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hug meTopic: "Shenandoah" (6)
"Had Bilbo been of Scots-Irish descent, it would've been proper for Frodo to hire a lonely piper to play the ballad 'Goin' Home' as an appropriate vehicle. Absent that, Frodo has too much respect for those here today to subject you to another part of Bilbo's legacy, a truly horrible singing voice. So, with your indulgence, Frodo chose to create a poem from a song that she truly loved, and that is truly a part of her voyage on this day. It is Frodo's way of saying good-bye:"
"Oh Shenandoah I long to see you away and hear your rolling river/
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you/
Away, we are BOUND away/
Across the wide Missouri/
Oh Shenandoah, I LOVED your daughter/
Away/
You rolling river/
For her I'd cross your roaming waters away/
I'm BOUND away/
Cross the wide Missouri/
'Tis seven years since last I've seen you and heard your rolling river/
'Tis SEVEN years since last I've seen you away/
We're bound away/
Across the wide Missouri/
Oh Shenandoah/
I long to see you/
And hear your rolling river/
Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you/
Away/
We're BOUND away/
Across the wide Missouri."
