Ernie Ford puts more soul into the first few phrases of this song than a lot of singers put into their entire career. Geez I am so glad to have found this.

@PandemoniumMeltDown

3 жыл бұрын

Well said lad, well said!

@josephryan9230

2 жыл бұрын

Spot on!!

@williamjohnson4388

2 жыл бұрын

The right man for this beautiful song!

@wendypartida2206

2 жыл бұрын

As am I!

@mayormccheese3197

2 жыл бұрын

That's because a lot of singers have sold their souls.

One of my Papaw's favorite songs. He passed away this evening in his sleep at 91 years old in the house he was born in. He would sing this to my brothers and me when we were small. I will miss you, Papaw.

@OfficialGhostThaReaper

10 ай бұрын

rest in peace papaw he lived a good life

@jackson4404

7 ай бұрын

❤

@mikeguthrie5432

5 ай бұрын

God bless you and your "Papaw".

@Revelian1982

3 ай бұрын

❤

@FederalEmployee

28 күн бұрын

Rest Peacefully to your beloved papaw

Ernie Ford is honestly most underrated singer of the gold ages. He should’ve have bigger popularity.

@jackson4404

7 ай бұрын

Wasn't he very famous in his lifetime?

@Meallion98

5 ай бұрын

Who told you he was underrated..

@jackvoss5841

4 ай бұрын

Well, yes and no. I certainly agree that Ernie Ford was an impressive singer. I enjoyed all of his artistry. But there were many impressive singers in that era. Some, like Ford, had their own TV shows. Some stuck to singing for records. We were lucky to have had them. We’re also lucky to have their recordings available to us today. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

@glendahoward8259

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. He has a beautiful voice.❤

@elainetiller3241

20 күн бұрын

Ernie was extremely popular...

I was with Ernie and his wife when he died in VA. A Christian gentleman and faithful husband..Glory be to God for all things.

@TheTenthLeper

8 ай бұрын

WHAT! AMEN! WOW!!! Thanks for sharing this! Hallelujah!

@spackretired

8 ай бұрын

Aber als junger Mann warf er Bomben auf unschuldige Frauen und Kinder, die jämmerlich verbrennen mussten. Möge Gott seiner Seele gnädig sein.

@matthewstarostenko4288

7 ай бұрын

You still with us ten years later?

@williamgass9242

7 ай бұрын

Yeah right

@jimkerkes5799

7 ай бұрын

​@@TheTenthLeper 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

My wife loved this song. She died of Breast Cancer in 2019. It's very sad and I can hardly hold back the tears when I listen to it. The song reminds me of the Civil War; I could picture some soldiers singing this around a campfire.

@mrlaw711

3 жыл бұрын

If you never watched the movie "Shenandoah" with Jimmy Stewart you may enjoy it as the theme is played throughout the the movie which takes place during the Civil War. It's not so sad if you look at all sides, and what the tune represents. Am sure your wife saw much beauty in this tune, musical or with lyrics.

@ALF3Y

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you’re doing well buddy

@beckybirdsell2290

3 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss. As a widow who is battling kidney cancer for the second time, I understand your pain. And, yes, panic. The thought of never knowing someone like I knew, and loved, my husband tears at the fabric of my soul. I will not tell you that the pain gets better but I will tell you that you will get used to it. My son is a Civil War reenactment and they occasionally sing this around the campfire at night. Stay strong and be well.

@beckybirdsell2290

3 жыл бұрын

Reenactor, not reenactment. Stupid autocorrect!

@bandini22221

3 жыл бұрын

Your story is touching and heartfelt and, yes, watch the Jimmy Stewart before the woke left cancells it. Thanks for sharing.

The song originally is about a mountain man who falls in love with a Native American princess. Shenandoah is the name of her father the tribal leader. The mountain asks the princess to meet him on the bank of a river to run away together. Instead Shenandoah moves his entire tribe. The song is the mountain man calling to Shenandoah to please come back. The song evolved into a sailing song......."the topsails shiver"....it relates to every sailor who feels the loneliness and leaving at sea.

@Forevertrue

4 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for that! Very important info.

