North to Alaska -- a third verse

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Somewhere I downloaded a couple of early versions of North to Alaska,
sung by Johnny Horton. There's a third verse in these versions. I
can't quite make out the lyrics. Can anyone help me out? Here is
what I have so far:

It was mighyt men like Sam McCord
Who.............a town like Nome
.........................fighting men
................home called their own
And stood up to a grizzly bear
And put him in his place
.......................Nome, Alaska
That..........................can.

Many thanks!

[TheMadProfessor]

Post by ***@cool.com
Somewhere I downloaded a couple of early versions of North to Alaska,
sung by Johnny Horton. There's a third verse in these versions. I
can't quite make out the lyrics. Can anyone help me out? Here is
It was mighyt men like Sam McCord
Who.............a town like Nome
.........................fighting men
................home called their own
And stood up to a grizzly bear
And put him in his place
.......................Nome, Alaska
That..........................can.
Many thanks!

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As far as I can make out, this is the last verse of the unreleased
versions of "Go North!" / "North to Alaska"


It took mighty men like Sam McCord
to tame a town like Nome
The Yukon breed of fighting men
had a code of their own
They'd stand up to a grizzly bear
and put him in his place
Was so tough in Nome Alaska
that canary bird sang bass

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Post by TheMadProfessor
As far as I can make out, this is the last verse of the unreleased
versions of "Go North!" / "North to Alaska"

Absolutely -- that's what I've been trying to tell people in the
various groups and most of them don't seem to understand.

Many thanks for the words -- and your keen hearing!

Post by TheMadProfessor
It took mighty men like Sam McCord
to tame a town like Nome
The Yukon breed of fighting men
had a code of their own
They'd stand up to a grizzly bear
and put him in his place
Was so tough in Nome Alaska
that canary bird sang bass

I gotta say that those are *awfully* contrived lyrics -- geez!

No wonder this verse never made it to the big time....

[TheMadProfessor]

Post by ***@cool.com

Post by TheMadProfessor
As far as I can make out, this is the last verse of the unreleased
versions of "Go North!" / "North to Alaska"

Absolutely -- that's what I've been trying to tell people in the
various groups and most of them don't seem to understand.
Many thanks for the words -- and your keen hearing!

Post by TheMadProfessor
It took mighty men like Sam McCord
to tame a town like Nome
The Yukon breed of fighting men
had a code of their own
They'd stand up to a grizzly bear
and put him in his place
Was so tough in Nome Alaska
that canary bird sang bass

I gotta say that those are *awfully* contrived lyrics -- geez!
No wonder this verse never made it to the big time....

No, I guess not... But it's always fun to hear these alternative lyrics.