3/4 time
To the tune of Goodnight, Irene 
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Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!

CHORUS:
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.
The Yakima, Snake and the Klickitat do.
Sandy, Willamette and Hood River, too;
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.

CHORUS

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;
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.

CHORUS

At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,
The water has risen and drownded the rocks,
Shiploads a'plenty will steam in the docks,
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.

CHORUS

On up the river is Grand Coulee Dam,
The mightiest thing ever yet built by man,
To power our cities and water the land,
So roll on, Columbia, roll on.

CHORUS

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,
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.