Stan Rogers - Northwest passage

Ah, for ^Ejust one ^Btime I would ^Atake the Northwest ^C#mPassage To ^Afind the hand of ^EFranklin reaching ^F#mfor the ^G#mBeaufort ^ASea ^BTracing ^Eone warm ^Bline through a ^Aland so wild and ^C#msavage And ^Amake a Northwest ^EPassage ^Bto the ^Esea

^AWestward from the ^EDavis Strait 'tis there 'twas said to ^Blie The ^Asea route to the ^EOrient for which so ^Bmany ^C#mdied ^ASeeking gold and ^Eglory, leaving weathered, ^Bbroken ^C#mbones And a ^Along-forgotten ^Elonely ^Bcairn of ^C#mstones

^BAh, for ^Ejust one ^Btime I would ^Atake the Northwest ^C#mPassage To ^Afind the hand of ^EFranklin reaching ^F#mfor the ^G#mBeaufort ^ASea ^BTracing ^Eone warm ^Bline through a ^Aland so wild and ^C#msavage And ^Amake a Northwest ^EPassage ^Bto the ^Esea

Three ^Acenturies there^Eafter, I take passage over^Bland In the ^Afootsteps of brave ^EKelsey, where his "sea of ^Bflowers" be^C#mgan Watching ^Acities rise be^Efore me, then behind me ^Bsink a^C#mgain This ^Atardiest ex^Eplorer, driving ^F#mhard a^G#mcross the ^Aplain

^BAh, for ^Ejust one ^Btime I would ^Atake the Northwest ^C#mPassage To ^Afind the hand of ^EFranklin reaching ^F#mfor the ^G#mBeaufort ^ASea ^BTracing ^Eone warm ^Bline through a ^Aland so wild and ^C#msavage And ^Amake a Northwest ^EPassage ^Bto the ^Esea

And ^Athrough the night, be^Ehind the wheel, the mileage clicking ^Bwest I ^Athink upon ^EMackenzie, David Thompson ^Band the ^C#mrest Who ^Acracked the mountain ^Eramparts and did show a ^Bpath for ^C#mme To ^Arace the roaring ^EFraser ^Bto the ^C#msea

^BAh, for ^Ejust one ^Btime I would ^Atake the Northwest ^C#mPassage To ^Afind the hand of ^EFranklin reaching ^F#mfor the ^G#mBeaufort ^ASea ^BTracing ^Eone warm ^Bline through a ^Aland so wild and ^C#msavage And ^Amake a Northwest ^EPassage ^Bto the ^Esea

How ^Athen am I so ^Edifferent from the first men through this ^Bway? Like ^Athem, I left a ^Esettled life, I threw it ^Ball a^C#mway To ^Aseek a Northwest ^EPassage at the call of ^Bmany ^C#mmen To ^Afind there but the ^Eroad back ^Bhome a^C#mgain

^BAh, for ^Ejust one ^Btime I would ^Atake the Northwest ^C#mPassage To ^Afind the hand of ^EFranklin reaching ^F#mfor the ^G#mBeaufort ^ASea ^BTracing ^Eone warm ^Bline through a ^Aland so wild and ^C#msavage And ^Amake a Northwest ^EPassage ^Bto the ^Esea