I was down 'long the river, just settin' on a rock,Lookin' at the boats in Bonneville Lock.And the gate swings open and the boat sails in,Toots her whistle, she's gone a gin'!Well, I fills up my hat brim, drunk a sweet taste,Thought 'bout the river goin' to waste,Thought 'bout the dust, thought 'bout the sand,Thought 'bout the people, thought 'bout the land.Ever'body runnin' round all over creation,Just lookin' for some kind of a little place.Pulled out my pencil, scribbled this song,I figgered all these salmon fishers can't be wrong.Them salmon fish, they're mighty shrewd,They got senators, politicians, too!Just like a President, they run ever' four years.Yes, them folks back east are doin' a lot o' talkin',Some of 'em balkin' and some of 'em squawkin'But with all their figgerin' and all their books,Well, they just didn't know them raw Chinooks.Salmon! That's a good river!Just watch this river and pretty soonEver'body's goin' to be changin' their tune.The big Grand Coulee and Bonneville DamRun a thousand factories for Uncle Sam.An' ever'body else in the worldMakin' ever'thing from sewing machines to fertilizerAtomic bedrooms!... Plastic!Everything's gonna be made out of plastic!Yes, Uncle Sam needs wool, Uncle Sam needs wheat,Uncle Sam needs houses and stuff to eat,Uncle Sam needs water and power dams,Uncle Sam needs people and people needs land.Don't like dictators not much, myself,But I think the whole country ought to be runBy electricity!
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie
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East Texas Red Eisler On The Go End Of My Line Ezekiel Saw The Wheel Farmer-Labor Train Gambling Man Get Along Little Doggies God And Joseph God's Promise God's Promise Goin' Down The Road Going Down The Road Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad) Going Down The Road Feeling Bad Gonna Roll The Union On Goodbye Centralia Goodnight Irene Grand Coulee Dam Grand Coulee Dam [*] Greenback Dollar Guitar Rag Gypsy Davy Hang Knot Hangknot, Slipknot Hanuka Bell Hanuka Dance Hanuka Gelt Hanuka Tree Hanuka's Flame Happy Joyous Hanuka Hard Ain't It Hard Hard Ain't It Hard Hard Ain’t It Hard Hard Travelin' Hard Travelin' Hard, Ain't It Hard Heaven Hesitating Beauty Hey Lolly Lolly Hey, Lolly Lolly Hobo's Lullaby Hobo's Lullaby Hoodoo Voodoo Howdido I Ain't Got No Home I Ain't Got No Home (In This World Anymore) I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore I Ain't Got No Home I Ain’t Got No Home I Guess I Planted I Just Want To Sing Your Name I Ride An Old Paint I Take My Penny I've Got To Know I've Got To Know Ilsa Koch Ingrid Bergman It Takes A Married Man To Sing A Worried Song Jackhammer Blues Jackhammer John Jarama Jarama Valley Jesse James Jesse James And His Boys Jesus Christ Jesus Christ Jig Along Home Jiggy Jiggy Bum Joe Dimaggio Done It Again John Henry Jolly Banker Just The Facts Maam Keep That Oil A-Rollin' Keep That Oil A-Rollin' Keep Your Skillet Good And Greasy Kissin' On Little Boxes Beatnik Version Little Darling Pal Of Mine Little Seed Lonesome Day Lonesome Valley Los Angeles New Year's Flood Los Angeles New Year’s Flood Lost John Ludlow Massacre Ludlow Massacre Mail Myself To You Mean Talking Blues Mermaid's Avenue Mermaid's Avenue Merry-go-round More Pretty Girls Than One My Daddy My Daddy (flies A Ship In The Sky) My Dolly My Flying Saucer My Peace My Secret Narrator [Speech] New Found Land New York Town Nine Hundred Miles Nine Hundred Miles (Instrumental) Ninety Mile Wind Oklahoma Hills Old Judge Thayer One By One One Day Old Oregon Trail Pastures Of Plenty Pastures of Plenty [*] Peace Call Philadelphia Lawyer Pick It Up Plane Wreck At Los Gatos Poor Boy Poor Lazarus Post War Breakout Pretty And Shiny-o Pretty Boy Floyd Put My Little Shoes Away Put Your Finger In The Air Race You Down The Mountain Ramblin' Blues Ramblin' Round Ramblin' Round Ranger's Command Ranger's Command Rangers Command Reckless Talk Red Wine Remember The Mountain Bed Riding In My Car (Car Song) Roll On Roll On Columbia Roll, Columbia, Roll Root Hog & Die Root Hog And Die Sacco's Letter To His Son Sally, Don't You Grieve Sally, Don't You Grieve Secret Of The Sea She Came Along To Me Ship In The Sky Sinking Of The Reuben James Sinking Of The Rueben James Sixteen Tons Slipknot (Hangknot, Slipknot) So Long -- It's Been Good To Know Yuh So Long -- It's Been Good To Know Yuh So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dus... 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