Roll On Columbia

Green Douglas for were 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

Roll on Columbia roll on

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 bank that we fought many a fight

Sheridan's boys in the blockhouse that 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

Roll on Columbia roll on

Our loved ones we lost

There at colds little store

By fireball and riffle a dozen there more

We won the glairdy and soldiers she bore

Roll on Columbia roll on

Remember the trial when the battle is won

The wild Indian warrior to the pole tender gone

We hung ever Indian with smoke in his gun

Roll on Columbia roll on

Year after year we had

Hidious trials fightin' the rapids and cascades

And downs

An Indians rest peaceful on a

Mamaloo style

Roll on Columbia roll on

Roll on Columbia roll on

Roll on Columbia roll on

Your power is turning our darkness to dawn

Roll on Columbia roll on

At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks

The waters have risen and drown it the rocks

Shiploads of plenty will steam in the docks

Roll on Columbia roll on

On up the river is grand through the dam

The mightiest thing ever built by a man

To run great factories

For all up the strength

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

Roll on Columbia roll on