Story Behind The Song

My own exuberance about Alaska needed writing, hence, this song in that swing rhythm I love.

Song Description

The female narrator welcomes the tourists, applauds summer in the Arctic, the lattitude, the midnight sun- her prime time. Then she launches into a mouthful of Eskimo/Inupiat/Athabascan village and town names which tourists and locals just love! It is a melodic mouthful of beautiful names evoking fantastic images of possibilities. Wild horses couldn't drag me away....

Lyrics

5/03 cPAu2-804-780 Alaska In The Summertime w/m V.Penny Gottsche

V1- Alaska In The Summertime is the only place I want to be
plenty fish on my plate
purty faces from out of state
the Arctic air in June is sweet

V2- Alaska In The Summertime, sitting here on top of the world
I don't waste much time asleep
ain't much for counting sheep
I'm an outdoor midnight sun kind of girl

Channel- This unique piece of real estate we call 'the last frontier'
when asked where I'm vacationing I tell'em I'm already there

Chorus- Alaska In The Summertime
how I love this great land.
Kenai, Egigik to Kodiak
Hoonah, Chatanika to Noatak
Kwigillingok to Healy, Kotzebue , Alakanuk to Ft. Greely
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
from Alaska In The Summertime

Repeat fr V2- Alaska In The Summertime, sitting here on top of the world
I don't waste much time asleep, ain't much for counting sheep
I'm an outdoor midnight sun kind of girl

Channel- This unique piece of real estate we call 'the last frontier'
when asked where I'm vacationing I tell'em I'm already there

Chorus- Alaska In The Summertime
how I love this great land.
Kenai, Egigik to Kodiak
Hoonah, Chatanika to Noatak
Kwigillingok to Healy, Kotzebue , Alakanuk to Ft. Greely
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
from Alaska In The Summertime

tag/end- Wild horses couldn't drag me away
from Alaska In The Summer-
I like winter but summer's funner
Iditarod, Nome and Tooksook Bay
Fairbanks, Anchorage are on the way to
Alaska In The Summertime