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- This is one of my favorite folk songs from North America. It is a true folk song as no one has ever claimed to be the writer. Some verses have changed over the last 150 years. It is included on my CD 'My Grandfather's Clock, which is available on iTunes at: itunes.apple.c... . The CD can also be ordered at: tomroush.us/CD%...
THE American folk song . There is none more to the heart of our country.
My family came to Missouri from Germany aww this reminds me of my Grandma Helene and her river Grandma's river miss you Grandma Helene i love you ❤️
Wish our next generation preserve this kind of music. A music is a time machine, it tells a story from the past
there will always be young folk with an appreciation for the past, rest easy!
@@DourFlower
Agree.
You'll be happy to know that I'm a 12 year old living in 2024 and I love this song
I love this song my ancestors came from Germany to settle in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In case you didn't know Shenandoah means "Daughter of the Stars" . I walked along its banks and I think of the hardships my ancestors must have faced
:). My kin are English. We too helped settle my river valley. Im an extremely proud Virginian. We been here since 1640. So roots are deep.
I Sir have always loved it. How ever stand in front of a droning machine, I would stand tall belt out some of the lines and buy the way it has helped me well.
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I am reading a book about World War 2 by Thoene and it mentions this song. Blessings to you.
Happy Fashnacht!
Thank you for preserving America the way it really was.
True lyrics and music that represented the Americans that lived at the time.
Chief Shenandoah was one the greatest Americans who ever lived. He was adopted into the Oneida tribe, and became an elected chief. He stood 6' 5" (196 cm) and lived to be 105 years old (1710-1816). This song originated among the fur traders on the Missouri River in the early 19th Century, and is about a fur trader suing for the hand of the legendary Chief Shenandoah's daughter. The lyrics later became conflated with the beautiful Shenandoah river valley of western Virginia. A reconstruction of the early 19th Century version, from Wikipedia:
Missouri, she's a mighty river.
Away you rolling river.
The redskins' camp, lies on its borders.
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
The white man loved the Indian maiden,
Away you rolling river.
With notions his canoe was laden.
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
"O, Shenandoah, I love your daughter,
Away you rolling river.
I'll take her 'cross yon rolling water."
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
The chief disdained the trader's dollars:
Away you rolling river.
"My daughter never you shall follow."
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
At last there came a Yankee skipper.
Away you rolling river.
He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper.
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
He sold the chief that fire-water,
Away you rolling river.
And 'cross the river he stole his daughter.
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
"O, Shenandoah, I long to hear you,
Away you rolling river.
Across that wide and rolling river."
Ah-ha, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide Missouri.
Thank you for taking your time to explain that.
Thank you so much for all this rich information ! You have enriched us.
holy shit i had no idea. this is illuminating, thank you
Thank you so much for this!
,,, Bob Marley
I remember learning this in eighth grade music class. It's a beautiful, haunting song, and you sing it just right.
We’re singing it in 8th grade as well and we’re heading over to Shenandoah right this instant to stay there for a couple of nights :D
@@PixelPlayz101 That's so cool! Have a great time!
I heard this for the first time at my grandfather's memorial service last week. Beautifully sang by a woman, accompanied by piano. A touching song. I'm glad it's a part of my life now.
I've now spent more of my life outside of Virginia than I did growing up in it. I've lived in six different countries on three different continents and there's still a feeling of missing home, but I know the home I knew isn't there anymore.
Maryland for me, but regularly visited Shenandoah...
Maryland as well... Marylander and Virginian solidarity!
Just about our oldest folksong sung by one of our best folksingers.😊
Melts my heart like dropped ice cream in the Shenandoah River. Absolute banger🔥🔥🔥
This is such a beautiful piece of music, but it never fails to make me cry, just a bit. Very few pieces of music affect me that way. Leave it to you Tom! Thank you!
That is so true!
HOWWWWW
Listen to Peter Hollens sing Loch Lomund. He is so spot on.
This was one of the songs my family and I used to sing on Summer nights while we were sitting around the campfire. Comin' Around the Mountain, Jimmy Crack Corn, On Top of Old Smokey, Home on the Range, My Darling Clementine, Camptown Races are some of the other songs we'd sing. All ages knew the words, even my four year old cousin. I miss those times. Thank you for reviving those wonderful songs. 💝
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I have been picking up harmonica in recent years, and this list gives me an idea to teach these songs to the young ones the next time we can do a family camping or bonfire get together. I already have the tab written down for a couple, but writing down the rest as well.
This song seems out of place with the others. Did you guys sing it as a little breather after the faster songs?
those legendary american classics
Thank you tom! I love the way you sing!! Your voice is so relaxing and emotional
Thank you, Sergio!!!
Rest in peace to Joanne Shenandoah and condolences to her family in Canastota New York
I am just a little kid but i am in Singapore when i was in in my class go for cca and give me a few notes is shenadoah i love it so lovely
I can never get enough of this beautiful version of this ❤️ Thank you, again and again
Thank you, Susie!!!
