1901: A Canyon Odyssey

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1901
 There beneath the August sun
 A daring survey undertaken on the fly
 Colorado would request
 Divert the river water west
 For The Uncompahgre Valley was too dry
 There'd been one attempt before
 And they needed to know more
 Than what Bryant saw from base camps on the rim
 When the challenge whet their thirst
 Two men planned to be the first
 To take the canyon floor route cut from deep within
 There's only one way the water flows
 Through a passage no one knows
 Heading down the Canyon Black
 They could never turn their back
 Staring down the Barrel of the Gunnison
 The Journey started as they planned
 With support from a third man
 Who hiked the the old trail high above the river's hood

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Duration
04:35
Key
11
Tempo
116 BPM

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