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I'm drinkin' of rum and chawin' tobacco—
Hi! Oh! The rolling river!
I'm drinkin' of rum and chawin' tobacco—
Ha! Ha! I'm bound away for the wild Miz-zou-rye.
I learned this song from Tommy Tompkins—
Hi! Oh! The rolling river!
I learned this song from Tommy Tompkins—
Ha! Ha! I'm bound away for the wild Miz-zou-rye.
SHENANDOAH*
Missouri she*s a mighty river,
Away-ay, you rolling river.
The Indians camp along its borders,
Aha, I'm bound away
'Cross the wide Missouri.
The white man loved an Indian maiden, With notions his canoe was laden.
O Shenandoah, I love your daughter, I've crossed for her the rolling water.
The chief, he made an awful holler, He turned away the trader's dollars.
Along there came a Yankee skipper, He winked at her and tipped his flipper.
He sold the chief some fire water,
He got him drunk and stole his daughter.
O Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Come back across the rolling water.
(Each verse carries the same refrain as the first.)
*Sent by Captain A. E. Dingle, Cove Cottage, West Bermuda. Tune identical with "The Wild Miz-zou-rye.**
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