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Now the world holds seven wonders |
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That the travellers always tell |
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Some gardens and some towers, |
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I guess you know them well |
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But now the greatest wonder |
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Is in Uncle Sam's fair land |
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It's the big Columbia River |
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And the big Grand Coulee Dam |
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She heads up the Canadian Rockies |
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Where the rippling waters glide |
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Comes a-roaring down the canyon |
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For to meet that salty tide |
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Of the big Pacific Ocean |
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Where the sun sinks in the west |
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In the big Grand Coulee country |
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In the land I love the best |
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In the misty crystal glitter |
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Of the wild and windward spray |
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Men have fought the pounding waters |
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And met a watery grave |
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Why, she tore their boats to splinters |
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But she gave men dreams to dream |
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Of the day the Coulee Dam |
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Would cross that wild and wasted stream |
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Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge |
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In the year of thirty three |
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For the farmer and the factory |
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And all of you and me |
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He said, "Roll along Columbia, |
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You can roll down to the sea |
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But river, while you're rambling |
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You can do some work for me." |
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In the misty crystal glitter |
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Of the wild and windward spray |
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Men have fought the pounding waters |
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And met a watery grave |
| [01:26.54] |
Why, she tore their boats to splinters |
| [01:28.99] |
But she gave men dreams to dream |
| [01:31.36] |
Of the day the Coulee Dam |
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Would cross that wild and wasted stream |
| [01:35.55] |
Now from Washington and Oregon |
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You can hear the factories hum |
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Making chrome and making manganese |
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And white aluminum |
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Now the roar of the Flying Fortress |
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For to fight for Uncle Sam |
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On the howling King Columbia |
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By the big Grand Coulee Dam |
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In the misty crystal glitter |
| [01:56.24] |
Of the wild and windward spray |
| [01:58.24] |
Men have fought the pounding waters |
| [02:00.42] |
And met a watery grave |
| [02:02.99] |
Why, she tore their boats to splinters |
| [02:05.05] |
But she gave men dreams to dream |
| [02:07.42] |
Of the day the Coulee Dam |
| [02:09.36] |
Would cross that wild and wasted stream |
| [02:11.80] |
Now the world holds seven wonders |
| [02:13.99] |
That the travellers always tell |
| [02:16.54] |
Some gardens and some towers, |
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Why, I guess you know them well |
| [02:21.11] |
But now the greatest wonder |
| [02:23.17] |
Is in Uncle Sam's fair land |
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It's the big Columbia River |
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And the big Grand Coulee Dam. |