Our friend, Tom Roush has been called home. Tom fell and hit hit his head. He was in the hospital for a lengthy time. Tom died on Aug. 30, 2021.
To read more of his obituary, Google Tom Roush + NC. 😞
That is so sad. My condolences to his family and all of you who knew and loved him. I am very sorry.
Zufällig "entdeckte" ich auf youtube dieses einmalig schöne amerikanische Volkslied" oh Shennondoah". Ich habe dieses einzigartig schöne Lied im Englisch-Unterricht an der Bundeshandelsakademie Innsbruck im Jahre 1966 kennengelernt. Vorgestellt hat uns dieses Lied unser damaliger Professor Dr. Karl Judmaier. Gelegentlich singe ich dieses Lied heute noch im Jahre 2019. Sein Text bezieht sich auf einen Indianerhäuptling mit dem Namen Shenondoah.
Thanks for posting this tom and for presenting it in such a moving way. I have come to love this piece as my voice coach has introduced me to its haunting wistful melody...its such a joy to sing this song and now that i know the story behind the song its even more special to me.
I love this song. I heard it on the radio one day and then couldn't find it and now here I am listening to it and thinking about what the words mean.
This is beautiful American folk. I truly hope to see Tom roush play one day
He died last year sadly
@@jackcarter5101 go on. Did not know that. How sad.
@@1800aubrey I realised there had been no activity on his channel for a long time, so I googled him and came across his obituary.
@@jackcarter5101 ah man. He was gone too young. Looks like he took a bad fall?
@@jackcarter5101 goddamitt. I can’t believe he’s gone.
I love to hear the classical version of this song which I sang in high school. But please, don't get me started. This beautiful country was taken from the Native American Indians.
I'm sorry, but you're being deceived. The pilgrims did not steal the land or anything. They literally came from engliand for freedom of religion, and the Good Natives greeted them with open arms. The bad natives, who killed and ate their own(canibals), did not and fought the Settlers.
I' m not from your land...but I love the music and hear what you say about the native American listeners.. .I wish there could be a genuine sharing of the music and the language...its all beautiful and speaks to a shared past and I hope , present.....beautiful music....let it transcend petty politics and unite everyone to build a better future. Music transcends politics.....it unites...
Greetings from Canada. I have always loved this song. It is so soulful, and you do a lovely job of singing it, Thank you.
My ancestors sang this on the Oregon Trail. They got homesick.
I haven't heard him ever sing this song. Sing it for my daughter Shenandoah Lee see lost her life in a car wreck. I love and miss her so much.7-6-85 to 8-16-2009
Susie, I'm sorry for your loss.
@@MusicOfTomRoush Thank you
She will await you, bye n bye
Hope oneday i can come this place.,.. with my lovely one ❤️❤️
Thank you Tom, your heart and soul is in this one...…………………………..
I’ve known this hauntingly beautiful song for most of my 80+ years. Always loved it, always will. My high school choir sang a beautiful version of. Thanks for posting it.
Just plain beautiful.
R.I.P Tom he is truly missed.
Hes still alive
@@reelfishing47 No he died last year
@@reelfishing47 He died 3 years ago.
Beautiful song, and beautifully sung. Thank you.
Thank you. Samael!!!
I love your voice so much !! Listen to this alot!!❤
Thanks, Nicki!!
My dad used to sing this to my every night before I went to bed, but he...he's just gone now..and I miss him, so every night I sing this to my baby sister
Bridget: Unfortunately, parents and many of our beloved family members and friends 'dissappear'. You have my sympathies for that. I hope that this song has brought back good memories of your father.
Thank You Tom Roush, by the way keep up the good work, and I love your voice.
XxShelby_Gamer32xX Lol I'm sorry dear ! God will help you sweetheart. Please talk to him. We love you & your sister. God Bless You !
D Lee thanks! ❤😭❤
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I love listening to Great songs like is and I love it
I'm learning this on piano and it really is beautiful
Such a beautiful song 😊 as a child our family sang this at home . Such a connection to life & nature 😊 beautiful voice with such feelings 😊😊 appreciate.
Thanks Grandma, for telling me about this beautiful masterpiece
Your voice singing this one is so beautiful
Thank you so much, Shirley!!
@@MusicOfTomRoush Thank YOU Tom! I can really relax and be put to sleep with this on. Reminds me of all the great times growing up with the American Folks and stories.
Very nicely done! Thanks, this is such a great song.
This is one of my favorite. Bravo 👏
Such a beautiful song along with the video I've watched.
Beautiful rendition of this movingly wistful American classic folk song.
This is the song that plays when you reach the Snake River Crossing in "The Oregon Trail" game.
This is so relaxing.
