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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Statements (51)

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" ⓘ