song "Oh Shenandoah"

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"Oh Shenandoah" is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, often associated with 19th-century river travel and westward expansion.

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song "Oh Shenandoah" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American folk song
folk song
traditional song
collectedAs inland river song
sea shanty
collectedIn United States
countryOfOrigin United States
dateOfOrigin 19th century
genre folk
hasAlternativeTitle Across the Wide Missouri
Shenandoah
The Wide Missouri
linked to: Missouri River
hasCulturalSignificance iconic American folk standard
symbol of American rivers and landscapes
taught in American music education
widely performed in choral arrangements
hasNotableLyric Across the wide Missouri
Away, you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you
linked to: Oh Shenandoah
hasRecordingBy Arlo Guthrie
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Ferry
Harry Belafonte
James Taylor
Paul Robeson
Peter, Paul and Mary
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Chieftains
The Corries
The Irish Tenors
The Kingston Trio
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
The Robert Shaw Chorale
Tom Waits
Van Morrison
hasTheme longing
love
migration
river journey
separation
travel
westward movement
hasUncertain origin
isAssociatedWith 19th-century river travel
American folk tradition
American frontier
Missouri River
Shenandoah River
westward expansion
language English

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Shenandoah River associatedWith song "Oh Shenandoah"