@dichebach

4 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I REALLY Loved 1984 Great book. Only one thing though: it was supposed to be a fucking CAUTIONARY tale and now all these numbskulls seem to think its a Prescription for Utopia! So in the end: bad book.

@libbyclark1360

4 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who know the story of "The Wide Missouri"and correctly has Shenando as an Indian chief and not river in Virginia.

@libbyclark1360

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, George, you are very correct. Shenando is an Indian Chief and not a river. The river is "The Wide Missouri," The piano music of 50 years ago has a bass sound that reminds me of the roll of a river. Yes, I know the sound, I grew up on the banks of the Mississippi River and lived for 6 years on the banks of the Missouri. If you don't believe the Missouri can be wide, ask some of the Farmers who were flooded by it this year when the River flooded and found its own path, the one before man tried to control it.

@lavoxii

4 жыл бұрын

George Orwell Thank you very much

He's got 16 tons of singing talent. Took me 50 yrs to look back and find this wonderful song. Now that I'm 61 I appreciate the music from back then even more. RIP Ernie Ford, Danny Williams and all the other great sincere singers.

@itschallenger

8 жыл бұрын

+itschallenger Andy Williams I mean sorry

@dantebondin4385

5 жыл бұрын

So sweet!

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

I just uploaded a KZread video about the history of this song, which includes several recordings sung by actual sailors as early as 1906! Feel free to have a look and subscribe to my channel if you're interested in this kind of thing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmea0sqKdM_HitY.html

@lizdoyle7158

3 жыл бұрын

Danny williams too EXCELLENT FABOULOUS AWESOME singer as was Andy Williams

@happyjohn354

Жыл бұрын

Hell lots of younger generations love this dude as well due to his music being in Fallout 76

gosh - you don't hear a voice like that very often.

@Sealed_Chamber

3 жыл бұрын

I was taken aback when I first heard it, a very unique and powerful voice.

@rhiahlMT

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sealed_Chamber Check out his song 16 tons.

@Sealed_Chamber

3 жыл бұрын

@@rhiahlMT I will, thanks for the suggestion.

@literallyanangrymoose7717

3 жыл бұрын

@adolf anne hitler frank my voice is much like his as well. I'm repeatedly told to start recording songs and been told I should be on the radio. If I ever do record something, this'll be one of the first ones I do.

@Samp50

3 жыл бұрын

@@rhiahlMT yes 16 tons is great song, Ford sang very well. Original is by Merel Travis..

One of the greatest voices we’ve ever had. What a gift.

You know a great song when it instantly transports you to a place you've never been, but to which you desperately want to return.

@NeverTalkToCops1

2 жыл бұрын

Well said.

@nick31427

Жыл бұрын

Ok Don Draper lol

@eddiejones2121

3 ай бұрын

Lovely saying

One of my dear father's favorite songs. Rest in peace, dad.

@negroblack8171

5 жыл бұрын

@@fistmedaddy6998 why you gotta do the man like that 5 years later

@pineapplesandbass2442

4 жыл бұрын

@@fistmedaddy6998 ignortant.

@yaniel111

4 жыл бұрын

This comments are real assholes but, I’m not one of them and I hope your father rests in peace.

@PetesMaGeats

4 жыл бұрын

Rip 🙏🏼

@Forevertrue

4 жыл бұрын

And Ernie, a wonderful man.

Thank you American Dad for bringing us here ❤️

@numberonefan6964

Жыл бұрын

Yo same here

@flordag100

4 ай бұрын

Same

@africanmarty

4 ай бұрын

Same

@JordyGuy

4 ай бұрын

Just now yes exactly

@mhw7375

2 ай бұрын

Yup

He had a great, deep, but soft voice. Although he was a big star, I always felt he was somewhat underrated. He was all class, though.

@JDMatthias

4 жыл бұрын

If he didn't have that pencil thin moustache he wouldn't look like a quintessential bad guy...maybe that was the one thing holding him back

@Mike583

3 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how people could think he was "underrated"? With a voice like his...❤

@Mike583

3 жыл бұрын

@@JDMatthias Looks doesn't amount to a hill of beans,compared to his magnificent voice!❤

@ZingZing609

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike583 they mean he didn't get as much love and attention as they deserve.

