North To Alaska lyrics

Way up north, (north to Alaska)

way up north, (north to Alaska)

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush1 is on.

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on.

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two2

With George Pratt, his partner, and brother Billy too.

They crossed the Yukon River and found the bonanza gold

Below that old white mountain, just a little southeast of Nome.

Sam crossed the Majestic mountains to the valleys far below.

He talked to his team of huskies as he mushed on through the snow.

With the northern lights a-runnin' wild in the Land of the Midnight Sun,

Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.3

Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on

Way up north, (north to Alaska)

way up north, (north to Alaska)

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on.

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on.

George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand,

Said, "Sam, you're lookin' at a lonely, lonely man.

I'd trade all the gold that's buried in this land

For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jenny's hand".

" 'Cause a man needs a woman to love him all the time.

Remember, Sam, a true love is so hard to find.

I'd build for my Jenny, a honeymoon home

Below that old white mountain, just a little southeast of Nome".

Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on.

North to Alaska, we're goin' north, the rush is on.

Way up north, (north to Alaska)

way up north, (north to Alaska)

Way up north, (north to Alaska)

way up north...

1. The Klondike Gold Rush http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush2. 18923. 1901

• Artist:Johnny Horton
• Album:Greatest Hits by Johnny Horton