Woody Guthrie - Roll On Columbia Lyrics
ROLL ON COLUMBIA by Woody Guthrie tune Good Night Irene Roll on, Columbia, roll on Roll on, Columbia, roll on Your power is turning our darkness to dawn So roll on, Columbia, roll onGreen Douglas firs where the waters cut throughDown her wild mountains and canyons she flewCanadian Northwest to the oceans so blueRoll on Columbia, roll onOther great rivers add power to youYakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, tooSandy Willamette and Hood River tooSo roll on, Columbia, roll onTom Jefferson's vision would not let him restAn empire he saw in the Pacific NorthwestSent Lewis and Clark and they did the restSo roll on, Columbia, roll onIt's there on your banks that we fought many a fightSheridan's boys in the blockhouse that nightThey saw us in death but never in flightSo roll on Columbia, roll onAt Bonneville now there are ships in the locksThe waters have risen and cleared all the rocksShiploads of plenty will steam past the docksSo roll on, Columbia, roll onAnd on up the river is Grand Coulee DamThe mightiest thing ever built by a manTo run the great factories and water the landSo roll on, Columbia, roll onThese mighty men labored by day and by nightMatching their strength 'gainst the river's wild flightThrough rapids and falls, they won the hard fightSo roll on, Columbia, roll on@river @industry @westfilename[ ROLCOLUMSF===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY
