I used to live in Richland, Washington;
My daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
My daddy came from Oklahoma,
He made plutonium at the Hanford plant.
He made plutonium in Richland, Washington;
He bought our groceries, he paid our rent,
It was a pretty little town, that Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
I started school in Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
There were apple trees up there in Washington,
Columbia River, Grand Coulee Dam,
We went to church in Richland, Washington
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
It’s been so long since Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant;
Now my little boys say, “What’s plutonium…
What is this thing at the Hanford plant?
Where is this place, this Richland, Washington,
This Columbia River, this Coulee Dam…
Who was this man in Richland, Washington,
Who was this man we’ve never seen?”
My daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
My daddy came from Oklahoma,
He made plutonium at the Hanford plant.
He made plutonium in Richland, Washington;
He bought our groceries, he paid our rent,
It was a pretty little town, that Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
I started school in Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
There were apple trees up there in Washington,
Columbia River, Grand Coulee Dam,
We went to church in Richland, Washington
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant.
It’s been so long since Richland, Washington,
Where my daddy worked at the Hanford plant;
Now my little boys say, “What’s plutonium…
What is this thing at the Hanford plant?
Where is this place, this Richland, Washington,
This Columbia River, this Coulee Dam…
Who was this man in Richland, Washington,
Who was this man we’ve never seen?”
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