Bob.....

North to Alaska was a bit country hit here for Johnny Horton, I'd guess about 40 years ago.

......Tiger

North To Alaska
Johnny Horton

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.

CHORUS
Where the river is winding,
Big nuggets they're finding.
North to Alaska,
Go north, the rush is on.

Sam crossed the majestic mountains to the valley 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.

CHORUS

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,
Beneath that old White Mountain,
Just a little southeast of Nome."

CHORUS

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