| Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter
| Oh Shenandoah amo a tu hija
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| I’ll take her cross yon rolling water
| Tomaré su cruz yon agua rodante
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| The chief disdained the trader’s dollar
| El jefe desdeñó el dólar del comerciante
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| My daughter you shall never follow
| Mi hija nunca seguirás
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| For seven years I courted Sally
| Durante siete años cortejé a Sally
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| For seven more, I longed to have her
| Por siete más anhelaba tenerla
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| She said she would not be my lover
| Ella dijo que no seria mi amante
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| Because I was a tarry sailor
| Porque yo era un marinero alquitranado
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| At last there came a Yankee skipper
| Por fin llegó un patrón yanqui
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| He winked his eye and tipped his flipper
| Guiñó el ojo e inclinó la aleta
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| He sold the chief that firewater
| Le vendió al jefe que el aguardiente
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| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| And cross the river he stole his daughter
| Y cruzar el río le robó a su hija
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| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri
| Cruza el ancho Missouri
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| Oh Shenandoah I love your daughter
| Oh Shenandoah amo a tu hija
|
| Way hey you rolling river
| Oye, río rodante
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| I’ll take her cross yon rolling water
| Tomaré su cruz yon agua rodante
|
| Away, we’re bound away
| Lejos, estamos atados
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| Cross the wide Missouri | Cruza el ancho Missouri |