@VoxGothica

2 жыл бұрын

He rarely gets mentioned amongst Country music‘s greatest ever, but he certainly had one of the finest male voices in the history of recorded music.

No hype, no big band, no glitter, no gold, just sheer voice and a from the heart performance. Nothing better.

Tennessee Ernie Ford proves that talent is ageless and forever.

I'm so happy Fallout included so many of these old gems!! The only game I ever mention anything about the music!

@ztmobiledetailing

9 ай бұрын

❤

@wolverine3219

2 ай бұрын

Which fallout game was this song in again?

@gabesixx1181

2 ай бұрын

​@wolverine3219 its in FO76 along with his other song "16 tons"

What a voice full of mourning, rejoicing, pain, and song all at once...so beautiful.

@Karuminu2

6 жыл бұрын

You described it splendidly.

@anfearmor9616

6 жыл бұрын

Awesome.

@carlthomascox1

6 жыл бұрын

There are times when the mind takes a journey to That Place that fills the senses. To a place that holds all those things that are precious. A place that leaves all the trials and troubles that follow me. Listening to the words, feeling the Music and understanding what it means to cross over that Wide Missouri. And to Cross Over, there are those to be left behind, sadly. A choice that can't be undone, O' Shenandoah.... I Long...Blessings, As Always...

@MrJohnMonroe

6 жыл бұрын

The 218 people who thought this song rated a thumbs down must be deaf!

@TheLittledikkins

6 жыл бұрын

He had a TV show in the 1950s and I always loved it.

Oh Shenandoah, I hear you calling, Hi-o, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I long to hear you, Hi-o, I'm bound away. 'Cross the wide, Mis-sou-ri. Mis-sou-ri, She's a mighty river, Hi-o, you rolling river. When she rolls down, her topsails shiver, Hi-o, I'm bound away, 'Cross the wide, Mis-sou-ri .Farewell my dearest, I'm bound to leave you, Hi-o, you rolling river. Oh Shenandoah, I'll not deceive you, Hi-o, I'm bound away. 'Cross the wide Mis-sou-ri.

@ronaldrommel6189

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much XD

@alexmiller6775

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much because I had no idea what he was saying 😂

@charlesnickerson4812

5 жыл бұрын

Shenandoah Valley is in Iowa

@donaldzahnke2123

5 жыл бұрын

@@charlesnickerson4812 also in Virginia

@Leo-vr3bg

5 жыл бұрын

Donald Zahnke and Pennsylvania Shenandoah pa. Pronounced Shendo.

His voice just moves me in my soul. What a Womderful talent and a good man by all accounts.

He was a classy guy. My girlfriend was waitress in a restaurant where Ford and his friends were having dinner. Dinner ran way overtime, and our date was pretty well ruined. He came over and apologized to me and he tipped her $50 when that was a couple of days wages.

@nicholasneyhart396

3 жыл бұрын

Adjusted for inflation that is about 300-400 dollars for anyone curious.

@tank2449

3 жыл бұрын

That’s cool to hear! What year was that? I’m related to him!

@MrRod4000

3 жыл бұрын

@@tank2449 1970 or so. A LONG time ago!

I guess anyone who grew up by a river can identify with this. I did. My river was my playground for many many years. A Tom Sawyer and a Huck Finn I was and never wanted to grow up and probably never have. I still go back and look at those places from more than a half a century ago and still feel I'm there again. Hey... This is a beautiful song and is sung magnificently. Pardon me reminiscing to begin with. But isn't that one of the most wonderful qualities of great music and of beautiful song? That it can take you back and put joy in your heart and it can do it over an entire lifetime.

@loralie59741

9 жыл бұрын

The name Shenandoah refers to an old Indian. It was a poem written by a young Indian for his new father-in-law after he had married the old mans daughter. supposedly the poem was a hit even then. It was not set to music till many years later.

@oxusriver

9 жыл бұрын

Oh Reeni Longworth I long to see you. Away, you dirty river. Oh Reeni Longworth I long to see you, away, I'm bound away, cross the filthy Irwell... Doesn't have the same ring as the Mighty Missouri does it!!!.

