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  • the Missouri is wide. yes.

  • Not only a beautiful voice, but perfect pitch doesn't hurt either.

  • She sings it beautifully, and it combines well with the lovely photos of her that you have chosen. Slowing the display down by showing each photo for longer (which I appreciate would mean fewer) would be my only suggested improvement.

  • Love the pics of Hayley!

  • She has a beautiful voice,it is so pure and HIGH!!!!

  • ...get rid of the slideshow of HER. It ruins the song. It would be much more meaningful if you played it over pictures that actually meant something to what the SONG is about. Her rendition is gorgeous, but the song isn't about her so putting it over photos of her is kinda really disrespectful...

  • She is beautiful!

  • Hayley is an amazing gift to this generation. May God bless her and keep her.

  • there are thousands of songs like Shenandoah. & they all got lost. the only way to hear them again is to touch the universe

  • Makes me wanna go play endless ocean :D

  • Enchanting.

  • Bautiful and elgant, 10/10/10

    You lift me up

    Free Tibet

  • i lovee u this song

    *TeeHee*

  • The slideshow is kind of dumb, but this is a fantastic rendition of a great folk song!

  • Wow I guess someone really likes Hayley Westenra.

  • the BEST song from that wii game, Endless Ocean!!! makes me fall asleep every time i listen to it!!

  • I want to go home to Virginia. Beautiful song.

  • Personally, I would rather hear this sung by a male chorus.

  • @Labyrinth1959 If you go to my channel you should see a Shenandoah playlist with about 30 odd versions, including some my male choirs.

  • @Labyrinth1959 You should hear the version (both, actually) by Anna Sophia Henry. The first is the better one, I think - that was when she was 9. The other one was sung when she was 12, I think. Check them out here on YouTube!

  • Her voice is very clear, but the mood is somewaht too light. I like one by Brothers Four. Their song is very silent  and somehow heavy , sweet and after all charming.

  • @KU3PE4 I love youtube where I can wander through others' comments and be led to someone new (to me) I am headed to listen to Brothers Four!

  • the pic at 0:15 looks like an elven girl

  • Love this song, only been to Virginia once though.

  • What a STUNNING voice! Thank you, Hayley, for your beauty, inside and out!

  • You are , you are , do have the best voice in the Universe!!!

    Sing,Sing SIng!

    Sing to whom those in bad fate

    Sing to whom worker for other's life

    Sing to whom, to whom you love

  • Great voice!

  • A great rendition of a WONDERFUL song. She has a terrifically clear voice.

  • amazing so beautiful

  • amazing

  • :D she has such an amazing voice

  • I guess god felt guilty about taking Eva Cassidy from us so he gave us this angel

  • hard to dislike something so flawless

  • I'm always amazed that an old American folk song gets sung by famous singers from so many countries...

  • Oh a classic American folk song getting a sorta classical rendition. I can dig this.

  • She has a great voice for this classic folk song. It jars me a bit to hear her English accent in a song of the American South.

    It's still a beautiful version of a song I've always loved.

  • Endless Ocean! :D

  • So pure, so pure.......chills, chills and tears. She is on a different level.

  • This is amazing beautiful sound from an Angel.

  • Beautiful voice, lovely rendition.  Haven't heard her sing anything that didn't knock me out.

  • She is my favorite singer. What sounds like electronics over her is just her voice. She has a bright tone. It is very vibrant. That's what you hear. If I ever sing half as well as she, I'll consider myself the luckiest person alive.

  • Very beautiful voice....

  • ..i always thought it was "i long to see u annnd hear ur rolling riverr"

  • 39 hate music

  • God Lost an angel down here..what a heavenly voice!!

  • amazing voice and classy girl

  • Such a beautiful young girl and gifted singer.

  • i can't get over this song. she has the voice of angel that sends you into a trance. this is a timeless and pure voice.

  • i want to hear this sung by a man... no offense to this lovely lady. she has a great voice but i heard it it so much more pronounced, if you will, sung in a mans range. please, if anyone knows a video for me send it my direction or reply to me and send me to it.

  • @jewwishuwerecool Tennessee Ernie Ford and Paul Robeson both did excellent low voiced versions of this song and are on YouTube. I'm sure there are others, as mentioned this is an old, old song with many versions of lyrics and recorded by a wide variety of artists. Curious that you would want to hear it sung by a man--to me all interpretations by people of talent are good and I like variety, but don't see how this would be more suitable for a male voice--Hayley does a fine job, and Statlers.

  • I have no idea who this young lady is, but she is certainly talented and a pleasure to listen to, especially when singing a beautiful classic like "Shenandoah."

