Oh! The whiteness that in spring comes
Creating a blanket of blossoms galore
When bees do their helpful work
Bringing red cherries to the store
Before pickers and ladders are brought
To fill boxes to pour into lugs
New varieties of the sweetest of fruit
Sprayed early to stop all the bugs
From a high hill to the South
You can view the orchards of white
The bounty that earlier settlers
Left for us with perfect insight
They planted just the right crops
For the soil, the sun and the land
They left us a vibrant economy
That helps make our community grand
It makes me proud of The Dalles
To have all these things that we see
The river, the wheat fields, the mountains
Gives us life and makes us feel free
Now others have started to come
They’ve discovered what we all knew
That living here on the river
Is a pleasure known only by few
How can we share our good fortune
Yet grow with the greatest of care
Only if we all pull together
Then together we’ll all get to share
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