Roll On Columbia

verse 1 Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through. Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew. Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue It’s Roll on Columbia roll On! Roll on Columbia roll on. Roll on Columbia roll on. Your power is turning our darkness to dawn So Roll on Columbia roll on verse 2 Other great rivers add power to you Yakima Snake and the Klickitat too Sandy Willamette and Hood River too; Roll on Columbia roll on! It’s there on your banks that you fought many a fight Sheridan’s boys in the block house at night They saw us in death but never in flight; Roll on Columbia roll on! Roll on Columbia roll on. Roll on Columbia roll on. Your power is turning our darkness to dawn So Roll on Columbia roll on verse 3 Our loved ones we lost there at Coe’s little store By fireball and rifle a dozen or more We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore; Roll on Columbia Roll On! Remember the trial when the battle was won The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun; Roll on Columbia Roll on! Year after year we had tedious trials Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles. The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle; Roll on Columbia Roll on! Roll on Columbia roll on. Roll on Columbia roll on. Your power is turning our darkness to dawn So Roll on Columbia roll on verse 4 At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks The waters have risen and drownded the rocks Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks Roll On Columbia Roll On! On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam Mightiest thing ever built by a man We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam It’s roll on Colombia Roll on. Roll on Columbia roll on. Roll on Columbia roll on. Your power is turning our darkness to dawn So Roll on Columbia roll on