[00:02.60]Now the world holds seven wonders
[00:04.79]That the travellers always tell
[00:07.17]Some gardens and some towers,
[00:09.67]I guess you know them well
[00:11.98]But now the greatest wonder
[00:14.23]Is in Uncle Sam's fair land
[00:16.67]It's the big Columbia River
[00:19.10]And the big Grand Coulee Dam
[00:21.67]She heads up the Canadian Rockies
[00:23.79]Where the rippling waters glide
[00:26.17]Comes a-roaring down the canyon
[00:28.29]For to meet that salty tide
[00:31.04]Of the big Pacific Ocean
[00:33.17]Where the sun sinks in the west
[00:35.48]In the big Grand Coulee country
[00:37.92]In the land I love the best
[00:40.29]In the misty crystal glitter
[00:42.48]Of the wild and windward spray
[00:44.98]Men have fought the pounding waters
[00:47.17]And met a watery grave
[00:49.67]Why, she tore their boats to splinters
[00:51.67]But she gave men dreams to dream
[00:54.05]Of the day the Coulee Dam
[00:56.23]Would cross that wild and wasted stream
[00:58.92]Now Uncle Sam took up the challenge
[01:01.11]In the year of thirty three
[01:03.42]For the farmer and the factory
[01:05.79]And all of you and me
[01:08.17]He said, "Roll along Columbia,
[01:10.48]You can roll down to the sea
[01:12.73]But river, while you're rambling
[01:14.86]You can do some work for me."
[01:17.42]In the misty crystal glitter
[01:19.73]Of the wild and windward spray
[01:21.92]Men have fought the pounding waters
[01:24.54]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
[01:33.36]Would cross that wild and wasted stream
[01:35.55]Now from Washington and Oregon
[01:38.04]You can hear the factories hum
[01:40.36]Making chrome and making manganese
[01:41.92]And white aluminum
[01:44.86]Now the roar of the Flying Fortress
[01:47.11]For to fight for Uncle Sam
[01:49.42]On the howling King Columbia
[01:51.61]By the big Grand Coulee Dam
[01:53.99]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,
[02:18.86]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
[02:25.49]It's the big Columbia River
[02:27.49]And the big Grand Coulee Dam.