bounding main - northwest passage lyrics
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
westward from the davis strait ’twas there it was said to lie
the sea route to the orient for which so many died
seeking gold and glory, leaving weathered, broken bones
and a long-forgotten lonely cairn of stones
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
three centuries thereafter, i take p-ssage overland
in the footsteps of brave kelso, where his sea of flowers began
watching cities rise before me, then behind me sink again
this tardiest explorer, racing hard across the plain
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
and through the night, behind the wheel, the mileage cl1cking west
i think upon mackenzie, david thompson and the rest
who cracked the mountain rampart and did show a path for me
to race the roaring fraser to the sea
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
then how am i so different from the first men through this way?
like them, i left a settled life, i threw it all away
to seek a northwest p-ssage at the call of many men
to find there but the road back home again
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
ah, for just one time i would take the northwest p-ssage
to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea
tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage
and make a northwest p-ssage to the sea
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