The video is what really brings it home ! 😇
I love this folk song
Can never get enough of this 💞 I love it. Thank you 😊
Thank you, Susie!
I'm very moved.
A song that I have always loved! But I'm old and wish the young folks could understand. Thanks brother.
jakeisthedog There are those of us youngins who love tradition and faith. Hail, brother.
jakeisthedog I'm 19 and I understand.
jakeisthedog plenty of young people like these songs. My sons 11 and he watches this channel
jakeisthedog I'm 18 and I understand
jakeisthedog I'm 20 and I still play this on my guitar.
Beautiful rendition. Thank you.
Thank you, Jeff!
AWESOME !
yesss
Lovely song well sung
Love this song
This song is the basis of country roads... a precious classic
Beautifully done
When I think about the movie from which this beautiful song was in,it is so sad,when you really truly realize what we did to ourselves, it's actually what Csin and Able did in the Old Testament of the Bible. We destroyed ourselves, brothers against brothers, fathers against sons,white and black on both sides, The Civil War was our worst tragedy because we did it to ourselves. It wasn't someone from another land trying to take us over,we tried to destroy each other and it was a horrible, horrible tragedy. 😢
this is my favorite song it almost made me cry
Thank you so much
You're welcome!
i LOVE this song so much
I am descended from the Onieda tribe. I used to go to the Shenandoah Valley when the Army gave me time off. I'm mostly white but my grandpa was Onieda.
I was stationed near Williamsburg, VA. At fort Eustice, Lucky me. I am also descended from Pocahontas and John Rolfe. They have a statue of her there.
Beautiful
Wow! You're great Tom. Gonna try to do it with My wife. Greetings from argentina!
Thank, Leandro!!
So Beautiful!
Thank you, Christina!!
I love The Shenandoah Valley I'm from WV It's really pretty me and my Dad Drove past the Shenandoah Valley many times
Thank you so much I love this beautiful tune
Lovely put together video I like the song too
Thanks!
❤love this song❤
Sucj a beautiful version. Used it teaching the last 2 days.
Beautiful ☘️
A very beautiful cover.
Very beautiful song, thank you!
I've never seen Shenandoah valley yet but I've heard about it a lot like its beauty and nature. It's my dream to go to West Virginia and see the Shenandoah River and Valley. I hope it would be like I've imagined and heard about it
Sending love from the Shenandoah Valley of WV:)
West Virginia and Ohio are gorgeous
Sending love from holmes county ohio
The Shenandoah valley is in Virginia
@@reelfishing47😊and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.
I can only imagine what those early settlers and frontiersman saw that moved them so much that they were inspired to write a song. It must’ve been a beautiful site
Magnifique!!
SWEET !!!
So grateful to study with her.
As I read some Comments Here, I can Compare SHENANDOAH as the RAIN FOREST AMAZONA of BRAZIL SHENANDOAH as one comments have said Below really means, Its Valley, Waterfall , its River, Banks and lake Mountainous Flowering Tree and the Dense Forest that for the Inhabitants Indian that lives here, for the beauty of the Nature call its beauty as SHENANDOAH The Daughter of the Stars, I Agree
I am singing that for the concert 🎵 thanks for 💡 idea
Nicely done. I was sorry to find out in the comments that we need an RIP for Tom. As of August 2021. I am sure that he will be missed.
I like that it has the same melody as the anthem of Virginia
Here after reading This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger....
Me too!
Reading it now! This is a nice version of this song.
Same!
Awesome thanks
I like it. Thank you!
Who's here because of "This Tender Land"? 💜
You
Sing well Tom Roush
Saluti dall'Italia. Una delle piu velke canzoni popolari americane. Noi la cantavamo con gli scout italiani.....bellisdina!
Nice rendition
Very nice cover, great job!
I grew up listening to this song every night before bed
Sang and played this in elementary... but it had a harmonica in the song and it just a tad bit faster
Mine too!
Meraviglioso commovente 😊❤❤❤
The Shenandoah Valley is as close as a man can get to seeing heaven.
this song is so deep it makesme cry by elaine clapp
"Shenandoah" appears in a background counter-melody in Johnny Cash's "Ragged Old Flag".
Thank you so much for recording this so it can be enjoyed by everyone. it is my favorite one. For my baby's birthday.
Thank you, Susie. You're getting to be my favorite commenter! LOL
@@MusicOfTomRoush Your voice really brings a whole new meaning. I have loved this forever but have never heard it sang so beautiful.Thank you!!! It means so much to me.
@@susielancaster4687 Thanks! That means a lot to me.
💘 BRAVO
Stephen Foster wrote this, as well as "'My Old Kentucky Home.""
Please give me your source of Stephen Foster writing this song. Thanks-Tom
I think she may be wrong, Tom. It's not part of the Foster canon. Supposedly an American mystery song, as no one has ever claimed its authorship. By the way, I like your work.
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