Shenandoah - Polish Choir Sings about the US Civil War
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Stumble ThisThis is one of my personal favorite choral pieces sung by a Polish university choir. It is James Erb's arrangement of a traditional American folk song, Shenandoah. Most people believe this song is written from the perspective of a Union soldier in the USAmerican Civil War. It is very beautiful and very sad. Here are the lyrics:
O Shenandoah, I long to see you
And hear your rolling river
O Shenandoah, I long to see you
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
I long to see your smiling valley
And hear your rolling river
I long to see your smiling valley
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
'Tis seven long years since last I see you
And hear your rolling river
'Tis seven long years since last I see you
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
O Shenandoah, I long to see you
And hear your rolling river
O Shenandoah, I long to see you
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
I long to see your smiling valley
And hear your rolling river
I long to see your smiling valley
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
'Tis seven long years since last I see you
And hear your rolling river
'Tis seven long years since last I see you
'Way, we're bound away
Across the wide Missouri
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This choir is awesome and I don't mind the mispronunciations at all. The only one that is mildy distracting is when the men pronounce "valley" like "vallay," but it doesn't bother me. I actually think it is charming when foreign choirs sing English songs and mispronounce a little bit.
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It doesn't bother me, though. This was the best performance of this song I could find. The only thing that bugs me slightly is that during the round part at the end where we are supposed to be imagining the rolling and rippling river (this is why I love the arrangement) the altos are barely audible, and it is the most beautiful part. It isn't the melody, but it is gorgeous. Too bad.
I prefer university choirs above any others because they are better than high school choirs but they have a straight tone and good unison which is often lost by an older group with massive 40-year-old vibratos.