parody on "When it's springtime in the Rockies")
When it's springtime in Alaska,
And it's 99 below.
The Eskimos go barefoot
In the soft and slushy snow.
The polar bears get sunburned,
And the ice worms dance all day,
When it's springtime in Alaska,
In Alaska, far away.
original words: Mary Hale Woolsey
music: Robert Sauer & Milt Taggart
(later Taggart's name was removed from credits)
copyright: 1923 Robert Sauer (EMI Robbins)
source: For a Cowboy Has To Sing, published 1991
by University Presses of Florida, Gainsville
parody words: Unknown