“The Northern Lights have seen queer sights, but the queerest they ever did see, was that night on the marge of Lake LaBarge...”
Sam was from Tennessee, so I guess he could have stayed home if he knew he could see the Northern Lights from there if he just waited long enough.
The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
_________________________^
From the cremation of Sam Magee, one of my favorite Robert Service poems. My favorite being “The Three Bares”.
TM