Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Columbia's Waters, artist - Woody Guthrie.
Date of issue: 05.11.2019
Song language: English
Columbia's Waters |
«Good Morning, Mister Sunshine!» |
«Good morning, Man!» |
I’m just a stranger, travelin' 'cross y’r land; |
Do y' need a good workhand |
On your big Grand Coulee dam? |
I’d like to settle down but I’m forced to ramble all o' my time |
I’d like to settle down with this wife and kids of mine; |
But a place to settle down my family |
Is a pretty hard place to find! |
I like to work. |
I work every time I can! |
I got a callous in the palms of both o' my hands! |
This ramblin' around from town to town |
Goes hard on a family man! |
I said I like to work, I don’t like to beg and steal! |
The harder I’m a workin' the better it makes me feel! |
But my wife and kid get juberous |
Everytime they miss a meal! |
I’m a hardrock man, I was born in a hardrock place! |
Back in my home place I was a man of high degree! |
Nobody with a triphammer |
Can knock as big a hole as me |
This Columbia River |
Rolls right down this line; |
Columbia’s waters taste like sparklin' wine; |
Dustbowl waters taste like picklin' brine |
The money that I draw from workin' at your Coullee dam; |
My wife will meet me at the kitchen door stretchin' out her hand; |
She’ll make a little down payment |
On our forty acre tract of land |
We’ll work along this river, I’ll sing from sun to sun; |
I’ll walk along this grass and listen to the factory hum; |
Look what I’ve done gone and done |
Take some sow from off this mountain, mix it with some wind and rain! |
Take some metal from yer mountain, melt it up again; |
Stir it up with powers from Coullee’s dam |
And you’ve got a big sabre jet plane |
Take some water from this valley, mix it up with snow; |
Take my ramblin' family rollin' down this road; |
Mix it up with sunshine |
And, man, you ought to see the green things grow! |