Johnny Horton

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Johnny Horton

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| Big ||Sam  left Se |- at  - tle   in the |year of nine -ty |two        With | 
|     ||Geo.turned to| Sam     with his    |gold     in his  |hand,      Said,| 
  
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|George   Pratt,  his |part - ner  and |broth - er  Bil - ly |too;      They  | 
|'Sam,  you're  a  -  |look - in'  at a|lone  - ly, lone -ly |man;       I'd 
  
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|crossed the Yu - kon |Riv - er    and | found  the  bo - nan - za|gold.   Be-| 
| trade     all   the  gold___    thats  bur - ied        in  this|land,  For | 
  
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|low  that  old  White| Moun - tain,  just a|lit-tle south-east of |Nome.  Sam| 
|one small  band   of | gold   to place on  |sweet  little   Jennys|hand Causea 
  
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|crossed  the Ma - jes - tic |Moun-tains   to  the |Val-leys far be |-low   He| 
|man               needs  a  |wom - an     to      |love him all the|time,  Re| 
  
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|talked to his team of|hus-kies   as he|mushed on through the |snow;  With the| 
|mem - ber,    Sam, a |true love  is   | so          hard to  |find,     I'd  | 
  
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|North-ern  Lights a -|run - nin' wild in the |Land of the Mid-night|Sun,  Yes| 
|build      for   my  |Jen - ny        a      |hon   -      ey moon |home, Be- 
  
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|Sam  Mc - Cord was a |might - y man in the |year  of nine-teen |-one.        | 
|low  that  old White |Moun-tain     just a |lit-tle S.East of  |Nome.' 
  
Chorus: 
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|   Where the||riv - er is |wind  - in',  big|nug - gets they're| find - in'  | 
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| North     To  A - |las - ka,  Go  | north,  the rush is | on               ||
	        

Written by Tillman Franks/Johnny Horton/Mike Phillips

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