The Cremation of Sam McGee

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"The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's (1874–1958) poems. It was published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough. (A "sourdough", in this sense, is a resident of the Yukon.) It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge (spelled "Lebarge" by Service), Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him. rdf:langString
rdf:langString The Cremation of Sam McGee
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rdf:langString But the queerest they ever did see
rdf:langString I cremated Sam McGee.''
rdf:langString ''There are strange things done in the midnight sun,
rdf:langString That would make your blood run cold;
rdf:langString The Arctic trails have their secret tales
rdf:langString The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,
rdf:langString Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
rdf:langString by the men who moil for gold;
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rdf:langString "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's (1874–1958) poems. It was published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough. (A "sourdough", in this sense, is a resident of the Yukon.) It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge (spelled "Lebarge" by Service), Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him.
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