Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
 I look away, rolling river
 Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 The chief disdained the trader's dollars
 Look away, rolling river
 My daughter, you shall never follow.
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 For seven years, he put it sadly
 I look away, rolling river
 For seven more, he longed to have her
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 She said she would not be my lover
 Look away, rolling river
 Because I was a dirty sailor
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 It's "Fare thee well," I'm bound to leave you
 I look away, rolling river
 Oh Shenandoah, I would not deceive you
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 At last, there came a Yankee skipper
 Look away, rolling river
 He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 Oh Shenandoah, I love you daughter
 I look away, rolling river
 I take her across the open water
 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri

 Away, oh, bound away, across the wide Missouri