Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Your power is turning the darkness to dawn
So roll on, Columbia, roll on
Green Douglas fir where the
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
It's Roland, Columbia, Roland.
Other great rivers add power to you,
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River too,
It's Ro land, Columbia, Roland.
Roland, Columbia, Roland.
Roland, Columbia, Roland.
Your power is turning the
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.
that we fought many a fight,
the blockhouse that night,
They saw us in death, but never in flight,
It's roll on, Columbia, roll on.
The waters have risen and
Shiploads aplenty will steam past the docks,
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Your power is turning the
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.
On up the river is Grand Coulee Dam,
The mightiest thing ever built by a man,
To run the great factories
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
These mighty men labored by
against the river's wild flight,
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Your power is turning the darkness to dawn,
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
Your power is turning the darkness to dawn
So roll on, Columbia, roll on!