I've tramped across her endless miles of tundra, I've rafted all her rapid flowing streams, She's kept me on the hummer, I've fought mosquits in summer And "siwashed" neath Aurora's wintry beams,...
While all Europe is a shambles And the whole world is at war, And half the land the sun shines on Is drenched in human gore; When every Nation counts the men It knows are tried and true...
Along in early spring time, as the sun starts swinging North To linger with the land it loves, and violets peep forth, When the water starts to running thru the riffle blocks at noon...