jaybeacham

<p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Oh Shenandoah</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" (also called "</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Shenandoah</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", "</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Across the Wide Missouri</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", "</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Rolling River</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">", </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">a traditional folk song sung in the Americas, of uncertain origin, dating to the early 19th century.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">The song "Shenandoah" appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri river in canoes. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">As with most folk songs, it has developed several different sets of lyrics. </span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">A canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter. </span></p><p>I've made 4 other recordings of this song to a different arrangement here on Sing Snap.</p>