Johnny's Dead

DESCRIPTION: "It was on the banks of the Humbolt That old Johny fell... Oh, we gathered round old Johny, Old John Wethered, And we buried old Johny, 'Cause he was DEAD." He left a family to hunt gold. He suffered many ills. But, mostly, he was DEAD
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1939 (E Clampus Vitus, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: gold travel death humorous
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 49-50, "Johnny's Dead" (1 text)
NOTES [19 words]: This really feels like it should have been a camp song, but it's not clear to me that it was ever a song at all. - RBW
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File: LDC049

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