The Missouri, she´s a might river
Away you rolling river
The red man´s camp lies on her borders
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

A white man loved an Indian maiden
Away you rolling river
With notions sweet his canoe was laden
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

O Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away you rolling river
I´ll take her ´cross the rolling water
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

The chief disdained the trader´s dollars
Away you rolling river
My daughter never you shall follow
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

At last there came a Yankee skipper
Away you rolling river
He winked his eye, and he tipped his flipper
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

He sold the chief that fire-water
Away you rolling river
And ´cross the river he stole his daughter
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri

O Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away you rolling river
Across the wide and rolling water
Away, we´re bound away across the wide
Missouri