Shenandoah (trad.). I've been singing this song since my elementary school chorus days, one of the most beautiful melodies I have ever heard.
Lyrics
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri
The trader loved this Indian maiden
Away, you rolling river
With gifts his boar was laden
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away, you rolling river
For her I crossed the water
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri
Oh Shenandoah, I’m bound to leave ou
Away you rolling river
Oh Shenandoah, I’ll not deceive you
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri