Goin’ north; the rush is on!
Until I pulled up that YouTube link this morning, I had spent the whole of my cognizant life (I was six when the movie was released in 1960) thinking that the lyrics of the chorus were, "North, to Alaska! I'm goin' north to Russia's own," a reference to the nation from this we purchased Alaska in 1867.
But then again, it was many years before I knew that "Blinded by the Light" was referring to a Buick Century 225...