Doesn't David Hackett Fisher, in his _Bound Away_ interpret Shenandoah as a slave song, a lament about being sold west? "Away, I'm bound away, cross the wide Missouri." I have often, when away from Virginia, found myself pining for Shenandoah. Works for me. -- Dr. Douglas Day Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society McIntire Library Building 200 Second St., NE Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-1492 www.albemarlehistory.org To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html