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Chilkoot Mountain Trail

from Northern Sightlines by John Spearn

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There’s gold-dust fever, where I’m travellin’
A cold old mountain that I’ll climb.
There’s a north wind blowin’, in a valley,
By a brook so clear, I’ll spend my time.
On the Chilkoot Mountain Trail,
With one more hill to go,
There’s gold a’plenty and souls for sellin’
But there ain’t no love . . . I know.
There’s a rumour tellin’, folks are yellin’
’bout a hidden river filled with gold!
And a poor man’s riches, liquor spillin’
It’s a tale of freedom . . . and I’m sold.
On the Chilkoot Mountain Trail,
The Klondike heavy haul
There’s claims a’plenty and lives for sellin’
But there ain’t no love . . . at all.
Well they stole my pack and took my saddle,
Left me out here, sure is cold!
There’ll be no more gamblin’, no more ramblin’,
Frozen toes won’t find no gold.
On the Chilkoot Mountain Trail,
The Klondike heavy haul
There’s claims a’plenty and lives for sellin’
But there ain’t no love . . . at all.
Guess I got lucky, just survivin’
Dawson graveyard’s got no room
Twelve men got rich . . . out of sixty thousand.
Not too many go tback home.
On the Chilkoot Mountain Trail,
The Yukon river flows
There’s demons a’plenty and death foretellin’ . . .
But there ain’t no gold. . . I know.

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from Northern Sightlines, released January 1, 1999

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John Spearn Edmonton, Alberta

You’ll instantly catch these deep influences threaded through John’s fine vocals, lyrics, and rootsy, guitar-mastered songwriting works. This is pure Canadiana: forgotten but deserving heroes, the humility in our international image, and a superb range of tender ballads through to raw, foot-stompin’ stories that need to be told. ... more

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