  • Precious voice Hayley! Thanks for sharing your gift with us!

  • BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO..Hayley

  • Wonderful voice !

  • Tino Ataahua Haley

  • I get to sing this for a solo at my school. This girl has an amazing voice :)

  • @TheBlinkerFluid How did the solo go then BlinkerFluid? Did you crack it?

  • Oh nooooooo please don't shatter my illusion that the voice could be digitally enhanced. Hayley always sounds so crystal clear to me, which is part of the attraction.

  • When I was in high school we had a project to study american folk songs.

    My question is this. Why doesn't anyone sing the real words for this song.

    Sure you can add your flavour but please sing the original words.

  • When I was a kid at school we did the BBC Singing Together radio programmes. They were broadcast from the big brown wall-mounted radio- the sort made by convicts- and we had little booklets which had the words and music- so I learned this song. We also did poetry this way- John Masefield-"Cargoes" was one. When I was seven I started to bash out one of the BBC radio songs on our piano by ear- I was hauled off for lessons the next year! Not so good!

  • when I frist head this song in the video game (it was used in endless ocean 1) I thought it was about two lovers who had been partedbut then I learned it is about a river or something. Still a song that pulls at your heartstrings though.

  • zo butiful

  • so much emotion i may start crying

  • 37 hearts of stone

  • hayley sings for the endless ocean wii game .

    when i heard her voice i fell in love.

  • I used to sing this song in chorus and it was my favorite.

    She does it so beautifully:)

  • Whaaa? This isn't Wuthering Heights??????

  • She will arrive at Taiwan concert, I to support the onlooking!

  • i love you

  • Sorry girl - not a bad rendition,but this is a males song, preferably baritone with rich tones and fibre. Graham Melb Aus

  • Here the words, They are of the civil war. Good old Georgia.

  • Hauntingly Beautiful

  • Her clear melodic voice captures the beckoning and the forlorn nature of this old classic and delivers the intense personal longing that defines the song.

  • Speechlees just beautiful.

  • I love hearing Hayley sing american folk music : )

  • muito bonito ,boa musica,adorei! excelent

  • muito bonito ,boa musica,adorei! beultlifou

  • This song reminds the the song "Tender Feeling".

  • This song is like the song "Tender Feeling". Perhaps Irish style.  It's nice to hear this song if your lonely I mean Happy so you become lonely then Happy.

  • Great singer and song. Just enjoy the music. 

  • Oh God she's amazing!

  • @beatruccia93 - Hayley is amazing, I agree.

  • I remember doing a slightly altered version of this (with omitted lyrics, maybe) in choir. So pretty, I love it. And Hayley is just pure talent personified.

  • ummm excuse me?

    why are theyre 33 dislikes on here?

    i just heard this for the first time in my life and i have chills everywhere!

    THIS GIRL IS AMAZING!

  • I'm a gal originally from WV living in New Zealand- Hayley went to the same high school as me- she was just a few years younger so I didn't actually know her. But I'm still intensely proud of her- and hearing her sing this song almost brings tears to my eyes. WV and NZ are both achingly beautiful in places but WV will always have my heart. Despite my intense anger at the many many kinds of ignorance supported and perpetuated in my home country even today.

  • this is on my shower playlist

  • there is this girl called Hannah Power and she is really good at this song!!! Check her out

  • A couple of comments:

    I dare say all versions of this song have their strengths and weaknesses.

    This is from an album that was on the British Classical charts which means that it has no background synthesization or editing.

    For those who like this song there is a range of different versions all worth listening to.

  • @Sqid101 Interesting. So, what sounds like overwhelming autotune is actually her voice? I've heard her sing live and she does not sound like this. She has a great voice. She doesn't need any electronic augmentation.

  • @Ardalla555 Well, many say she sounds just the same live as on record. I don't see any point in arguing about this. I understand that this is off an album that does not have any "background synthesizeation". I don't believe there is "overwhelming autotune" on the album. Are you listening to it through your computer off Youtube? If that is so, I suggest that you try using high quality headphones, or listening to the original album through a decent sound system.

  • @Sqid101 Sorry, my previous post was not meant to be argumentative. After rereading it, I can see my intent was not expressed at all well. I was actually happy to hear that no background syth was allowed on the Brit Classical charts, so what I was hearing was not Hayley but my lousy speakers distorting the sound. These were new speakers that sounded ok until I heard a soprano with a lot of echo effects. I have better speakers now and Hayley sounds quite a bit better.

  • @Ardalla555

    Fair enough. I probably shouldn't have been so terse. I was caught exactly the same way and so have a number of other people. Hayley sounded like she was shrieking on some songs, but when I played her through different speakers the difference was astonishing.

