Roll On Columbia Lyrics - Woody Guthrie

Roll on, Columbia, roll on 

Roll on, Columbia, roll on 

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on 

Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through 

Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew 

Canadian Northwest to the oceans so blue 

Roll on Columbia, roll on 

Other great rivers add power to you 

Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too 

Sandy Willamette and Hood River too 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on 

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Tom Jefferson's vision would not let him rest 

An empire he saw in the Pacific Northwest 

Sent Lewis and Clark and they did the rest 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on 

It's there on your banks that we fought many a fight 

Sheridan's boys in the blockhouse that night 

They saw us in death but never in flight 

So roll on Columbia, roll on 

At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks 

The waters have risen and cleared all the rocks 

Shiploads of plenty will steam past the docks 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on 

And on up the river is Grand Coulee Dam 

The mightiest thing ever built by a man 

To run the great factories and water the land 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on 

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These mighty men labored by day and by night 

Matching their strength 'gainst the river's wild flight 

Through rapids and falls, they won the hard fight 

So roll on, Columbia, roll on