Kacy Clayton The South Saskatchewan River Lyrics

It makes me shake and shiver
To see the hoar frost quiver
On aspen near the river
South Saskatchewan
The snowgoose turns to say
We're a long, long way to Galveston

The factory steam it billows
To mile-high poison pillows
We wander through the willows
And down the icy shore
It's then you turn to say
"We're a long, long way from Hudson Bay"

Where the Sage and Sharp-tailed Grouses
Used to look for spouses
There's a row of new-made houses
Going up for sale
Says the magpie to a mule deer
I suppose they'll build a school here pretty soon

We crest the river ridges
See the city which is
Made of trestle bridges
And traffic lights a-glow
It's then you turn to say
We're a long, long way from yesterday