Cat. #0691 (MFH #600) - As sung by Fred Smith, Bentonville, Arkansas on February 24, 1969
VERSE 1
I mushed from Fort Berin thru blizzardest snow
Been out prospecting for two years or so
I pulled int' Fairbanks that city was a boom
So I took a little stroll to th Red Dog Saoloon
VERSE 2
As I opened th door th music was clear
Pretty'est voice that I'd heard in two years
Th song she was singin make a mans blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska, it's forty below
VERSE 3
It was Red Headed Lil that was sing'in so sweet
I reached down an' took th snow packs off my feet
I reached for that gal that was sing'in th tune
We did the Eskymo Hop all around th saoloon
VERSE 4
With th Carbiu Crawl and th Grizzly Bear Hug
We did our dance on that Koydak rug
But th song she kept sing'in make a mans blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below
VERSE 5
Well, I was just a innocent as I could be
I didn't know that Lil was Big Ed's wife t' be
He pulled out 'is knife an' he gave it a throw
When it's springtime in Alaska I'll be six feeet below