Johnny Horton / Tillman Franks

North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of ninety-two
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.

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Where the river is windin', big nuggets they're findin'.
North to Alaska, go north, the rush is on.
North to Alaska, go 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 there is in this whole 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, that 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.

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