Johnny Horton: North To Alaska

(Peter De Angelis, Russel Faith and Robert Marcucci)

Way up north (North To Alaska)
Way up north (North To Alaska)
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92
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 south-east 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-running wild in the land of the midnight sun
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one

Where the river is winding
Big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on

Way up north (North To Alaska)
Way up north (North To Alaska)
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on

George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand
Said "Sam you're a-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 Ginnie's hand"

"'Cos 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 Ginnie, a honeymoon home"
"Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome"

Where the river is winding
Big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska
They're goin' North, the rush is on
North to Alaska
They'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 (North To Alaska)
Way up north (North To Alaska)