Shenandoah | Official Lyrics Video | Tennessee Ernie Ford | March 9, 1961

Official lyrics video of Tennessee Ernie Ford singing the classic folk song, "Shenandoah" live on The Ford Show, March, 9, 1961.
Many artists have covered the song, but Tennessee Ernie Ford released the most notable and popular version on his 1959 album, "Shenandoah". This live version from The Ford Show is heartfelt and inspiring.
This beautiful live recording appeared prominently in the popular video game "Fallout 76." The game also included the Ford's renditions of the miner's anthem "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Sixteen Tons." All three songs play on the game's Appalachia Radio.
Ford's original recording also appeared prominently on "American Dad," Season 11, Episode 10, "The Two Hundred."
About Tennessee Ernie Ford
Born Ernest Jennings Ford on February 13th, 1919 in Bristol, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford has made an indelible impact on America and the world through his unparalleled accomplishments in radio, records and television.
Throughout his legendary career spanning over 50 years, Ernie Ford's early successes as a radio personality led to his signing with Capitol Records in 1949. Through 1976, he released a total of eighty-three albums on the label--and literally scores of single records, including his classic version of Merle Travis' timeless anthem to the working man, "Sixteen Tons"...at the time of its release, the fastest selling single in Capitol's history.
About The Ford Show
On Thursday night, October 4th, 1956, NBC premiered The Ford Show Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford.
As prime-time's # 1 half-hour variety show for five years, The Ford Show featured all the ingredients of the top variety shows of the day; Hollywood's greatest guest stars, top-of-the-line production, and terrific music. But one simple element separated it from all others...Ernie closed virtually every show with a hymn, a spiritual or a song of faith. For the time, it was a bold and powerful statement for a popular entertainer of Ford's stature to be making on live television, especially in the face of the initial objections from Madison Avenue and the network. But it was a statement that would become the trademark of his career, and in many ways, the mark of his life. It would earn him the distinction of almost single-handedly bringing inspirational music into the mainstream of American entertainment...an enduring legacy of the lasting impact that one man's expression of faith can have on millions of people.
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[@GavinusMaximusMaster]

Haunting and beautiful makes me think of a time long past that I'll never see.

[@Littledove-mw1ed]

You never know...drifting off while listening...anything is possible...😊❤

[@Littledove-mw1ed]

Look for those days in these days...you'll find exactly that...these are the days...as long as we have hope...don't give up my friend 🧡 ❤😊still listening ❤

[@mattf9076]

Get out in nature, she is the same as she was 50, 100, 300 years ago.

[@abraham78834]

Me and my grandpa and my dad use to sing this way back in 1973 they passed in 79 in a car wreck rip tom weed and boone weed im now 67 my name abraham weed i was only 22 when they passed

[@latterrains8829]

Recently I saw the Shenandoah valley for the first time, it is all they say it is and more, God truly blessed that land

[@shadolist]

I went and it was too stormy, didn't dare exit my power armor

[@Nonsensically]

Missing the old days. 😢

[@patsaylor8973]

I love this song. Ever since the show, Shenandoah, with Robert Horton.

[@JohnHarmon-w1s]

What happen to this country