This Oregon Country

I’M LIVING A DREAM THE ONLY ONE I EVER HAD

LEAVIN’ MISSOURI BEHIND BOTH MY MOM AND DAD

MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY AND THE GREAT LANDS OUT WEST

THERE I MET A FRIEND HE WAS A RAILROAD MAN

WORKED THE SWITCHBOARD AT NIGHT ON THE OLD SP

HOW LONESOME THE HOUR TO WAIT THE ALBANY TRAIN

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY

PULP, SAWMILLS AND RAIN

NOW I’M NOT THE FIRST IN THE FAMILY I KNOW

DEPRESSION YEARS BROUGHT ‘EM HERE MANY YEARS AGO

TO WORK IN THE TREES AND FOR THE W.P.A.

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY

PORTS, STEELHEAD AND BAY

DOWN IN THE GREEN VALLEY OLD WILLAMETTE FLOWS COLD

BETWEEN THE PEPPERMINT FIELDS AND THE RYEGRASS AND THE ROSE

AND THE GREEN DOUGLAS FIR SOME THREE CENTURIES OLD

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY WHAT A JOY TO BEHOLD

I’M LIVING A DREAM THE ONLY ONE I EVER HAD

LEAVIN’ MISSOURI BEHIND BOTH MY MOM AND DAD

MY GRANDMOTHER SAID THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY AND THE GREAT LANDS OUT WEST

IN THIS OREGON COUNTRY AND THE GREAT LANDS OUT WEST

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