Original Music by Alchemie (Haubrich/Danielson)
This Special Release is dedicated to Bobbi Sue (Pearson) Vosper with love and appreciation.
"Straight Outta Kittson" LYRICS by Nancy Haubrich; RECORDED AT HOME in Albuquerque ("Duke City") New Mexico by ALCHEMIE (Nancy Haubrich, Bob Danielson)
I'm straight outta Kittson, circa 1879
Where the Red River crosses the Medicine Line
Minneapolis has Prince, Duluth has Dylan
Kittson has me and I'm more than willing
To tell you about it
Straight outta Kittson, land of ice and snow
No hot springs, but the river does flow north
Just like the last glacier
And I can take the cold
Straight outta Kittson the catfish ain't jumpin'
But when the river jumps its banks
It's really something
It spreads far and wide
This country is flat
From old Lake Agassiz
When she rolled back
After the last ice age
I can take the cold
Straight outta Kittson, where gumbo means dirt
Black and rich like the buffalo herds
Things moved slow, before cars and rails
Two oxen, two wheels, on the Pembina Trail
Tall prairie grasses were all plowed down
To make farms, cities and towns
I can take the cold
Straight outta Kittson by way of California
Now I'm in Duke City and I've gotta warn you
You take it with you wherever you go
There you are
And I want you to know
I'm still straight outta Kittson
I can take the cold
So when they call it flyover country
I just have to laugh
Yeah, it's cold, but it keeps out the riff-raff
And I'm Straight outta Kittson
Straight outta Kittson
Minneapolis has Prince
Duluth has Dylan
Kittson has me
And I can take the cold
“I'm Straight Outta Kittson . . . and I can take the cold!” - Nancy Haubrich
— Nancy Haubrich