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Roll On New Columbia
- Sung to
- Goodnight Irene
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
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SING IT to the tune of Goodnight Irene
Roll on, New Columbia,
Roll on, roll on.
Your people need Statehood for their Civil Rights.
Roll on , New Columbia, roll on.
Oh D. C., it’s ti-i-i-ime,
Time for your star to shine.
Let’s see your star up with the rest,
With one plus forty-nine.
It’s been forty years since students
Sat in the five and dime.
So how much longer must D.C.’ers wait
For justice , oh justice , it’s time!
Repeat chorus
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Written by
Unlisted Songwriter
For the
Seattle Gaggle