Seven Devils Mine, The

DESCRIPTION: "Come all ye bold adventurers And listen to my song, About the Seven Devils mines -- I will not keep you long." The singer warns to keep snakebite on hand, urges listeners to work hard in the mine, and warns of those who grow rich and forget the past
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1895 (Johnson, Poems of Idaho, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: work mining hardtimes money
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp 581-582, "The Seven Devils Mine" (1 text)
File: CAFS2581

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