Well, I've been searchin', I've been searchin' I've been searchin' every week and day Well, I've been searchin', I've been searchin' I've been searchin' every which way Like the North West Mountain you know I'll bring her in someday Well, if I have to climb a mountain, you know I will And if I have to swim a river, you know I will No matter where she goes, Oh Lord, you know I will And if I have to climb a mountain, you know I will And if I have to swim a river, you know I will I know she's hiding up there If you marry him don't you know I'll find her, child I will Well Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade gonna put that child on me No matter where she's hiding She gonna tell me you're coming I'm gonna walk right down that street just like bulldog jumping Cause I've been searchin', I've been searchin' I've been searchin' every which way Like the North West Mountain you know I'll bring her in someday