  • @Sqid101 @Ardalla555 -- probably the most diplomatic conversation between two youtubers. hehe :) \win/

  • @Sqid101 Now THAT'S how two gentlemen handle a disagreement! VERY classy you two.

  • @Ardalla555 I have heard a few "autotune" like passages, often in the same repeating pattern. However, with my uneducated theories about studio recording I would assume that passing such a voice through a digital recorder and mixing board is bound to create the occasional "modification" to the sound. There is of course the distinct possibility that the format used in recording was unable to keep up with the sheer amazing amount of overtones present in her voice.

  • i LOVE this music! i listen to it allllllll day!

  • i going to sing this song at school i love this song

  • iqoinqq to sing thizz songg at school love thiss damnn songg

  • @johninmelb

    Yes, I love that she supports People Eating Tasty Animals

  • THIS IS MUSIC! How could anyone deny God as the creator when things so miraculous happen to the human spirit!

  • this woman is an angel with a voice to boot i would listen to her sing forever if i were married to her and not look at another woman on this planet xxx love your music and voice 

  • this woman is an angel with a voice to boot i would listen to her sing forever if i were married to her and not look at another woman on this planet

  • A nice way to close out the weekend. :)

  • my angel of music

  • my angel of music

  • Shenandoah jep. onhan siinä paatosta ja patriotismia, mutta aivan ihana laulu ja Hayley of corse.

  • The song is about his love for the daughter of Cheif Shenandoah.

  • @treecarver269 The Shenandoah is a river that flows in two states, Virginia and Maryland and then into the Potomac which flows through Washington DC.

  • @treecarver269 You may be right but I grew up in VA, and this is song is practically the anthem where I am from- we were always taught that the song is written about the Native Americans who were forced by the europeans to the other side of the mountains- past the shenandoah valley (which is super gorgeous) and they are weeping and sad because they have to leave their homes- and many killed of course.it is so beautiful though it brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it no matter what version

  • @Shaiandshira , Hey those are my ancestors and relatives. You watched the movie, "Last of The Mohicans", Its actually about Jemima Boone and the Callaway sisters.The Scots-Irish,Welsh,were clanish and had hundreds of years of fighting experience.The French, The British, The Indians and The Colonists, each group had its own view of the valley, I have been to the valley and I can feel its call.

  • I remember looking on the internet for this song... beign a natal canadian, Shenandoah meant nothing to me. I was surfing for celtic songs on the internet about a year and half ago and after formatting my computer... I've lost the youtube link, along with the song title. I'm happy I got able to find it back, the EXACT same song with the same signer. Otherwise the song isn't as good hehe!

  • WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Wow! You are an angel from heaven.

  • this is our second movement in our marching show

  • I think Shenandoah is a river, but im not sure.. anyway back to importance, SHE IS AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL AND SMART

  • our choir is singing this song 

  • So that is what it sounds like when Angels sing.

  • ~謝謝分享!真的很讚~感謝!

  • Beautiful i love it

  • What is Shenadoah Exactly? She's a beautiful singer.

  • @kardancer1

    "Shenandoah" is a traditional American folk song from the 19th Century. It refers to the Shenandoah River. Here it is a beautiful song sung by a beautiful singer.

  • My personal association with AKC, I have a strong loathe for PETA, just because of past mishaps involved between the two organizations.

    But PETA is not the topic: Hayley Westerna is. I love her voice, her skill, and her personality. She is a great person, and a wonderous singer, never to be rmimicked or repeated for another hundred years. Beautiful version of this song, Hayley!

  • I do not think you should involve PETA in this. She is just a girl with a beautiful voice. Is her personal life any of our business? Food for thought.

  • im in the jsu marching southerners this year and we're playing this song. truley beautiful tune

  • if people were not supposed to eat animals God would not have made them out of meat. PETA= People Eat Tasty Animals.

  • Beautiful music! People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is a lovely name - too bad the ethics diametrically oppose the name!

    Hedgehog

  • I stumbled on her music during one of my deployments in the sandbox. Didn't matter how terrible my day had been, how tired I was, or how homesick, her voice could always put me at ease. This particular song always sent me straight to the banks of the little river that flows through my home town.

  • She's absolutely adorable.

  • if you like this then look up 'Shenandoah Graduate Choir of New Zealand' and enjoy!! 

  • Look up Shenandoah Graduate Choir of New Zealand for the best choral performance of Shenandoah on youtube

  • I did a cover of this song also! I think yours was amazing, I'd realy love if you'd check mine out(:

  • Lovely voice, young lady! Keep sharing your gifts with the rest of the world. :)

  • this song is spectacular

  • Thanks so much for posting this nostalgic piece of music sung by a beautiful lass.

  • nice cleavage @ :31

  • wow good singing it is awesome go person keep up the good work

  • Spellbinding!

  • She is an astonishing singer, her voice floats the high notes so easily. I'm a recent fan, and glad to make the discovery. From reading her Wiki bio, I learned she is a Unicef ambassador and does a lot of charitable work, notably bikes for girls in Ghana, so they can go to school, and cancer fund raisers. Amazing since she is only 23. She happens to be mostly vegetarian, and is such and angel that PETA tried to ride her coattails, but she does not seem to be a fan. We are blessed by her.

  • Great music, terrible video effects.

  • i wish i sounded like dis lols. when i hear dis i feel like all my problems r goien away.. nd everythin will b okay ::::) lmao

  • What a beautiful woman.....and what a beautiful voice you have grown into.....!!!

  • hayley your so beautiful,with a wonderful voice..youve got it all hayley.

  • Is she from Australia?

  • @TheStoryInYourEyes: She's from New Zealand.

  • iis this girl the real singer / song writer of this version or doesant anyone no i ry need to knw

    post if you know ill get the responce

  • This song is in Endless Ocean. A very good game made better with her music!

  • @poll476  Yup! I've played it! Not my fave song out of them I must admit, but still a very relaxing song that gives you time to think...

  • she's so pretty

  • I bet this is how the angels sound like.

  • Oh my.....What a voice! Very clean, very Sweet! Thank you! I would love to sing harmony with you....Mark

  • the 1 truly amazing thing about Hayley apart from her amazing singing ..is that its never gone to her head ..shes just so down to earth and a really nice person she signed my C.D and she was more interested in making me happy then just pushing me aside to do the next signed autograph she is just amazing

  • incredible

  • wow just beautiful. love

  • This is one of the two greatest melodies ever imagined, and she did it proud. Doesn't have to be the greatest thing ever done.

  • i  like her xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  • shenandoah... my ex lives there, and was she in celtic woman?

  • @wiccachick55555 She was in Celtic woman for a while but she left.

  • A BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG LADY-LOVE YA HAYLEY! i'd like to hear you and Charlotte Church sing together some more-I watched a TV special ya'll did together several years ago and it was superb. Maybe it was CELTIC WOMAN or some such show?

  • Classy pictures and video! She has the sweetest voice i' ve ever heard!!

  • My angel <3_<3 I love her...

  • amazing song! sung the four part version in choir:)

  • good, i have to sing this song for a competition, at least shes sings it right

  • meiswury

    GG

  • Her voice is pure, innocent, and beautiful. The length of the recording is too short.

  • good voice!

  • this is amazing beyond words can say (": && my friend sang this for solo && ensamble.

  • hayley <3

  • Beautiful, talented and smart. If only she knew the true agenda of P.E.T.A. .

    Sportsmen and sportswomen have done more for the improvement of habitat for wildlife and animals than peta ever could.

    Go ahead, give this comment a thumbs down. I expect this. Anyway, she did justice to such a rich and historic song.

  • @Woundtootight Isnoyz may know something that I don't, but I am very sceptical about her supposed "involvement" with PETA. PETA once listed her as one of the world's "sexiest" vegetarians, but even that wasn't accurate because it turned out she isn't a strict vegetarian. I've never seen any reference on fan sites or biographies of any other involvement with PETA. I don't know much about PETA, but thought they were a rather militant and radical bunch.

  • A GORGEOUS GIRL WITH A VOICE AS SMOOTH AS SILK. *BEAUTIFUL*.XX

  • @Sqid101

    militant and radical.... you're only missing 'stupid' in there.

    ;)

  • @Sqid101

    you are an idiot.

    hayley is great and so is PETA.

  • @Sqid101 Your right about peta, they kill more animals than they save. At their HQ's in Virgina they have been cited several time for illegal dumping of animal remains. People working for them took a bunch of cats and dogs they "rescued" from a no-kill shelter, loaded them in a van then killed them by various means and dumped the carcsus in a dumpster. They are supposed to creamate them but don't. Ain't life grand.

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  • @Woundtootight if by sportsmen or women u mean hunters that is outrageous lol, humans are the problem not animals, anyone can see that, or did u mean people like hikers and outdoors enthusiasts in general, im just curious

  • @Woundtootight She's a true spirit. I'm glad she eats meat! She's to smart not too, she realizes the nutritional value of it.

  • What a beaitful girl--what a gorgeous song!!

  • i have the game Endless Ocean 4 wii and they use her songs in the game... and it rely makes the game tie together. =)

  • Wow . . . I got goosebumps!