TRACK TALK #387 Shenandoah

SHENANDOAH
ALBUM : Down in the Groove (1988)
Recorded : 16 Juin 1987
Released : 30 Mai 1988

Adaptation d'un traditionnel du 19ème siècle.
Ce chant de marin fut arrangé et repris notamment par Arlo Guthrie, Bobby Bare, Roger McGuinn, Liam Clancy, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Jerry Garcia, Tom Waits et Van Morrison.

Première performance live : Athens, USA (28 Octobre 1990)
Dernière performance live : St. Louis (4 Novembre 1990)
Total : 3 fois.



Lyrics
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away, you rollin' river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

Now the Missouri is a mighty river
Look away, you rollin' river.
Indians camp along her border
Look away. We're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

Well a white man loved an Indian maiden
Look away, you rollin' river
With notions his canoe was laden
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Look away, you rollin' river
It was for her I'd cross the water.
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

For seven long years I courted Sally
Look away, you rollin' river
Seven more years I longed to have her
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

Well, it's fare-thee-well, my dear,
I'm bound to leave you
Look away you rollin' river
Shenandoah, I will not deceive you
Look away, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri

La version de Bruce Springsteen :



La version de Keith Richards et Tom Waits :