MACKENZIE RIVER

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Song Title
MACKENZIE RIVER
Writers
Ruzicka
Publisher
DEVON MUSIC, INC. (BMI)
% Publisher Controls
100%
Territory Controlled
WORLD
Themes/Keywords
1970's, Born, dead, Fish, Land, River, Water, Weather, Years
Lyrics
Muddy water, rocks and sand,
Springing from the heart of the unbelievable land,
She was born in the Great Slave Lake,
She’ll die in Mackenzie Bay,
But in between she’s a way of life
For those of us who stay on the Big River.

This river is full of undercurrents,
It’s full of dead head logs,
But it’s also full of fish to feed
Your fam’ly and your dogs.
The winter finds it clogged with ice,
And then before your eyes,
Summer comes and barges run,
There’s fish camps and there’s flies
On the Big River.

Breakup in the springtime,
Freeze up in the fall,
The North comes to a standstill,
Nobody moves at all.
Their lives revolve around the River,
The River makes the rules,
She’ll help the strong to stay alive,
They say she kills the fools.
Big River.

The Mackenzie’s more than muddy water,
The Mackenzie’s more than sand,
It takes more than a lot of water
To make a river grand.
It takes men and women who scratch for life
In a cold, unfriendly land.
Her greatness is her people,
And I’ll have you understand
That it’s they who’ve made this land.

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