@JayBohringer

9 жыл бұрын

Tom Tee Totally agree with you Tom. What a remarkable voice TEF has. God I miss Missouri my native state. Blessings and peace!

@Taipans

9 жыл бұрын

Jay Bohringer You can have Misery. This place sucks.

@phyllisholmes1078

9 жыл бұрын

Tom Tee Oh so beautiful.xx

My mama used to sing this song to me when I couldn’t sleep or was sick or woke up from a nightmare. We had our differences, but she had the voice of angel for this song.

I came for an American dad episode. I stayed for Tennessee Ernie Ford.

@michaelkushner5469

2 ай бұрын

Same bro

@TennesseeErnieFordTV

2 ай бұрын

thanks for visiting

@4sakend1

2 ай бұрын

As soon as i saw the opening of the episode i had to look for this.

@iandiecane6031

2 ай бұрын

Seth MacFarlane has the best taste in music

@papylo9276

Ай бұрын

Same

I grew up listening to Ernie Ford. He had an amazing voice.

I really miss some of these old entertainers. You never know what you have lost until it is gone. I am glad that we are able to save their talent on recordings and video. Think how much was lost before this technology came along.

@oakleysierney1918

5 жыл бұрын

amen to that brother

@Forevertrue

4 жыл бұрын

Many of these performers of that era, were sincere, honest, moral, ethical, people. Unheard of today.

@2014wow

4 жыл бұрын

@@Forevertrue not true, not unheard of today just not easy to find

@whales7743

4 жыл бұрын

Were really lucky to be able to listen to this

@freewill1114

4 жыл бұрын

Jennie Lind was a famous Swedish opera singer with a legendary voice during the 19th century. Sadly, sound recording was unavailable at the time, so no one can hear her today. Well into the 20th century, there were people who had heard her, and they swore that none could sound like her. She undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the USA in 1850.

This performance harkens back to a time when people who couldn't sing didn't.

I grew up on black lake bayou in the back woods of Louisiana, in every southern boy's mind is a Shenandoah, a body of water that takes us back to those days of skipping stones and fish caught on a line with a pole.... years later, in the Army, freezing on the DMZ in Korea or covered with mud in Hohenfels, Germany as the rain drizzled cold into my bones this song brought the misty Bayou back to me... I thank the Lord God for Tennessee Ernie Ford. We all loved him.

@k.c.843

8 ай бұрын

In every girl's too. I'm sitting here bawling like a baby listening to him. It just evokes memories of simpler times and love of family and home.

@jimhallford7970

2 ай бұрын

@@k.c.843 Amen

what a beautiful voice...

@rustyshadow7

7 ай бұрын

Him and Jim Neighbors' voice, magnificent.

Oh so this is why my great grandmother loved Ernie. Ernie Ford was a true American.

you can never get it out of your head. love it.

One of the outstanding this about Ford's performance was not only the humanity, but that the performance was recorded in one take, done live on his show. There was no post-production sweetening. It was Ernie at his wonderful best. We all miss him a lot.

The Real Deal, Ernest Jennings Ford was an American Original, whose likes we might never see again. Possessed of a phenomenal bass-baritone voice, he became an American icon with the release of his famous "Sixteen Tons" in 1955, which I played on the juke box as a young sailor. In the year 1965 Ii had the pleasure of seeing the live telecasts of his daily San Francisco production on local television station KGO-TV. In one particularly delightful presentation, he performed several arias with his old voice teacher from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Opera, and ---- MYGOD! ---- what a powerful voice this man projected! He will never be replaced, either on the music scene or in the hearts of those who were privileged to hear him sing.

@atalkativemime6800

3 жыл бұрын

Who are you?

@wendypartida2206

2 жыл бұрын

Oh what lovely back story to add, I thank you most sincerely for sharing those memories with us. Your shared memories of TEF, his daily San Francisco broadcast program and the episode w/ his former operatic teacher will forever be a part of my thoughts that come to mind when I think of this great voice in a fine and talented man.

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

@@wendypartida2206 Hello!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day… Stay Safe

I desperately miss my days as a merchant sailor. This captures how I feel so well

There was a marvelous Jimmy Stewart film on TV called Shenandoah. It was a sad CIVIL WAR movie, but every time I hear this song, I remember that movie. Of course NO ONE can sing like Ernie Ford did. He was just great!!

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

Hello!!! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day… Stay Safe

First heard this song on American Dad episode "The 200".. The song resonates sadness and remorse. Great vocals by Tennessee Ernie Ford.

@yourmomspuzzy

3 ай бұрын

Thanks captain obvious for giving every last detail!

What a beautiful deep voice he has. ❤❤❤

Thanks, American Dad! One of the best uses of any song ever.

@dons1932

8 жыл бұрын

+Caleb Donovan The fact that it would easily fit in Fallout, but was original enough that it hadn't just blows my mind. Perfect choice. Gave it that awesome familiar feel but new.

@sman20052

5 жыл бұрын

Well ya see about this being in Fallout...

@miltonowens2359

3 жыл бұрын

@@sman20052 lmao

@b.h.7430

3 жыл бұрын

Just watched that episode now I'm here

I have listen to many great artist sing this beautiful song. No one matches this rendition. This is Ernie’s song even in 2023.

There are a number of songs that no matter how talented you are, you will not covey the message and delivery that the song deserves unless you truly feel the lyrics. You may be the best singer in the world, but you will never capture the emotion of a song. You may hit every note perfectly, but someone singing a song such as this imperfectly will put anyone to shame that is pitch perfect if they feel the words and emotions that the song conveys. Very few songs such as this nowadays that can be applicable.

I just heard this song as part of a video game soundtrack. It was playing when I was running alongside a river , picking mutated plants and it was absolutely beautiful with that song

@thekindpenguin7497

Жыл бұрын

I'm here for the same reason

@1CE.

Жыл бұрын

Nothing like this song playing as you’re walking down Appalachia especially in the forest and savage divide

@ThommyofThenn

Жыл бұрын

@@1CE. it's actually become one of my very favorite tracks in the entire game.

@countersphere2924

Жыл бұрын

@@ThommyofThenn Same, it's always so nice whenever it comes on in the radio

@user-mj7zj1fe9p

Жыл бұрын

I learned it from American dad season 11 episode 10, the intro combined with the song stuck with me

No autotuning, no overproduction, no gimicks. Just a great song and a great singer. Thanks for posting.

@basshead.

3 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind an EDM version of this song.

@rarecandy3445

2 жыл бұрын

yeah it was recorded before autotune was really popular and back then this was just the set bar for big studio production. get over yourself

@RobinaDunstan

2 жыл бұрын

@@rarecandy3445 this was broadcast live performed before a studio audience. Autotune didn't exist. All that could be tweaked by a sound engineer was generally volume in this situation. The great performers of his era had to be genuinely great.

@rarecandy3445

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobinaDunstan yeah i said this was recorded before autotune was popular

@theskyizblue2day431

2 жыл бұрын

@@rarecandy3445 dude are you ten? Lmao

Thank you Bethesda for introducing me to this beautiful rendition of this classic American folk song.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

I just uploaded a KZread video about the history of this song, which includes several recordings sung by actual sailors as early as 1906! Feel free to have a look and subscribe to my channel if you're interested in this kind of thing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmea0sqKdM_HitY.html

@AnonymousUser-tw6kx

3 жыл бұрын

About the only thing Bethesda had right about that game in the beginning.

@RoyalAegisVelstadt

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheFolkRevivalProject awesome! Subbed, I'll be sure to check you out soon

This wonderful song beautifully sung by Ford takes me back 30 years to a day when my son and I canoed down the Shenandoah and for more than an hour never saw another human being or any sign of so called civilization. It must have been like that for thousands of years, a fantastic memory.

@TheFolkRevivalProject

3 жыл бұрын

I just uploaded a KZread video about the history of this song, which includes several recordings sung by actual sailors as early as 1906! Feel free to have a look and subscribe to my channel if you're interested in this kind of thing. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmea0sqKdM_HitY.html

What a BEAUTIFUL song!!!

