Johnny Cash - Girl In Saskatoon

girl in saskatoon

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i left a little town a little south of hudson bay
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i couldn’t find a thing to make a rounder want to stay
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i fought the wind across the barren waste and the crystal dunes
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goin’ for to marry the girl in saskatoon

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i’m glad i realized that no one could take her place
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my heart was beatin’ for her like the winter beat my face
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but knowin’ that i’d see her made my spirit bright as june
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i’m freezin’ but i’m burnin’ for the girl in saskatoon

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south and west and followin’ the cold december sun
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i bedded down in the caragana when my daily trek was done
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then up and pressin’ onward by the light of the morning moon
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a prodigal returnin’ to the girl in saskatoon

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then i found a trail that had packed beneath the snow
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i made the final miles where the prairie lilies grow
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a steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
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i’m freezin’ but i’m burnin’ for the girl in saskatoon
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but my journey was forgotten when i held her in my arms
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my wonderlust was stifled by possession of her charms
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and kneeling neath the steeple where we couldn’t wait till june
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i found eternal spring with the girl in saskatoon