Written by Johnny Cash/Johnny Horton
Verse A E A I left a little town, a little south of Hudson Bay B7 E I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay A A I fought the wind across the barren waste in the crystal dunes E A Going for to marry the girl from Saskatoon Verse E A I'm glad, I realized that no one could take her place B7 E My heart was beating for her like the winter beat my face A D A But knowing that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June E A I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon Verse E A South and West and following the cold December sun B7 E I bedded down in the Carragana when my daily trek was done A D A Then up and pressing onward by the light of the morning moon E A A prodigal returning to the girl in Saskatoon Verse E A Then I found the trail that had packed beneath the snow B7 E I made the final miles where the prairie lilies grow A D A The steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon E A I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon Verse E A But my journey was forgotten when I held her in my arms B7 E My wanderlust was stifled by possession of her charms A D A And kneeling neath the steeple where we couldn't wait till June E A I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon