OH SHENANDOAH
1.
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.
2.
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.
3.
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,
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
4.
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
And hear your rolling river.
Oh Shenandoah,
I long to see you,
Away, we're bound away,
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
5.
Oh Shenandoah
I’m bound to leave you
Away you rolling river,
Oh Shenandoah,
I’ll not deceive you,
Away, I’m bound away,
‘Cross the wide Missouri.
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Provisional lyrics in Scottish Gaelic:
O SHEANANDÒ
1
O Sheanandò,
Tha mi gad ionndrainn
Thall a-null, O abhainn mhòrail
O Sheanandò,
‘S mi tha gad ionndrainn,
Mo thriall, gun roghainn ann,
A-null thar leud a’ Mhissouri.
2
O Sheanandò,
Is brèagha do nighean,
Thall a-null, O abhainn mhòrail
Às a leth, dhéidhinn
thar do thuiltean,
Mo thriall, gun roghainn ann,
A-null thar leud a’ Mhissouri.
3
Seachd bliadhna caithte
‘s mi gun d' fhaicinn
Gun d’ abhainn leathann a chluinntinn.
Seachd bliadhna caithte,
‘s mi gun d' fhaicinn,
Mo thriall, gun roghainn ann,
A-null thar leud a’ Mhissouri.
4.
O Sheanandò,
‘S mi tha gad ionndrainn,
Do shùmainn dhomhain a chluinntinn,
O Sheanandò,
Bu mhiann leam d’ fhaicinn,
Mo thriall, gun roghainn ann,
A-null thar leud a’ Mhissouri.
5.
O Sheanandò,
Dh’fheumainn triall bhuat
Thall a-null, O abhainn mhòrail,
O Sheanandò,
Chan innsinn briag riut.
Mo thriall, gun roghainn ann,
A-null thar leud a’ Mhissouri.
(Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh, 27 April 2026)
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SEE ALSO -
GLASGOW JEELY PIECE SONG / ÒRAN PÌOS SILIDH GHLASCHU
(Dvorak) SONG TO THE MOON / ÒRAN DHAN GHEALAICH
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? / A BHRÀTHAIR, DÌREACH BONN A SIA?
(Pink Floyd) RED VIBURNUM / CÈIR-ÌOCLAN DEARG
REMEMBER ME MY DEIR / CÙM CUIMHNE ORM MO GHRÀIDH
(Billie Holiday) STRANGE FRUIT / MEAS NEÒNACH
(Audioslave) I AM THE HIGHWAY / IS MIS’ AN RATHAD MÒR
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