{"id":8101,"date":"2022-03-15T00:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T00:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=8101"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:35:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:35:41","slug":"summertime-in-alaska-dottie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/summertime-in-alaska-dottie\/","title":{"rendered":"Summertime in Alaska"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Alternate Key C<\/span>, progression C<\/span>, F<\/span>, G<\/span>, F<\/span>, with Bar Chords)<\/span>\r\n\r\nFOLLOWED BY WINTERTIME IN ALASKA\r\n\r\nThe Ptarmigan Family\r\n<\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                     G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Summertime in Alaska, fishin\u2019 everyday,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                      G<\/span>             D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Halibut & salmon, from Kenai to Kachemak Bay.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                                     \r\n<\/span>You dream about catchin\u2019 the big one, \r\n    G<\/span>\r\nand curse the one that got away,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                                      G<\/span>                 D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Sunburn and swattin\u2019 mosquitos, havin\u2019 fun the Alaskan way.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                          G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Bears & salmon swimmin\u2019, moose strollin\u2019 by each day,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                               G<\/span>                  D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Eagles flyin\u2019 way up high, and otters who love to play.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                                   G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It\u2019s not for the city slickers, couch potatoes who want to lay,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                                               G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>It\u2019s made for the young and young at heart, who catch their dinner\r\n<\/span><\/span>            D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>just for play.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                         G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Flyin\u2019 over glaciers, lakes & rivers & hills,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                                     G<\/span>             D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Runnin\u2019 from the big brown bears, and taking seasick pills.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nD<\/span>                               G<\/span>\r\n<\/span>So come join us in Alaska, summertime night and day,\r\n<\/span><\/span>A<\/span>                           G<\/span>                     D<\/span>\r\n<\/span>Big fish waitin\u2019 for us, at least that\u2019s what we pray!\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n\r\n \r\nOur family wrote this song together during the summer of 2005, inspired by an early <\/span>halibut fishing trip out of Homer and life here on the Kenai River, which we tried to sum up <\/span>these lyrics.  \r\n\r\nThe \u201cWintertime in Alaska\u201d verses came later:\r\n<\/span> \r\nWintertime in Alaska, snowin\u2019 every day,\r\n<\/span>Grab your skis and snowshoes, and let\u2019s go out and play.\r\n<\/span> \r\nThe rivers and lakes are frozen, moose tracks in the snow,\r\n<\/span>Some of us take our winternaps, but polar bears are on the go.\r\n<\/span> \r\nIt\u2019s never too cold for fishin\u2019, with some cocoa in your cup,\r\n<\/span>Sometimes we have to fish all day, but we\u2019re Alaskans\u2014we never give up.\r\n<\/span> \r\nSo come join us in Alaska, wintertime\u2019s here to stay,\r\n<\/span>Snow capped mountains calling us, to climb, ski, sled and play!\r\n\r\n\r\nWhen it's summertime in Alaska\r\nand it's 99 below\r\nThe Eskimo goes barefoot\r\nBecause he loves the sno.\r\nThe polar bear gets sunburned\r\nAnd the wind begins to blow\r\nWhen it's summertime in Alaska\r\nand it's 99 below\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n
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(Alternate Key C, progression C, F, G, F, with Bar Chords) FOLLOWED BY WINTERTIME IN ALASKA The Ptarmigan Family D G Summertime in Alaska, fishin\u2019 everyday, A G D Halibut & salmon, from Kenai to Kachemak Bay. D You dream about catchin\u2019 the big one, G and curse the one … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSummertime in Alaska<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,117,68,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-love-songs","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}