away up in alaska the state that stands alone there s a dog race run from anchorage into nome and it s a grueling race with a lightning pace where chilly winds do wail beneath the northern lights across snow and ice it s called the iditarod trail well give me a team and a good lead dog and a sled that s built so fine and let me race those miles to nome one thousand forty nine then when i get back to my home hey i can tell my tale i did i did i did the iditarod trail well the race it won t be easy for the masters of the trail and some of them will make it and some of them will fail but just to run that race takes a tough and hardy breed and a lot of work done by the dogs that run across snow with whistling speed well give me a team and a good lead dog and a sled that s built so fine and let me race those miles to nome one thousand forty nine then when i get back to my home hey i can tell my tale i did i did i did the iditarod trail i just pulled out of safety and i m on the trail alone i m doin fine and i m pickin up time and runnin on in to nome there s no sled tracks in front of me and no one s on my tail i did i did i did the iditarod trail well give me a team and a good lead dog and a sled that s built so fine and let me race those miles to nome one thousand forty nine then when i get back to my home hey i can tell my tale i did i did i did the iditarod trail i did i did i did the iditarod trail