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

(album: The Spectacular Johnny Horton - 1959)

I mushed from point barrow through blizzard of snow
Been out prospecting 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 singing 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 redhead lil who was singing so sweet
I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet
I reached for the gal who was singing 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 singing 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)