Roll on Columbia Lyrics

The song Roll on Columbia is performed by Woody Guthrie in the album named The Woody Guthrie Story in the year 2005 .



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

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



Woody Guthrie - The Woody Guthrie Story

Mar 2005

  1. Roots of a Revolutionary
  2. Woodrow Wilson Guthrie
  3. Grapes of Wrath
  4. California Here I Come
  5. Making History
  6. Falling in Love Again
  7. Woody at War
  8. Peace
  9. Tragedy
  10. Only a Hobo
  11. Walking With Jesus
  12. So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
  13. Bound for Glory
  14. I Ain't Got No Home
  15. Talking Dust Bowl Blues
  16. Roll on Columbia
  17. Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
  18. Hard Travelin'
  19. What Did the Deep Sea Say
  20. We Shall Be Free
  21. Vigilante Man
  22. Harriet Tubman's Ballad
  23. Budded Roses
  24. Muleskinner Blues
  25. Sally Goodin
  26. Little Black Train
  27. Whose Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
  28. Ship in the Sky
  29. Miss Pavlichenko
  30. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)
  31. 1913 Massacre
  32. Sally Don't You Grieve
  33. Talking Sailor
  34. Pastures of Plenty
  35. Alabama Bound
  36. Brown Eyes
  37. Girl I Left Behind Me
  38. Kissin' On
  39. Long Ways to Travel
  40. Grand Coulee Dam
  41. Washington Talkin' Blues
  42. Will You Miss Me
  43. What Are We Waiting On
  44. Ludlow Massacre
  45. Baltimore to Washington
  46. 21 Years
  47. Stewball
  48. Bed on the Floor
  49. Take a Wiff on Me
  50. Pretty Boy Floyd
  51. Do Re Mi
  52. Stepstone
  53. Put My Little Shoes Away
  54. When the Yanks Go Marching In
  55. Hard, Ain't It Hard
  56. Ranger's Command
  57. Tom Joad, Pt. 1
  58. Tom Joad, Pt. 2
  59. Midnight Special
  60. Danville Girl
  61. Rye Straw
  62. Ida Red
  63. Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy
  64. Jackhammer Blues
  65. Dusty Old Dust

Roll on Columbia