North to Alaska??
howl
Hey does anyone by any chance have access to the lyrics to this venerable
old tune by Johnnie Horton? Forgive if is slightly out of catagory.. I am
tossin this out just hopin!! An email to Carr...@jis.net would earn
my undying gratitude! Thanks!
Greg Vaughn
In article <CarryonAl-060...@ppp13.jis.net>, Carr...@jis.net
(howl) wrote:
Here's not only the words, but the guitar chords too.
From: rog...@world.std.com (roger j selverstone)
North To Alaska - Mike Phillips
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| ||C / / / | / / / / / |G7 / Dm7 / |C F C C7 |
| Big ||Sam left Se |- at - tle in the |year of nine -ty |two With |
| ||Geo.turned to| Sam with his |gold in his |hand, Said,|
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|F / / / |/ / / / /| / / C F |C / / C7 |
|George Pratt, his |part - ner and |broth - er Bil - ly |too; They |
|"Sam, you're a - |look - in' at a|lone - ly, lone -ly |man; I'd
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|F / / / | / / / / | / / / C F |C / / / |
|crossed the Yu - kon |Riv - er and | found the bo - nan - za|gold. Be-|
| trade all the gold___ thats bur - ied in this|land, For |
___ _____ ____ __
| / / / F | C / / / /|G7 / / / Dm7 G7 | C F C / /|
|low that old White| Moun - tain, just a|lit-tle south-east of |Nome. Sam|
|one small band of | gold to place on |sweet little Jennys|hand Causea
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| / / / / / | / / / / / |G7 / Dm7 / | C F C C7|
|crossed the Ma - jes - tic |Moun-tains to the |Val-leys far be |-low He|
|man needs a |wom - an to |love him all the|time, Re|
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|F / / / / | / / / / /| / / C F | C / / C7 / |
|talked to his team of|hus-kies as he|mushed on through the |snow; With the|
|mem - ber, Sam, a |true love is | so hard to |find, I'd |
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|F / / / | / / / / / | / / / C F | C / / / |
|North-ern Lights a -|run - nin' wild in the |Land of the Mid-night|Sun, Yes|
|build for my |Jen - ny a |hon - ey moon |home, Be-
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| / / / F / |C / / / / |G7 / Dm7 G7 | C F C / |
|Sam Mc - Cord was a |might - y man in the |year of nine-teen |-one. |
|low that old White |Moun-tain just a |lit-tle S.East of |Nome."
Chorus:
| ||C / / / | / G7 C / | F / / / | / / / / |
| Where the||riv - er is |wind - in', big|nug - gets they're| find - in' |
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| C / / / / | / / / / | G7. . Dm7 G7 C / / / ||
| North To A - |las - ka, Go | north, the rush is | on ||
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North to Alaska-
We're goin north,
the rush is on.
(repeat)
Big Sam left Seattle in the year on 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 crosse the majestic mounians 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 midnite sun.
Yeah, Sam ? was a mighty man in the year of nineteen-one.
Where the river is windin
big nuggets they're findin
Chorus 3x
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 south-east of Nome.
Where the river is windin
big nuggets they're findin
Chorus 2x
The only thing I can't understand from the CD is Sam's last name. Maybe
someone else knows it. It spounds like Mcsomething....
Shane K. McNeill
Carr...@jis.net (howl) wrote:
>Hey does anyone by any chance have access to the lyrics to this venerable
>old tune by Johnnie Horton? Forgive if is slightly out of catagory.. I am
>tossin this out just hopin!! An email to Carr...@jis.net would earn
>my undying gratitude! Thanks!
I'll do my best here. I just pulled out the CD.
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North To Alaska (Tillman Franks, Johnny Horton)
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Way up north (North to Alaska)
Way up north (North to Alaska)
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92
With George prepped 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
Where the northern lights are running wild in the land of the midnight
sun
Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man in the year of 1901
Where the river is winding, big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
Way up north (North to Alaska)
Way up north (North to Alaska)
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand
Said Sam, you're looking at a lonely, lonely man
I'll trade all the gold that's buried in this land
For one small band of gold to place on sweet little Jimmy's hand
Because a man needs a woman to love him all the time
Remember Sam that a true love is so hard to find
I'd build for my Jimmy a honeymoon home.
Below that old white mountain just a little southeast of Nome
Where the river is winding, big nuggets they're finding
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
North to Alaska, I'm going north to the Russia zone
Way up north (North to Alaska)
Way up north (North to Alaska)
Way up north (North to Alaska)
Way up north (North to Alaska)
________________________________________
Shane K. McNeill (until further notice)
http://fly.hiwaay.net/~shanek
Shane K. McNeill
Carr...@jis.net (howl) wrote:
>Hey does anyone by any chance have access to the lyrics to this venerable
>old tune by Johnnie Horton? Forgive if is slightly out of catagory.. I am
>tossin this out just hopin!! An email to Carr...@jis.net would earn
>my undying gratitude! Thanks!
Speaking of that....
Does anyone know what inspired Johhny and Tillman Franks to write this
song. It's sounds like they at least knew a little about Alaska.
Plus, he had the song called "When Its Springtime In Alaska" that
Tillman Franks wrote.
I love both of those songs but I guess I'm biased since Alaska is my
homestate. Also, Neal McCoy's new video for "Then You Can Tell Me
Goodbye" was filmed up there.
Rick J.Cunningham
howl wrote:
>
> Hey does anyone by any chance have access to the lyrics to this venerable
> old tune by Johnnie Horton? Forgive if is slightly out of catagory.. I am
> tossin this out just hopin!! An email to Carr...@jis.net would earn
song!!!
Rick J.Cunningham
Chuck Garneau
emj...@aol.com (EMJHRJ) wrote:
>North to Alaska-
>We're goin north,
>the rush is on.
>(repeat)
>The only thing I can't understand from the CD is Sam's last name. Maybe
>someone else knows it. It spounds like Mcsomething....
His name is Sam McCord.
Interestingly, there is another version of North To Alaska called Go
North. It is included on the Bear Family box set for Johnny Horton.
There are two flavours of the song, one acoustic and one with
background vocals. It contains another verse, something like.
It took mighty men like Sam McCord to tame a troubled town like Nome
They'd stand up to a grizzly bear and put him in his place
Was so tough in Nome Alaska that canary birds sang bass.
Chuck
Chuck Garneau
sha...@hiwaay.net (Shane K. McNeill) wrote:
>Does anyone know what inspired Johhny and Tillman Franks to write this
>song. It's sounds like they at least knew a little about Alaska.
>Plus, he had the song called "When Its Springtime In Alaska" that
>Tillman Franks wrote.
>I love both of those songs but I guess I'm biased since Alaska is my
>homestate. Also, Neal McCoy's new video for "Then You Can Tell Me
>Goodbye" was filmed up there.
It was written for the movie North To Alaska starring John Wayne,
Fabian, Stewart Granger and Ernie Knovaks.
There is actually two versions of the song available on the Bear
Family box set. The other version has an extra version and Johnny
sings it acousticly.
Chuck
Trish Rushing
Who said Alaska was their homestate????? Regarding the song "North to
Alaska? Anyway, I live up here in North Pole, Alaska, and was just
wondering. Thanks for any replies. Trish