Shenandoah

Traditional American · 19th-century river shanty · public domain

Half the cadences are plagal and the phrase-ends keep drifting onto 3- and 6- — the river never quite docks at 1 until the last word.

KeyCDbDEbEFF#GAbABbBfree 4/4 · rolling swells

Verse 1

COh, Shenandoah, I Flong to Chear you,

aEmway, you Frolling river,

Coh, Shenandoah, I Flong to Chear Amyou —

aCway, we're bound aGway, Am'cross the Fwide MisCsouri.

Verse 2

COh, Shenandoah, I Flove your Cdaughter,

aEmway, you Frolling river,

for Cher I'd cross your Froaming CwaAmters —

aCway, we're bound aGway, Am'cross the Fwide MisCsouri.

Verse 3

'Tis Cseven long years since Flast I Csaw you,

aEmway, you Frolling river,

'tis Cseven long years since Flast I Csaw Amyou —

aCway, we're bound aGway, Am'cross the Fwide MisCsouri.

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