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 south-east 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

With the northern lights a-runnin' wild

In the land of the midnight sun

Yes, Sam McCord was a mighty man

In the year of nineteen-one

 

Where the river is windin'

Big nuggets they're findin'

North to Alaska

They go North, the rush is on

 

 

A-way up north to Alaska

Way up north to Alaska

North to Alaska

They go north, the rush is on

North to Alaska

They go north the rush is on

 

 

George turned to Sam

Wth his gold in his hand

Said, 'Sam you're a-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 Ginnie'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 Ginnie, 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'

North to Alaska

They go north, the rush is on

North to Alaska

They go North, the rush is on