Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92

With George Pratt his partner an' 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-running 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 winding

Big nuggets they're finding

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

Way up north

Way up north

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

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George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand

Said: "Sam you're a-lookin' at a mighty 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

"For 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 her Hollywood home

"Below that old white mountain just a little south-east of Nome "

Where the river is winding

Big nuggets they're finding

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

Way up north

Way up north

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on

North to Alaska

We're goin' North the rush is on