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| − | '''[[File:The_Yukon_Song.jpg|thumb|300px]]"The Yukon Song"''' is a poem added as |
+ | '''[[File:The_Yukon_Song.jpg|thumb|300px]]"The Yukon Song"''' is a poem added as original content at the beginning of [[Yukon Ho!]]. |
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+ | ==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. |
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| − | My tiger friend has got the sled<br /> |
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| − | And I have packed a snack.<br /> |
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| − | We're all set for the trip ahead.<br /> |
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| − | We're never coming back! |
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| + | The meter of the song matches "The Thing" by Phil Harris nearly perfectly. Skip the repeat within the song, and it lines up identically. |
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| − | We're abandoning this life we've led!<br /> |
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| + | ==Lyrics== |
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| − | So long, Mom and Pop!<br /> |
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| + | Well, I come from Alabama |
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| − | We're sick of doing what you've said,<br /> |
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| + | With my banjo on my knee |
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| − | And now it's going to stop! |
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| + | And I'm bound for Louisiana |
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| + | My own true love for to see |
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| − | We're going where it snows all year,<br /> |
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| + | It did rain all night the day I left |
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| − | Where life can have real meaning.<br /> |
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| + | The weather was bone dry |
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| − | A place where we won't have to hear,<br /> |
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| + | The sun was so hot I froze myself |
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| − | "Your room could stand some cleaning." |
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| + | Susanne, don't you go on and cry |
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| + | I said, oh, Susannah |
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| − | The Yukon is the place for us!<br /> |
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| + | Now, don't you cry for me |
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| − | That's where we want to live.<br /> |
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| + | As I come from Alabama |
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| − | Up there we'll get to yell and cuss<br /> |
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| + | With this banjo on my knee |
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| − | And act real primitive. |
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| + | Well, I had myself a dream the other night |
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| + | When everything was still |
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| − | We'll never have to go to school,<br /> |
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| + | I dreamed that I saw my girl Susanne |
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| − | Forced into submission,<br /> |
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| + | She was coming around the hill |
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| − | By monstrous crabby teachers who'll<br /> |
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| + | Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth |
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| − | Make us learn addition. |
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| + | A tear was in her eye |
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| + | I said, that I come from Dixie land |
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| − | We'll never have to clean a plate<br /> |
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| + | Susanne, don't you break down and cry |
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| − | Of veggie glops and goos.<br /> |
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| + | I said, oh, Susannah |
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| − | Messily we'll masticate<br /> |
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| + | Now, don't you cry for me |
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| − | Using any fork we choose! |
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| + | 'Cause I come from Alabama |
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| + | With my banjo on my knee |
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| − | The timber wolves will be our friends.<br /> |
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| − | We'll stay up late and howl,<br /> |
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| − | At the moon, till nighttime ends,<br /> |
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| − | Before going on the prowl. |
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| − | Oh, what a life! We cannot wait,<br /> |
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| − | To be in that arctic land,<br /> |
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| − | Where we'll be masters of our fate,<br /> |
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| − | And lead a life that's grand!<br /> |
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| − | No more of parental rules!<br /> |
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| − | We're heading for some snow!<br /> |
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| − | Good riddance to those grown-up ghouls!<br /> |
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| − | We're leaving! '''''Yukon Ho!''''' |
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| − | [[Category:Bonus material|Yukon Song]] |
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| + | [[Category:Tributes, parodies and references]] |
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| + | [[Category:Calvin and Hobbes]] |
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| + | [[Category:Songs]] |
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Revision as of 20:45, 25 October 2020
"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
Well, I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee And I'm bound for Louisiana My own true love for to see It did rain all night the day I left The weather was bone dry The sun was so hot I froze myself Susanne, don't you go on and cry I said, oh, Susannah Now, don't you cry for me As I come from Alabama With this banjo on my knee Well, I had myself a dream the other night When everything was still I dreamed that I saw my girl Susanne She was coming around the hill Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth A tear was in her eye I said, that I come from Dixie land Susanne, don't you break down and cry I said, oh, Susannah Now, don't you cry for me 'Cause I come from Alabama With my banjo on my knee