Ref: Roll river roll, roll river roll
Down through the valley, into my soul
Down from New Hampshire, she rises and falls
Tides feeding wetlands, she feeds as she crawls
Whitewater rafting, fishing for bass
Watching the geese fly, watching them pass
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Foaming white waters southeastern bound
Four hundred miles down to the sound
When she was young, she never was tamed
Her waters would cover the cities unshamed
Break: Eddies swirling, waves acurling
Always going, seaward flowing
Whispering river, genrous giver
Downward falling, always calling
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Her waters would power the factories and mills
Quenching the farmers land as he tills
From Springfield to Hartford they rolled past the docks
Passing the shallows at Windsor Locks
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Connecticut River a jewel in the wild
Whose beauty and splendor has many beguiled
May she forever continue to flow
Down from Vermont to Old Saybrook below