Springtime In Alaska

Cat. #0893 (MFH #600) - As sung by Ollie Gilbert, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 29, 1969

VERSE 1
I mushed thru Fort Blair thru th blizzards of snow
I'd been prospect'n for two years or more
I fell in t' Fairbanks, city on th bunk
Took a little stroll to th Red Dog Saloon

VERSE 2
When I got there th music was clear
Th prettyest voice I heard in two year
An' th song she was singing made a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alasky, forty below

VERSE 3
Red headed Lil was singing so sweet
I reached down an' took th snowpacks from my feet
I reached for th girl an' was singing th tune
Did th Exyma hop all around th saloon

VERSE 4
Well, th Cabra quarrel an' th Grizzly Dear Hug
We did our dance on a coal black rug
An' th song she kept singing made a man's blood run cold
When it's springtime in Alasky, forty below

VERSE 5
I was innocent as I could be
I didn't know Lil was big Ed's wife to be
He took out his knife an' he give it a throw
When it's springtime in Alaska, I'll be six foot below

(Ollie tells another story)

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