I was born in a cold miner town west of Jackfish Cooley
Raised on a homestead just east of Caroline
My daddy was a hard workin’ lumberjack man
Mama read the bible from her precious hands
And we all enjoyed the sweet Alberta sunshine

Chorus
In the sweet Alberta sunshine
You warm my soul when it’s 40 below in the wintertime
You’re my sweet Alberta sunshine
As long as the Bow river flows
You’re always gonna be mine

Thirty years seems like eternity
Living in one place
They say you haven’t seen it all
Till you travel the world ten times
But I’ve seen enough on the 6 o’clock news
To show me I have nothing to lose
By making my home in the sweet Alberta sunshine

Break

I’m a proud Alberta Canadian down home country boy
And I love all the beauty ol’ Mother Nature left behind
If paradise holds what you’ve given to me
There’s only one place I’d rather be
Makin’ my home in the sweet Alberta sunshine

Chorus
In the sweet Alberta sunshine
You warm my soul when it’s 40 below in the wintertime
You’re my sweet Alberta sunshine
As long as the Bow river flows
You’re always gonna be mine

Refrain:
You’re my sweet Alberta sunshine
As long as the Bow river flows
You’re always gonna be mine

Music and lyrics Don Bouvette