| Because I was a dirty sailor
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| It’s «Fare thee well,"I'm bound to leave you
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| I look away, rolling river
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| Oh Shenandoah, I would not deceive you
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| At last, there came a Yankee skipper
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| Look away, rolling river
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| He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| Oh Shenandoah, I love you daughter
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| I look away, rolling river
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| I take her across the open water
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri
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| Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri |