The earliest appearance of a "full" text of "Shenandoah" may have been in The Riverside Magazine for Young People (New York City) (Apr.,1868):

"Man the capstan bars! Old Dave is our 'chanty-man.' Tune up, David!

O, Shannydore, I long to hear you!                
Chorus.-- Away, you rollin' river!                                                                     
O, Shannydore, I long to hear you!
Full Chorus.--Ah ha! I'm bound awAY
On the wild Atlantic!
                                                   
Oh, a Yankee ship came down the river:…
And who do you think was skipper of her?…

Oh, Jim-along-Joe was skipper of her:…
Oh, Jim-along-Joe was skipper of her!…

An' what do you think she had for cargo?…
She had rum and sugar, an' monkeys' liver!…

Then seven year I courted Sally:
An' seven more I could not get her….

Because I was a tarry sailor,--
For I loved rum, an' chewed terbaccy:…


"The words to the songs given here were from the lips of a veritable 'old Dave,' during the writer's recent voyage across the Atlantic."

Of "Shanadore," Adams wrote in 1876:

"One of the best illustrations of the absolute nothingness that characterizes the words of these songs, is given by the utterances attending the melody called 'Shanadore,' whch probaby means Shenandoah, a river in Virginia. I have often heard such confusing statements as the following:-- [Text given by henryp above] and so the song goes on, according to the ingenuity of the impromptu composer."