The Gold Rush song book : comprising a group of twenty-five authentic ballads as they were sung by the men who dug for gold in California during the period of the great Gold Rush of 1849
Title:
The Gold Rush song book : comprising a group of twenty-five authentic ballads as they were sung by the men who dug for gold in California during the period of the great Gold Rush of 1849
Author:
Black, Eleanora, compiler.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, Calif. : Colt Press, 1940.
Physical Description:
ix pages, 55 pages of music : illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
General Note:
Unaccompanied melodies.
Language:
English
Contents:
An honest miner -- A ripping trip -- Arrival of the greenhorn -- California ball -- California bank robbers -- California bloomer -- California stage company -- Coming around the Horn -- Crossing the Plains -- Days of forty-nine -- He's the man for me -- Hog-eye man -- Humbug steamship companies -- I often think of writing home -- Joe Bowers -- Life in California -- Lousy miner -- Prospecting dream -- Sacramento gals -- Seeing the elephant -- Sweet Betsey from Pike -- The gambler -- The unhappy miner -- What was your name in the States? -- When I went off to prospect.
Format :
Musical Score