Lyrics:North To Alaska

Mr. John Linnell: "Here's a, uh, song by another State Song author, Mr. Johnny Horton. Who wrote a number of songs about, apparently about various states, I found out recently. But he wrote two songs about Alaska; of which this is but one:"

Way up north
Way up north
North to Alaska
We're goin' north, the rush is on
North to Alaska
We're goin' north, the rush is on

Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92
With George Grant, 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 valley far below
He called to his team of huskies as they 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 1901

Well 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
Way up north
North to Alaska
We're goin' north, the rush is on

George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand
He said, "Sam you're a-lookin' at a lonely, lonely man
I'd trade all the gold that's a-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 but 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

Way up north
Way up north
North to Alaska
We're goin' north, the rush is on

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