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

I mushed from Point Barrow through blizzard of snow Been out prospectin' for two years or so Pulled into Fairbanks, the city was a-boom So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Saloon As I walked in the door, the music was clear The purtiest voice I had heard in two years The song she was singin' made a man's blood run cold When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below (When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below) It was redhead lil' who was singin' so sweet I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet I reached for the gal who was singin' 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 singin' made a man's blood run cold When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 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)