What can someone say that will do this man and this performance justice? Just thrilling and incredibly moving. If you want to see what really made this giant of a man tick, watch the documentary, Amazing Grace, put out by Bill Gaither. Ernie Ford was one of the few true stars in the history of the entertainment industry that stood up for his Christian faith and wouldn't compromise. God blessed him for it. A true hero.

Love exploring Appalachia to this.....

I'm 54 and I remember when I was in the 4th grade, the music teacher introduced us(the class) to this song and we sang it. It'd such a BEAUTIFUL song.

Added to the end of the world soundtrack.

@PapiSerpiente

6 жыл бұрын

here's another one for that : kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZ6AtchxqZyalrg.html

@alexandererwin5021

6 жыл бұрын

Can we get a link to that soundtrack on Spotify?

@tehapu7358

5 жыл бұрын

two thumbs up here.

@theepicbro99archive48

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic, as this song is now in fallout 76.

@rangerjenny1278

5 жыл бұрын

wow I never knew I needed this soundtrack but you've shown me that I do lol

Nobody has a rich, powerful bass voice like Tennessee Ernie Ford.

@gregnormal55.

Жыл бұрын

Hello! How are you doing today, please pardon me for intruding into your privacy but I just wanted to know if you’re a fan ? Have a great day… Stay Safe

Thank you fallout 76 for introducing me to this song

@countersphere2924

Жыл бұрын

Agreed! Fallout 76 and the Fallout series as a whole has introduced me to so many songs that I've totally fallen in love with. :')

He was one of my parents' favorite singer. I grew to love his voice just listening to my mom's records.

The best rendition I have heard. He was a very versatile actor and a one in a million singer. My ancestors lived in the Shenandoah Valley and I would love to go there one day.

Unbelievable song. Back when America had pride in music and did it like no one else. Thank you Tennessee Ernie Ford.

Dude , This song is electrical It never fails to make my hair stand up and. Get goosebumps The wind is a nice touch but Ernie makes you feel the cold bitter wind as if he was still alive very haunting Excellent beautiful song Such depth of emotion and. Peace and. Sorrow mixed together

I am 17 years old and I will always find this man amazing.

@twelvenation6393

2 жыл бұрын

25 now huh still a good song

a beautiful example of our great american musical heritage interpreted by a master.

Am I the only one who discovered this song through the American Dad episode "The Two Hundred "? Gorgeous song

@copper12heavy69

Жыл бұрын

Nope, same here. Great episode btw.

You'd look far and wide to find a better version of this song, and you know what, you wont! Tennessee Ernie along with Bing Crosby, the two greatest voices of the 20th. Century. no one can or ever will replace either of them!

@8816ish

9 жыл бұрын

Girvan Paterson I so agree Girvan. it brings tears to my eyes

@OdinX316

9 жыл бұрын

Girvan Paterson Yes those were two of the all time best!! I am partial to Tennessee Ernie Ford myself!!

@girvanpaterson1098

9 жыл бұрын

jackie k Vetter Nice to know there's still some of us around with good taste Jackie, good on you!

@girvanpaterson1098

9 жыл бұрын

OdinX316 Seems they all came and went in the one era, who's around now that comes close?

@crystalmiller4022

9 жыл бұрын

These are what you call good Classic Country songs, not this crud now days. I grew up with this music and will love it till the day I die. Thanks for posting.

Thank God we live in a time where shows like American Dad use the perfect music music for the prefect moments, and thank god for apps like Shazam that help me figure out what the hell that song is, otherwise I'd have never known this beautiful music. Such a haunting song and voice.

@thunderp34-67

7 жыл бұрын

KEVIN RAMAGE

@2009stryka

6 жыл бұрын

That's exactly how I got here. American Dad, Shazam, KZread. 👍

@sman20052

5 жыл бұрын

Fallout 76...

@thatomotau8785

5 жыл бұрын

Yep that was the same sequence for me too!

@jody024

5 жыл бұрын

I thank Seth MacFarlane, "god" has nothing to do with it.

My father played it on a his harmonica. When there were nothing a radio to listen too.

