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Title: NORTH TO ALASKA-JOHNNY HORTON
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Published: Jul 31, 2008
Author: HOUNDDAWG
Post Date: 2008-07-31 13:37:03 by HOUNDDAWG
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Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Big Sam left Seattle in the year of '92, With George Pratt, his partner, and 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, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a 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. "'Cos 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, a honeymoon 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, They're goin' North, the rush is on. North to Alaska, They're goin' North, the rush is on. Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.) Way up north, (North To Alaska.)
Poster Comment: George turned to Sam with his gold in his hand, Said: "Sam you're a-lookin'at a 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.
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#1. To: All, christine, Jethro Tull, lodwick, rowdee, angle, Ada, farmfriend, Tauzero, X-15 (#0)
Horton was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on Highway 79 at Milano, Texas while he was returning home from a performance at the Skyline Club in Austin on November 5, 1960. In September 1953, he married Billie Jean Jones, who, in late 1952, had also been married to country music star Hank Williams for two and a half months prior to his death. Both Horton and Hank Williams were married to the same woman at the time of their death, and played their last shows at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas. Both Horton and Hank Williams died in Cadillacs. Johnny and the Rowley Trio, (Jerry, Evelyn, and Vera), were returning from a performance when they heard over the radio about the death of Hank Williams. They were on Highway 79 going through the town of Milano, Texas — the same town where Johnny would lose his life seven years later
The big mud fight was the most memorable part of the movie.
You would remember that! ;) I like the DAWGS a'mushin' through the snow myself!
Well. It's a good thing Billie Jean's not my lover.
"To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life." - T. S. Eliot
Have you seen her pics? She was a heart breaker then.
It saved him from becoming a ZZ Top.
thanks for the music history. some interesting coincidences here.
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So, is the Skyline Club still there?
That's eerie.
Damn! Thanks for that completely amazing information.
YW. I really loved Johnny Horton's songs when I was a pup. His was the best rockabilliy of our time.
The building's still out on N. Lamar (back then it was almost in the country) but today the product is porn.
OK thanks. I know that Austin is a musically rich area so, I had to ask.
Well, bout all I can say is 'stay the hell away from Billie Jean Jones"!
Turn your back on the sun and you only see the shadows.
Great song, great Betty Boop!
Poor kid. She lost two of country's biggest stars. She had to be wondering.....
Amen!
I liked Johnny's other biggie, Battle of New Orleans, too. Back to Miz Billie Jean Jones........her battin average was just awful. I still think ya should steer clear of that one--just a hunch. :)
Turn your back on the sun and you only see the shadows.
I understand!
#2. To: HOUNDDAWG (#0)
I've already said too much.
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#5. To: Tauzero (#4)
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#6. To: HOUNDDAWG (#1)
Horton was killed instantly in a head-on collision with a drunk driver on Highway 79 at Milano, Texas while he was returning home from a performance at the Skyline Club in Austin on November 5, 1960.
I've already said too much.
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“The best and first guarantor of our neutrality and our independent existence is the defensive will of the people…and the proverbial marksmanship of the Swiss shooter. Each soldier a good marksman! Each shot a hit!” Schweizerische Schutzenseitunt (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
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#16. To: rowdee (#14)
Well, bout all I can say is 'stay the hell away from Billie Jean Jones"!
#17. To: Jethro Tull (#15)
#18. To: HOUNDDAWG (#16)
#19. To: rowdee (#18)
Back to Miz Billie Jean Jones........her battin average was just awful. I still think ya should steer clear of that one--just a hunch. :)
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