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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.
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'''[[File:The_Yukon_Song.jpg|thumb|300px]]"The Yukon Song"''' is a poem added as original content at the beginning of [[Yukon Ho!]].
==Lyrics==
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==Role==
''My tiger friend has got the sled
 
   
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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.
 
   
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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. 
''We're all set for the trip ahead.''
 
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==Lyrics==
 
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Well, I come from Alabama
''We're never coming back!''
 
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With my banjo on my knee
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And I'm bound for Louisiana
We're abandoning this life we led!''
 
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My own true love for to see
 
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It did rain all night the day I left
''So long, Mom and Pop!''
 
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The weather was bone dry
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The sun was so hot I froze myself
We're sick of doing what you've said''
 
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Susanne, don't you go on and cry
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I said, oh, Susannah
And now its going to stop!''
 
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Now, don't you cry for me
 
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As I come from Alabama
 
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With this banjo on my knee
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Well, I had myself a dream the other night
We're going where it snows all year,''
 
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When everything was still
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I dreamed that I saw my girl Susanne
 
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She was coming around the hill
Where life can have real meaning.
 
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Now, the buckwheat cake was in her mouth
 
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A tear was in her eye
A place where we won't have to hear,
 
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I said, that I come from Dixie land
 
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Susanne, don't you break down and cry
"Your room could stand some cleaning.''
 
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I said, oh, Susannah
 
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Now, don't you cry for me
 
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'Cause I come from Alabama
''The Yukon is the place for us!''
 
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With my banjo on my knee
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That's where we want to live.''
 
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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
 
 
Make us learn addition.
 
 
 
We'll never have to clean our 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 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!
 
 
Good riddance to those grownup ghouls,
 
   
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[[Category:Poems]]
We're leaving! Yukon Ho!'''''
 
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[[Category:Exclusive content]]
{{stub}}
 
[[Category:Bonus material]]
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[[Category:Trivia]]
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[[Category:Tributes, parodies and references]]
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[[Category:Calvin and Hobbes]]
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[[Category:Songs]]

Revision as of 20:45, 25 October 2020

The Yukon Song

"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