The River

With the last glint

Of sunlight

Your thumbprint

On my hand tight

And the waves whisper

For the sails to fall

Aye, aye

And the sky floods

With lovers’ hues

And the moon rises

Fades into view

For the first kiss by the river’s edge

Aye, aye

Take me beside the river

Lead us in

Lead us in

Stay ever wide, O river

Lead us into you

So let the seas crash

And the oceans roar

Let the earth shake

And the great wind soar

I’ll be right here

By the river’s edge

Aye, aye

As the ships roll by

I can hear them whisper

From three hundred miles

Away

O Shenandoah

I long to see you

And hear you, rollin’ river

O Shenandoah

I long to see you

Away, I’m bound away

Across the wide Missouri