Shenandoah Lyrics - Arlo Guthrie

arranged and adapted by Arlo Guthrie 

The Missouri, she's a might river 

Away you rolling river 

The red man's camp lies on her borders 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

A white man loved an Indian maiden 

Away you rolling river 

With notions sweet his canoe was laden 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

O Shenandoah, I love your daughter 

Away you rolling river 

I'll take her 'cross the rolling water 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

The chief disdained the trader's dollars 

Away you rolling river 

My daughter never you shall follow 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

At last there came a Yankee skipper 

Away you rolling river 

He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

He sold the chief that fire-water 

Away you rolling river 

And 'cross the river he stole his daughter 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri 

O Shenandoah, I long to hear you 

Away you rolling river 

Across the wide and rolling water 

Away, we're bound away across the wide 

Missouri