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Klondike Joe

from Finally Home by Kathleen Dunbar

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When I was in the second grade, I put on a puppet show with puppets I asked my mom to make: Klondike Joe and his huskies. This grew into the first third of the song, which I wrote as a teenager, washing the dishes and looking out the window at the winter snow. And years later I wrote the rest of the song, about Joe.....

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Klondike Joe
By Kathleen Dunbar
Copyrighted by Kathleen Dunbar

Klondike Joe, Klondike Joe
Way up north in the ice and snow
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

Klondike Joe got a house made of ice
He lives in it and he thinks it’s nice
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe
He says come on in pull up a skin
Sit right down and tell me how you been
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

Klondike Joe, Klondike Joe
Way up north where the cold winds blow
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

Joe got a sled dog name of Jack
He pulls him into town and then he pulls him back
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe
Drink a little whiskey, play a little cards
Careful goin home cuz it’s snowin real hard
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

Klondike Joe, Klondike Joe
Way up north with the Eskimos
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

When it’s dark, winter full of storms
We all want someone to keep us warm
Joe did, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe
Joe found a woman, love got a hold
Her smile in the morning was better than gold
Oh-oh, oh-oh oh-oh Klondike Joe

Klondike Joe, Klondike Joe
Way up north where the cold winds blow
Oh-oh, oh I’m happy for you Joe

credits

from Finally Home, released December 13, 2007
Kathleen Dunbar: vocals
Gawain Mathews: guitars, banjo, beatboxing, Theremin’s Journey
Dan Feiszli: standup bass
Oscar the Dog: barking

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Kathleen Dunbar San Francisco, California

You may notice my songs are about angels and devils, birth, life, death, about creation and crumbling destruction—the troubles we humans get ourselves into and the choices we make—some of them funky, some of them ending in the dark, others rising into the light of morning. Touching, humorous, spellbinding storytelling—my songs brings you into the irony, the tragedy, and the possibilities of life. ... more

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