[ti:When It's Springtime In Alaska] [ar:Johnny Horton] [al:American Originals] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]When It's Spring Time In Alaska (It's Forty Below) - Johnny Horton [00:12.61]I mushed from Point Barrow through a blizzard of snow [00:18.23]Been out prospectin' for two years or so [00:24.05]Pulled into Fairbanks the city was a-boom [00:29.43]So I took a little stroll to the Red Dog Sea-loon [00:36.86]As I walked in the door the music was clear [00:42.23]The purtiest voice I had heard in two years [00:48.05]The song she was singin' made a man's blood run cold [00:53.86]When it's Springtime in Alaska it's forty below [00:59.04]When it's Springtime in Alaska it's forty below [01:06.67]It was redheaded Lil who was singin' so sweet [01:11.80]I reached down and took the snow packs off my feet [01:17.67]I reached for the gal who was singin' the tune [01:23.29]We did the Eskeemo Hop all around the sea-loon [01:31.99]With the Caribou Crawl and a Grizzly Bear Hug [01:37.68]We did our dance on a Kodiak rug [01:42.98]The song she kept singin' made a man's blood run cold [01:48.36]When it's Springtime in Alaska it's forty below [02:03.64]I was as innocent as I could be [02:08.42]I didn't know Lil was Big Ed's wife-to-be [02:13.80]He took out his knife and he gave it a throw [02:19.37]When it's Springtime in Alaska I'll be six feet below [02:24.93]When it's Springtime in Alaska he'll be six feet below