Oh, Shenandoah

I long to see you

Away, you rollin' river

Oh, Shenandoah

I long to see you

Away

I'm bound away

Across the wide Missouri

Oh, Shenandoah

I love your daughter

Away, you rollin' river

Been seven long years

Since I last saw her

Away

I'm bound away

Across the wide Missouri...

Way out here they've got a name

For rain and wind and fire

The rain is "Tess", the fire is "Joe"

And they call the wind "Mariah"

Mariah blows the stars around

And sends the clouds a-flyin'

Mariah makes the mountains sound

Like folks was up there dyin'

Mariah... Mariah...

They call the wind Mariah

Before I knew Mariah's name

And heard her wailin', whinin'

I had a gal and she had me

And the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my girl

I left her far behind me

And now I'm lost, so gol-durned lost

Not even God can find me

Now, I'm a lost and lonely man

Without a soul to guide me

Mariah, blow my love to me

I need my gal beside me

Mariah... Mariah...

They call the wind Mariah

Mariah... Mariah

Blow my love to me!

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Lyrics     Lerner & Lowe

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Traditional American Folk Song

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