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ALASKA'S NATIVE SON, by                    
First Line: Would you know a little fellow
Last Line: "he's a better boy than many, ""gunga din""!"
Subject(s): Alaska


Would you know a little fellow
Who is neither brown nor yellow
Though of red and white
He bears an equal strain?
He wears overalls in summer --
Out hunting he's a hummer --
Just a parka shields him
From the snow and rain.
He can navigate a boat
Or anything afloat --
Is no stranger to a fishwheel
Or a gun.
He totes home strings of fish
Or rabbits -- if you wish.
That handy, little dandy Native Son.
A bear with cubs can't beat him
Nor a college highbrow cheat him.
He knows the way
Of vagrant winds that blow.
Even moose oft fail to scent him --
There's nothing seems to dent him;
In God's vast universe he is not slow.
Do not judge him, city-wise lad.
His knowledge isn't half bad.
To underrate his prowess were a sin.
He can trade and sell his catches
For cartridges and matches --
He's a better boy than many, "Gunga Din"!





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