The River

With the last glint
 Of sunlight,
 Your thumbprint
 On my hand tight.
 And the waves whisper
 For the sails to fall.
 Aye, aye.
 And the sky floods
 With lovers' hues,
 And the moon rises,
 Fades into view
 For the first kiss by the river's edge.
 Aye, aye.
 Take me beside the river.
 Lead us in.
 Lead us in.
 Stay ever wide, O river
 Lead us into you.
 So let the seas crash
 And the oceans roar.
 Let the earth shake
 And the great wind soar.
 I'll be right here
 By the river's edge.
 Aye, aye.
 As the ships roll by
 I can hear them whisper
 From three hundred miles
 Away.
 O Shenandoah,
 I long to see you
 And hear you, rollin' river.
 O Shenandoah,
 I long to see you.
 Away, I'm bound away
 Across the wide Missouri.