My true love stands across the river far across the rolling river

On the banks I hear her calling

Away we're bound away across the wide Missouri

Oh Shennandoah I long to see you far across the rolling river

Shennandoah I'll not deceive you

Away we're bound away across the wide Missouri

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For seven years I've been a rover far across the rolling river

I'll return and be your lover

Away we're bound away across the wide Missouri