Song Lyrics Hank Snow - Cremation Of Sam Mcgee    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> H>> Hank Snow Singer Lyrics [Hank Snow other resources]>> Cremation Of Sam Mcgee Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Hank Snow Music Title/Track: Cremation Of Sam Mcgee Theme ID: 3808 Album: N/A There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold The Northern Lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee where the cotton blooms and blows Why he left his home in the South to roam round the Pole God only knows He was always cold but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell Though he'd often say in his homely way that he'd sooner live in hell On a Christmas Day we were mushing our way over the Dawson trail Talk of your cold through the parka's fold it stabbed like a driven nail If our eyes we'd close then the lashes froze till sometimes we couldn't see It wasn't much fun but the only one to whimper was Sam McGee And that very night as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow And the dogs were fed and the stars o'er head were dancing heel and toe He turned to me and Cap says he I'll cash in this trip I guess And if I do I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request Well he seemed so low that I couldn't say no then he says with a sort of moan It's the cursed cold and it's got right hold till I'm chilled clean through to the bone Yet taint being dead it's my awful dread of the icy grave that pains So I want you to swear that foul or fair you'll cremate my last remains A pal's last need is a thing to heed so I swore I would not fail And we started on at the streak of dawn but God! he looked ghastly pale He crouched on the sleigh and he raved all day of his home in Tennessee And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Sam McGee There wasn't a breath in that land of death and I hurried horror-driven With a corpse half hid that I couldn't get rid because of a promise given It was lashed to the sleigh and it seemed to say you may tax your brawn and brains But you promised true and it's up to you to cremate those last remains Now a promise made is a debt unpaid and the trail has its own stern code In the days to come though my lips were dumb in my heart how I cursed that load In the long long night by the lone firelight while the huskies round in a ring Howled out their woes to the homeless snows oh God! how I loathed the thing And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow And on I went though the dogs were spent and the grub was getting low The trail was bad and I felt half mad but I swore I would not give in And I'd often sing to the hateful thing and it hearkened with a grin Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge and a derelict there lay It was jammed in the ice but I saw in a trice it was called the Alice May And I looked at it and I thought a bit and I looked at my frozen chum Then Here said I with a sudden cry is my crematoreum Some planks I tore from the cabin floor and I lit the boiler fire Some coal I found that was lying around and I heaped the fuel higher The flames just soared and the furnace roared such a blaze you seldom see And I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal and I stuffed in Sam McGee Then I made a hike for I didn't like to hear him sizzle so And the heavens scowled and the huskies howled and the wind began to blow It was icy cold but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks and I don't know why And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near I was sick with dread but I bravely said: I'll just take a peep inside I guess he's cooked and it's time I looked then the door I opened wide And there sat Sam looking cool and calm in the heart of the furnace roar And he wore a smile you could see a mile and he said please close that door It's fine in here but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm Since I left Plumtree down in Tennessee it's the first time I've been warm There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold The Arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold The Northern Lights have seen queer sights but the queerest they ever did see Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Down Where the Dark Waters Flow, Down Where The Trade Winds Blow, El Paso, El Rancho Grande, Everybody Does It In Hawaii, Everytime I Love Her, Face On The Barroom Floor, Farther Along, Father Time And Mother Love, Flying South, Follow Me, Following The Sun All Day, For Now & Always, For Sale, For The Good Times, Forever And One Day, Frankie And Johnny, Fraulein, From A Jack To A King, Frosty The Snowman, Galway Bay, Gambling Polka Dot Blues, Geisha Girl, Gentle On My Mind, Ghost Trains, Gloryland March, God Is My Santa Claus, Gold Rush Is Over, Golden River, Golden Rocket, Gonna Find Me A Bluebird, Good Gal Is Hard To Find, Good-night Little Buckeroo, Green, Green Grass Of Home, Green, Green, Green, Green Leaves Of Summer, Gypsy Feet, Handcuffed To Love, Hawaiian Sunset, He Dropped The World In My Hands, Heartbreak Trail, Lonely And Heartsick, Hello Love, Highest Bidder, His Hands, His Message Home, Hold Me Tight, Home Call, Honey, Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship, Other Hank Snow song Lyrics (seashores Of) Old Mexico Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour Lyrics 90 Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) Lyrics A Daisy Day Lyrics A Good Gal Is Good To Find Lyrics A Letter To Santa Claus Lyrics A Little Box Of Pine On The 729 Lyrics A Message From The Trade Winds Lyrics A Scale To Measure Love Lyrics Act 1, Act 2, Act 3 Lyrics Address Unknown Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Hank The Knife The Jets Lyrics Hank Thompson Lyrics Hank Williams Lyrics Hank Williams III Lyrics Hank Williams Jr. Lyrics Hank Williams Sr. Lyrics Hankey Mr Lyrics Hanna Berglund Lyrics Hanna Pakarinen Lyrics Hannah Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy