They came up north in search of gold To solve financial woes And staked their claims along the creek Hundreds of sourdoughs In winter it gets awfully cold 40 below the wind blows And if you are not careful Frostbite gets your toes Some got rich, most did not Mining has highs and lows A bit of dust soon gambled away All they had left was their clothes We’ll name this place after a bird Who flies high o’er the snows Neighbors took Eagle for their name We’ll try one this place knows Let’s name the town Ptarmigan Or so the story goes It was a word they could not spell So Chicken is what they chose
Funny. 🤭