"Roll On, Columbia"

Acrylic and ink painting of the Columbia River Gorge, from memory.
I live a few blocks from the Willamette* River and cross the wide Columbia every week on the way from my home in Portland to my art class in Vancouver, Washington.
* will-LAM-met

Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Roll on, Columbia, roll on
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn
So roll on, Columbia, roll on

Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew
Canadian Northwest to the oceans so blue
Roll on Columbia, roll on

Other great rivers add power to you
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too
Sandy Willamette and Hood River too
So roll on, Columbia, roll on

— Woody Guthrie (1941)