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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Cash
Vocals
Luther Perkins
Electric Guitar
Marshall Grant
Bass
Ws Fluke Holland
Drums
Johnny Western
Guitar
Floyd Cramer
Piano
The Anita Kerr Singers
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Johnny Horton
Songwriter
Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Don Law
Producer
Frank Jones
Producer
Lyrics
I left a little town
A little south of Hudson Bay
I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay
I fought the wind across the baren waste in the crystal doom
Going for to marry the girl in Saskatoon
I'm glad I realized that no one could take her place
My heart was beating for her like the winter beat my face
But knowing that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June
I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon
South and West and following the cold December sun
I bedded down in the Carragana when my daily trek was done
Then up and pressing onward by the light of the morning moon
A prodical returning to the girl in Saskatoon
Then I found the trail that had packed beneath the snow
I made the final miles where the prairie lillies grow
The steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon
My journey was forgotten
When I held her in my arms
My wonderlust was stiffled
By possesion of her charms
And even beneath the steeple
Where we couldn't wait till June
I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon
Writer(s): Johnny R. Cash, Johnny Horton
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