Cremation of Sam McGee, The

DESCRIPTION: "There are strange things done in the midnight sun By the men who moil for gold;," but the strangest was "that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge I cremated Sam McGee." Sam dies; the singer builds him a pyre -- and Sam declares he is finally warm
AUTHOR: Robert W. Service
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (publication date)
KEYWORDS: death fire humorous | arctic cremation
FOUND IN:
Roud #26274
RECORDINGS:
Judy Cook, Dennis Cook, Derek Piotr, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" (incomplete version: Piotr-Archive #1295, recorded 06/09/2025)
File: DPio1295

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