Does anyone know who the song Shenandoah for this film? My dad remembers it, and would like a copy, but I'm not having any luck finding out who recorded it. He thought it might have been Bob Dylan, but Dylan didn't record it until the 80's.
Any help would be appreciated!
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I believe it's a traditional song. My choir sang this song many years ago. It's gorgeous.
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"Shenandoah" is a traditional song that dates far back. I've found versions of it that were sung on whaling ships as well as in the States.
I found this at Wikipedia:
"Oh Shenandoah" (also called simply "Shenandoah", or "Across the Wide Missouri") is a traditional American folk song of uncertain origin, dating at least to the early 19th century.
The lyrics may tell the story of a roving trader in love with the daughter of an Indian chief; in this interpretation, the rover tells the chief of his intent to take the girl with him far to the west, across the Missouri River. Other interpretations tell of a pioneer's nostalgia for the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia, and a young woman who is its daughter; or of a Union soldier in the American Civil War, dreaming of his country home to the west of the Missouri river, in Shenandoah, Iowa (though the town lies some 50 miles east of the river). The provenance of the song is unclear.
The Shenandoah area made many parts like wheels and seats for wagons going west. These parts were assembled in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and settlers set out in Conestoga wagons down the Ohio River, on the Mississippi and west up the Missouri River. Lyrics were undoubtedly added by rivermen, settlers, and the millions who went west.
"Shenandoah" was first printed as part of William L. Alden's article "Sailor Songs", in the July 1882 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. The song had become popular as a sea-shanty with British sailors by the 1880s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh_Shenandoah
I love folk songs, ballads and traditional music in general. This is one of my favorites to play on the bowed psaltery, particularly at reenactment events. "Shenandoah" goes well with such melodies as "Red River Valley" and "He's Gone Away".
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The US Navy had several dirigibles, rigid airships. USS Shenandoah was the first, and the first rigid airship filled with helium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Shenandoah_(ZR-1)
And having a goofy imagination, I can imagine a relative of a crewmember singing about their desire to see it safely return from a trip:
"Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you,"