Skagit Valley Forever

There's a fine green valley not far from Vancouver
Home of the black bear, the marten and the cougar
It's the tree rich valley where the Skagit River flows
A home for God's creatures since Heaven only knows

Chorus:
Skagit Valley, Skagit Valley
Ray Williston is selling you away
Skagit Valley, Skagit Valley
They would turn you to a mud pond
To run the Coca Cola coolers in Seattle, U.S.A

Well, the parks are getting fewer, the trees are getting thin
The cities are all reaching out to take the wildwood in
The world is getting poorer with every mile they clear
And they're selling Skagit acres for five dollars fifty cents a year

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Oh my sisters and my brothers in this shining northern land
It's time to get together and take each other's hand
And ring around the wilderness to keep the gangs away
Who would ravage our sweet country for a shameful pocketful of pay

Skagit Valley, Skagit Valley
No grabber will get you for a prize
Skagit Valley, Skagit Valley
We'll let no vandal drown you
We'll keep you as we found you
British Columbia's forest paradise