Across the Wide Missouri
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"Across the Wide Missouri" is an alternate title for the traditional American folk song "Shenandoah," a 19th-century river ballad associated with voyageurs and the Missouri River.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Across the wide Missouri | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
ⓘ
river ballad ⓘ traditional American folk song ⓘ |
| alternateTitleOf | Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Missouri River
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ⓘ
voyageurs ⓘ |
| collectedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| genre |
ballad
ⓘ
folk ⓘ |
| hasAlternateTitle |
Oh Shenandoah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRegion |
American Midwest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGeographicReference |
Missouri River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shenandoah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLyricPhrase |
I long to hear you
ⓘ
Oh Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ across the wide Missouri ⓘ |
| hasLyricVariant |
Across the wide Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, away, you rolling river NERFINISHED ⓘ Oh Shenandoah, I long to see you, away, you rolling river ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
journey
ⓘ
separation ⓘ yearning ⓘ |
| hasUnknown |
composer
ⓘ
exact date of origin ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk song collections ⓘ |
| influenced | American folk revival repertoire ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the Missouri River
ⓘ
evocative melody ⓘ multiple lyric variants ⓘ |
| performanceContext |
river travel
ⓘ
work song ⓘ |
| recordedAs |
Across the Wide Missouri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shenandoah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
longing
ⓘ
love ⓘ river life ⓘ travel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| transmission | oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy |
American voyageurs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fur traders ⓘ sailors ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Oh Shenandoah
subject surface form:
Oh Shenandoah
this entity surface form:
Across the wide Missouri