Roll on Columbia

"Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" is an American folk song written in 1941 by American folk singer Woody Guthrie, who popularized the song through his own recording of it. One of the most popular songs in the history of the United States, it is paean to the harnessing of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest to help farms and industry through federally built hydroelectric power facilties. It became famous as an anthem about American public works projects arising out of the New Deal in the Great Depression.

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American - Folk song - 1941 - Woody Guthrie - Columbia River - Pacific Northwest - Hydroelectric power - Public works - New Deal - Great Depression

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