Changes: The Yukon Song

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"The Yukon Song" is a poem added as original content at the beginning of Yukon Ho!.

Role

Calvin sings the song while extoling the virtues of leaving civilization for the Yukon Territory. Like all original content, it was also featured in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, on page 325 of Book 1.

The meter of the song matches "The Thing" by Phil Harris nearly perfectly. Skip the repeat within the song, and it lines up identically.

Lyrics

My tiger friend has got the sled,
And I have packed a snack.
We're all set for the trip ahead.
We're never coming back!

We're abandoning this life we've led!
So long, Mom and Pop!
We're sick of doing what you've said,
And now it's going to stop!

We're going where it snows all year,
Where life can have real meaning.
A place where we won't have to hear,
"Your room could stand some cleaning."

The Yukon is the place for us!
That's where we want to live.
Up there we'll get to yell and cuss,
And act real primitive.

We'll never have to go to school,
Forced into submission,
By monstrous crabby teachers who'll
Make us learn addition.

We'll never have to clean a plate
Of veggie glops and goos.
Messily we'll masticate
Using any fork we choose!

The timber wolves will be our friends.
We'll stay up late and howl,
At the moon, till nighttime ends,
Before going on the prowl.

Oh, what a life! We cannot wait,
To be in that arctic land,
Where we'll be masters of our fate,
And lead a life that's grand!

No more of parental rules!
We're heading for some snow!
Good riddance to those grown-up ghouls!
We're leaving! Yukon Ho!

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-'''"The Yukon Song"''' is a poem added as [[bonus material]] to the beginning of [[Yukon Ho!]].  In it, Calvin extols the virtues of leaving civilization for the [[Yukon Territory]]. In ''The Complete Calvin and Hobbes'', it is found on page 325 of Book 1.
+'''[[File:The_Yukon_Song.jpg|thumb|300px]]"The Yukon Song"''' is a poem added as original content at the beginning of [[Yukon Ho!]].
-==Lyrics==
+==Role==
-''My tiger friend has got the sled
+Calvin sings the song while extoling the virtues of leaving civilization for the [[Yukon Territory]]. Like all original content, it was also featured in ''[[The Complete Calvin and Hobbes]]'', on page 325 of Book 1.
-''And I have packed a snack.
+The meter of the song matches "The Thing" by Phil Harris nearly perfectly. Skip the repeat within the song, and it lines up identically.
-''We're all set for the trip ahead.''
+==Lyrics==
+My tiger friend has got the sled,<br />
-''We're never coming back!''
+And I have packed a snack.<br />
-''
-We're abandoning this life we led!''
+We're all set for the trip ahead.<br />
+We're never coming back!
+We're abandoning this life we've led!<br />
-''So long, Mom and Pop!''
+So long, Mom and Pop!<br />
-''
-We're sick of doing what you've said''
+We're sick of doing what you've said,<br />
+And now it's going to stop!
-''
-And now its going to stop!''
+We're going where it snows all year,<br />
+Where life can have real meaning.<br />
+A place where we won't have to hear,<br />
+"Your room could stand some cleaning."
+The Yukon is the place for us!<br />
-''
-We're going where it snows all year,''
+That's where we want to live.<br />
+Up there we'll get to yell and cuss,<br />
-''
+And act real primitive.
-Where life can have real meaning.
-A place where we won't have to hear,
-"Your room could stand some cleaning.''
-''The Yukon is the place for us!''
-''
-That's where we want to live.''
-''
-Up there we'll go to yell and cuss''
-''And act real primitive.''
-''We'll never have to go to school,''
-''Forced into submission,''
-By monstrous crabby teachers who'll
+We'll never have to go to school,<br />
+Forced into submission,<br />
+By monstrous crabby teachers who'll<br />
 Make us learn addition.
+We'll never have to clean a plate<br />
+Of veggie glops and goos.<br />
-We'll never have to clean our plate
+Messily we'll masticate<br />
-Of veggie glops and goos.
-Messily we'll masticate
 Using any fork we choose!
+The timber wolves will be our friends.<br />
+We'll stay up late and howl,<br />
+At the moon, till nighttime ends,<br />
+Before going on the prowl.
+Oh, what a life! We cannot wait,<br />
-The timber wolves will be our friends.
+To be in that arctic land,<br />
+Where we'll be masters of our fate,<br />
-We'll stay up late and howl
+And lead a life that's grand!<br />
-At the moon till nighttime ends
-Before going out on the prowl.
-Oh what a life! We cannot wait,
-To be in that arctic land,
-We'll be masters of our fate,
-And lead a life that's grand!
-No more of parental rules!
-We're heading for some snow!
-We're sick of doing what you've said!
+No more of parental rules!<br />
-We're leaving! Yukon Ho!'''''
+We're heading for some snow!<br />
-{{stub}}
+Good riddance to those grown-up ghouls!<br />
-[[Category:Bonus material]]
+We're leaving! '''''Yukon Ho!'''''
+[[Category:Poems]]
+[[Category:Exclusive content]]
+[[Category:Trivia]]
+[[Category:Tributes, parodies and references]]
+[[Category:Calvin and Hobbes]]
+[[Category:Songs]]