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With possible origins in Virginia, noting that its title is also the name of a Virginia river, the song has been considered for Virginia's official state song. In his 1931 book on sea and river chanteys entitled Capstan Bars, David Bone wrote that "Oh Shenandoah" originated as a river shanty and then became popular with sea-going crews in the early 1800s. The Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton noted in 2005 that Missouri artist George Caleb Bingham immortalized the jolly flatboatmen who plied the Missouri River in the early 1800s; these same flatboatmen were known for their chanties, including the haunting "Oh Shenandoah". This boatmen's song found its way down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the American clipper ships, and thus around the world.

The lyrics tell the story of a roving trader in love with the daughter of an Indian chief; the rover tells the chief of his intent to take the girl with him far to the west, across the Missouri River.

Another few is that the song actually originated with the Missouri rivermen and refers to Shenandoah, Iowa. Shenandoah, Iowa was a major river crossing into the west and the northern passage through Cheyenne, Wyoming and on west. It was ,more or less, the last "civiized" city a traveler to the west would encounter. The lyrics and its variations could be interpreted to refer to the traveler's desire to, once again, see Shenandoah, Iowa.

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innocent little souls. I wonder why do we lose our innocence and truthfulness as we grow up.

I wonder....