Johnny Horton When It`s Springtime In Alaska (it`s Forty Below) Lyrics

When It`s Springtime In Alaska (it`s Forty Below) Lyrics

When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)

 Johnny Horton

 Written by Tillman B. Franks and Johnny Horton

 

 Nor released as a single

 

 I mushed from Point Barrow through a blizzard of snow

 Been out prospectin' for two years or so

 Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom

 So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Sea-loon

 

 As I walked in the door, the music was clear

 The purtiest voice I had heard in two years

 The song she was singin' made a man's blood run cold

 When it's Springtime in Alaska, it's forty below

 (When it's Springtime in Alaska, it's forty below)

 

 It was redheaded Lil who was singin' so sweet

 I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet

 I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune

 We did the Eskeemo Hop all around the sea-loon

 

 With a Caribou Crawl and a Grizzly Bear Hug

 We did our dance on a Kodiak rug

 The song she kept singin' made a man's blood run cold

 When it's Springtime in Alaska, it's forty below

 

 I was as innocent as I could be

 I didn't know Lil was Big Ed's wife-to-be

 He took out his knife and he gave it a throw

 When it's Springtime in Alaska, I'll be six feet below

 (When it's Springtime in Alaska, he'll be six feet below)