2:12
single, 1941
Written by Woody Guthrie
Based on the traditional tune "Wabash Cannonball," this is a rarely patriotic folk anthem by Guthrie, celebrating the scale and ambition of one of America's great New Deal projects. The feat of civil engineering is elevated into mythic frontier heroism, casting the dam as a symbol of progress and American power. "And there roars the flying fortress now to fight for Uncle Sam, / Spawned upon the King Columbia by the big Grand Coulee Dam." Hearing an optimistic Guthrie singing not of hardship, but of good old factories humming, is a little odd.
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