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.
