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Shenandoah

Something for the weekend.  The haunting American folk song Shenandoah.  The above version is by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Here is a fine violin version by the Irish group Celtic Woman:

Finally, Haley Westenra, a New Zealand songstress, gives a powerful performance of the song:

Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
Away, I’m bound away
‘cross the wide Missouri.
Oh Shenandoah,
I love your daughter
Away, you rolling river.
For her I’d cross,
Your roaming waters.
Away, I’m bound away,
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
‘Tis seven years since last I’ve seen you,
And hear your rolling river,
‘Tis seven years since last I’ve seen you,
Away, we’re bound away
Across the wide Missouri.
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Michael Baruzzini
Saturday, October 29, AD 2011 11:29am

And then there’s Jerry Garcia’s version:

Don the Kiwi
Don the Kiwi
Saturday, October 29, AD 2011 4:06pm

Thanks for that Don.
I’ve always loved that song. When I was a kid my mum, who also loved all this type of music, had a 78 record of Paul Robeson singing the song, and she played it often on the old gramophone she got from her father, till we got a proper record player.

It is one of the many songs that I remember from my childhood with fond recall.

Jay Anderson
Saturday, October 29, AD 2011 7:37pm

When I was in the Baylor Men’s Glee Club, this version of “Shenandoah” was a favorite part of our repertoire (we actually performed it at Carnegie Hall):

Jay Anderson
Saturday, October 29, AD 2011 7:44pm

Of course, we didn’t have a contratenor like that. That’s just sick how high that dude can sing.

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