So many of the versions of this song have people really over-singing it. This one is perfect. Simple, mournful and beautiful without overdoing it.

This song is so beautiful, I weep, thank you Ernie you're a legend!

WE MAKING IT TO SKYLINE VALLEY WITH THIS ONE 🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥

the voice and talent to use it the right way.. and all the humility to go with it... aahh, love Tennessee earnie ford...

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I grew up with the Shenandoah family's on the Onondaga Tribal Nation. I remember singing this in grade school music class. Many of that family still alive today.

Another day older and deeper in love with this song.

So glad this music is still available on utube, for those who appreciate it.

American Dad brought me here

@1Rickman123

8 жыл бұрын

+TheSouthern4501 Same Here. Lol

@marcwa74

8 жыл бұрын

Hands down one of their best episodes!!!! Ricky Spanish 👽.......

@whaddyagonnadoehhh

8 жыл бұрын

Omfg, me too. I was trying to figure out which version of the song it was for days 😂

@Soul_Alpha

8 жыл бұрын

I heard this on AD and had to find out this song so I could be at peace

@NJNANATE

7 жыл бұрын

Vietnam brought me here

Most of the songs he sang have been covered by others, but none surpass this great man.

My grandmother loved this guy. She was born in 1885.

One of my childhood heroes….

Best version of this song ever.

Today I played a bit of Fallout 76 for the first time in maybe a year and the song came on the in-game radio while I was going through a field of dead grass... Me and my girlfriend used to play the game together, we broke up about half a year ago, never thought a game would make me tear up... 😥

He had such a beautiful voice.

The old pea picker. This brings back memories of my childhood.

The Shanandoah and the song have spell bound this northerner and world traveler for decades. To me this is the most heartfelt and soulful of any rendition

omg no words. so much soul!

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American Dad brought me here. It’s what led me to find out Tennessee Ernie Ford 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Always enjoyed him. RIP Ernie.....

American Dad Brought me here, beware the 200!

what a voice, Mr. ford sings Shenandoah with such feeling makes you wish you were there when he ssang it.

I never really realized how deep and strong his singing voice way.

His Gospel songs are beautiful if you have ever heard them !

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reminds me of my father,fishing pole in hand and beagle by his side.xxoo

Wow what voice!!!! I watched some comedy I Love Lucy episode with Tennessee Ernie but I have no idea how wonderful he could sing. God Bless Him!

@larrydonguy

8 жыл бұрын

+youfilha Yes, based on the kind of "singing" he did on I Love Lucy, which was strictly for laughs, you would not know that when he sang seriously, as he does here, Ford was pretty much peerless.

@duncanbrown1495

8 жыл бұрын

+Don R Sounds almost like some of the songs Elvis Presley sang once or twice. (do bear in mind he didn't sing like that all the time -Elvis- but it sounds like it to me at least)

Such a rich deep voice…wish men had such voices today

So nice to hear a bass voice get some attention. RIP ernie.

If Ernie's voice and these lyrics don't bring a tear to your eyes.... well,then you've a harder heart than myself.

Such talent! never goes out of style!!

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Saw this as a small child, and as a 66 year old man, I love it so much more!

I had all but forgotten what a beautiful voice he had. I watched his program as a child. I miss these wonderful talanted people of yore.

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i love this man's voice

I’ve listened to this many, many times. His voice is magnificent and fills me with peace.

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I would love to go back to this time in my life. When life was simpler and more loving🙄🙄🙄🙄

@ztmobiledetailing

9 ай бұрын

God Bless you. It was taken from us, unfortunately.

I love Ernie Ford, he's got a great voice

Beautiful song god bless America and all the great country artist she’s produced none like the greats from back in the day

I am from Virginia, but have been away six years with the Navy. This song brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful.

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Supernatural and absolutely. Electrical this is haunting and emotional all together You can feel the wind blowing through you as he sings But it is like you are experiencing the whole thing but through Ernie's. Mind This song absolutely makes me get goosebumps A beautiful and. Poignant. Evokation. That has thus become. Legend

Beautiful and mournful ..brings tears to my eyes

The best, the only. Haunting, beautiful.

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