Shenandoah Valley は、北アメリカのバージニア州北部にあるようで、渓谷には Shenandoah川が流れ、1700年代に発見され、西部開拓地への玄関口になっていたようだ。 詞の中では、大きなミズリー川を渡りながら、インディン娘に対する想いを歌っているようである。
行ったことのない地域だが、何か郷愁を感じる一曲だ。 次に、lyricsを掲載。
Oh, Shenandoah
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Now the Missouri is a mighty river
Look away, you rollin' river.
Indians camp along her border
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Well a white man loved an Indian maiden
Look away, you rollin' river
With notions his canoe was laden
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Look away, you rollin' river
It was for her I'd cross the water.
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
For seven long years I courted Sally
Look away, you rollin' river
Seven more years I longed to have her
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
Well, it's fare-thee-well, my dear,
I'm bound to leave you
Look away you rollin' river
Shenandoah, I will not deceive you
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
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