Shenandoah lyrics

Song information

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Album: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

Lyrics

Oh shenandoah, I love your daughter
Way-aye, you rolling river
I'll take her 'cross yon rolling water
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

The chief disdained the trader's dollars
Way-aye, you rolling river
My daughter you shall never follow
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

For seven years I courted sally
Way-aye, you rolling river
For seven more I longed to have her
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

She said she would not be my lover
Way-aye, you rolling river
Because I was a tarry sailor
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

At last there came a yankee skipper
Way-aye, you rolling river
He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

He sold the chief that fire-water
Way-aye, you rolling river
And 'cross the river he stole his daughter
A way - we're bound away
'Cross the wide missouri!

Oh shenandoah, I love your daughter
Way-aye, you rolling river
I'll take her 'cross yon rolling water
A way - we're bound away