Inspired by the folk river song, Shannandore (a song with many names and spellings of those names).
I like to imagine what a folk song may have sounded like when someone spoke up at a campfire and said, "Well, here's a new song I've been working on. I came up with a few lines after I heard the story about [...] last week..."
This is so much fun to sing with an audience.
lyrics
[Verse 1]
O Shannadore I love her
(hum...)
We’ll ‘cross your water
(hum...)
[Chorus 1]
I’m bound away...
Across the wide...
I’m bound away...
Mizzoura.
[Verse 2]
For seven years I courted her
Hi-ho, you roll!
For seven more I longed for her
Hi-ho, you roll!
[Chorus 2]
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Across the wide, Across the wide!
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Mizzoura
[Humming Interlude]
[Verse 3]
She refused to be my lover,
Hi-ho, you roll!
‘cause I was a dirty farmer.
Hi-ho, you roll!
[Chorus 3]
I’m bound away...
Across the wide...
I’m bound away...
Mizzoura.
[Chorus 4]
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Across the wide, Across the wide!
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Mizzoura
[Chorus 5]
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Across the wide, Across the wide!
We’re bound away, We’re bound away!
Mizzoura
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