Folk & Traditional Song Lyrics www.traditionalmusic.co.uk Roll on Columbia 
Roll on Columbia (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 Canada 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 
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 
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 
Tune: Goodnight Irene 
SOF