Grand Coulee Dam 


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1. Now, the world holds seven wonders as the travellers always tell.
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    some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well.
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    But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam's fair land,
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    it?s the big Columbia river and the big Grand Coulee Dam.
 
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2. She heads up the Canadian Rockies where the rippling waters glide,
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    comes a-roaring down the canyon for to meet that salty tide
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    of the great Pacific Ocean where the sun sets in the west,
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    in the big Grand Coulee country in the land I love the best.
 
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3. In the misty crystal glitter of that wild and windward spray,
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    men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave.
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  While she tore their boats to splinters, she gave men dreams to dream,
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    of the day the Coulee Dam would cross that wild and restless stream.

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4. Now, Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of thirty three,
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    for the farmer and the factory and all of you and me.
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    He said: roll along, Columbia, you can roll down to the sea
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    but river, while you're rambling you can do some work for me !
 

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5. In the misty crystal glitter of that wild and windward spray,
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    men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave.
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  While she tore their boats to splinters, she gave men dreams to dream,
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    of the day the Coulee Dam would cross that wild and restless stream.
 
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6. Now from Washington and Oregon you can hear the factories hum,
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    making chrome and making manganese and white aluminium.
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    Now roars the Flying Fortress for to fight for Uncle Sam,
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    along the roaring King Columbia by the big Grand Coulee dam.
 
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7. In the misty crystal glitter of that wild and windward spray,
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    men have fought the pounding waters and met a watery grave.
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  While she tore their boats to splinters, she gave men dreams to dream,
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    of the day the Coulee Dam would cross that wild and restless stream.
 
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8. Now, the world holds seven wonders as the travellers always tell.
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    some gardens and some towers, I guess you know them well.
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    But now the greatest wonder is in Uncle Sam's fair land,
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    it?s the big Columbia river  - - and the big Grand Coulee Dam.