SSAATTBB, Tenor solo a cappella

I remember listening to Garrison Keillor on A Prairie Home Companion wistuflly lamenting how the classic American folksong Shenandoah had descended to the level of background elevator music. There are so many arrangements of Shenandoah, that it was with great trepidation that I undertook to add one more to those possibly destined to listening at the mall.

This version of Shenandoah, humbly offered, has become a frequent encore for The Princeton Singers and an audience favorite over the years.

O Shenandoah, I long to see you,
Away, you rollin’ river!
Away, I’m bound away!
‘Cross the wide Missouri.

‘Tis sev’n long years since I last seen you,
And hear your rollin’ river
Away, I’m bound away!
‘Cross the wide Missouri.

O Shenandoah, I love your daughter
For her I crossed the shining water.
Away, I’m bound away!
‘Cross the wide Missouri.

Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you
O Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave you
Away, I’m bound away!
‘Cross the wide Missouri.