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The song "Shenandoah" appears to have originated with American and Canadian voyageurs or fur traders traveling down the Missouri River in canoes and has developed several different sets of lyrics. Some lyrics refer to the Oneida chief Shenandoah and a canoe-going trader who wants to marry his daughter.
Lyrics. You'll always be our great Virginia. You're the birthplace of the nation: Where history was changed forever. Today, your glory stays, as we build tomorrow. I fill with pride at all you give us—. Rolling hills, majestic mountains, From Shenandoah to the Atlantic, Rivers wide and forests tall, all in one Virginia.
Chief, military leader. John Skenandoa (/ ˌskɛnənˈdoʊə /; c. 1706 [1] – March 11, 1816), also called Shenandoah (/ ˌʃɛnənˈdoʊə /) among other forms, was an elected chief (a so-called "pine tree chief") of the Oneida. He was born into the Iroquoian -speaking Susquehannocks, but was adopted into the Oneida of the Iroquois Confederacy.
May 16, 1966. (1966-05-16) A Man Called Shenandoah is an American Western television series that aired Monday evenings on ABC-TV from September 13, 1965 [1] to May 16, 1966. It was produced by MGM Television. Some of the location work for the 34 half-hour black and white episodes were filmed in California's Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert.
Music of Virginia. Virginia 's musical contribution to American culture has been diverse, and includes Piedmont blues, jazz, folk, brass, hip-hop, and rock and roll bands, as well as the founding origins of country music in the Bristol sessions by Appalachian Virginians. The origin of music from within the state is very diverse, including ...
In 1997, it was retired as the state song, largely due to controversy over the lyrics' racial content (such as the narrator being a slave, and referring to himself as a "darkey"). On January 28, 1997, the Virginia Senate voted to designate "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia" as state song emeritus and a study committee initiated a contest for ...
Singer, guitarist, author. Instrument (s) Vocals, acoustic guitar. Joanne Lynn Shenandoah (June 23, 1957 – November 22, 2021) was a Native American singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist based in the United States. She was a citizen of the Oneida Indian Nation, Wolf clan, based in New York. Her music combined traditional melodies with a ...
The Church on Cumberland Road. " The Church on Cumberland Road " is a song written by Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill and Dennis Robbins, and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1989 as the second single from their album The Road Not Taken. It was their first number-one hit in both the United States ...