This is a music book. The song had become popular as a sea chanty with sailors by the 1880s. Ike Skelton, the U. S. congressman for Missouri, noted in 2005 that local artist George Caleb Bingham immortalized the jolly flatboatmen who plied the Missouri River in the early 19th century; these same flat boat men were known for their chanties, including the lovely 'Oh Shenandoah'. This boat men's song found its way down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to the American clipper ships, and thus around the world. [citation needed. Sea Songs and Shanties, Collected by W. B. Whall, Master Mariner (First edition in Nov 1910), states that the song probably originated from American or Canadian 'voyageurs', who were great singers. Thomas Moore drew inspiration from them in his Canadian Boat Song. The author further goes on and states that he heard it sung over fifty years prior to publishing the book, which place its origin at least a fair bit earlier than 1860. Besides sung at sea, this song figured in old public school collections.
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