{"id":6983,"date":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-09-02T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6983","title":{"rendered":"Shenandoah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Shenandoah.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"202\" alt=\"Shenandoah.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"><a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\">Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Shenandoah.mp3\">Shenandoah<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"about\">This was a sea chantey, used with the windlass, and the capstan.The lead man would sing the first and third lines of each verse and the crew would sing on the second and fourth lines, as they did their work, with winches for loading cargo, raising sails, pulling up anchors, and other jobs on deck.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe the song originated among the early American river men, or Canadian voyageurs. Others believe it was a land song before it went to sea. Most agree that it incorporates both Irish and African-American elements.<\/p>\n<p>Shenandoah was tremendously popular both on land and sea and was known by countless names, including: Shennydore, The Wide Missouri, The Wild Mizzourye, The World Of Misery-Solid Fas (a West Indian rowing shanty that may be older than other versions), The Oceanida, and Rolling River.<\/p>\n<p>Two verses of the song were published in an article by W. J. Alden in Harper&#039;s Magazine (1882). A version of Solid Fa&#039;s was collected by R. Abrams in England in 1909. The shanty is said to date at least to the 1820s.<\/p>\n<p>Shenandoah was an Indian chief living on the Missouri River.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Lesley Nelson for this information. http:\/\/www.contemplator.com\/folk.html<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n[E] Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter<br \/>\n[A] Way-aye, you rolling [E] river<br \/>\nI&#039;ll [C#m] take her &#039;cross yon rolling [E] water<br \/>\n[E] A way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the [B7] wide [E] Missouri! <\/p>\n<p>The Chief disdained the trader&#039;s dollars,<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nMy daughter you shall never follow<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missouri!<\/p>\n<p>For seven years I courted Sally,<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nFor seven more I longed to have her<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missouri!<\/p>\n<p>She said she would not be my lover<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nBecause I was a tarry sailor<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missouri!<\/p>\n<p>At last there came a Yankee skipper<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nHe winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missouri!<\/p>\n<p>He sold the Chief that fire-water<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nAnd &#039;cross the river he stole his daughter<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missouri!<\/p>\n<p>Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter<br \/>\nWay-aye, you rolling river<br \/>\nI&#039;ll take her &#039;cross yon rolling water<br \/>\nA way &#8211; we&#039;re bound away<br \/>\n&#039;cross the wide Missour\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Shenandoah This was a sea chantey, used with the windlass, and the capstan.The lead man would sing the first and third lines of each verse and the crew would sing on the second and fourth lines, as they did their work, with winches for loading cargo, raising sails, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=6983\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shenandoah&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mountainsouthernus","category-seafaring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8597,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6983\/revisions\/8597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}