Cherry Creek Emigrant's Song

DESCRIPTION: "We expect hard times, we expect hard fare." "Then ho, boys, ho, to Cherry Creek we'll go, There's plenty of gold in the west, we are told, in the new Eldorado." Many seek the Pikes Peak gold. Girls who are disappointed should wait a year.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1859 (Rocky Mountain News, according to Cohen)
KEYWORDS: gold mining derivative
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REFERENCES (2 citations):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 112-113, "Cherry Creek Emigrant's Song" (1 text, 1 tune)
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp 589-590, "Cherry Creek Emigrant's Song" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "De Boatman Dance" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: CAFS590A

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