washingtonpost.com Audio by: Arizona State University Concert Choir
"Shenandoah" parody by Jeff Brechlin, Eagan, Minn. Sung by the Arizona State University Concert Choir.
Potomac, you're our muddy river
Full of carp and yuppie kayaks
Old tires and cans, and scraps of liver:
And hey, I hate to say;
That stuff's our drinking water.
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'Shenandoah' by Steve Ettinger "Shenandoah" parody by Steve Ettinger, Chevy Chase. Sung by the Arizona State University Concert Choir.
Please don't confuse us fine Virginians
With our less enlightened neighbors
Like hillbillies in West Virginia,
Or worse? oh yes, much worse?
Those liberals in Maryland.
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'Shenandoah' by Steve Ettinger "Shenandoah" parody by Steve Ettinger, Chevy Chase. Sung by the Arizona State University Concert Choir
O Shenandoah, I long to see you
And drive the Skyline highway.
But whatchanoah, I'm stuck in traffic.
I'll wait, I'm bound to wait
Behind a white Mercedes.
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'Shenandoah' by Barbara Sarshik "Shenandoah" parody by Barbara Sarshik, McLean. Sung by the Arizona State University Concert Choir.
Oh, Charlottesville, admit my daughter
I can't pay for Yale or Princeton
Oh, Charlottesville, please give my daughter
The cachet of U-V-A:
I need in-state tuition.
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'Shenandoah' by Judith Cottrill "Shenandoah" parody by Judith Cottrill, New York. Sung by the Arizona State University Concert Choir.
The Virgin Queen, that's who you're named for.
But now you're called the state for lovers,
And birthplace of our country's father?
Confused, I'm so confused!
But it's okay, the fleet's in.
