California Joe (II)

DESCRIPTION: "I am a Forty-niner, come here long ago," working on the Yuba and making a fortune. His wife begs him to return home. But he had an accident, went insane, went to prison. All his family died before he could return home. Now he's mining again
AUTHOR: Hector A. Stuart (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1877 (The [San Jose, CA] Pioneer, June 16, 1877, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: gold mining separation prison return death family derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 104-105, "California Joe" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "California Joe (I)" (original that this derives from)
NOTES [44 words]: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 86, calls this a parody of "California Joe (I)," and sets it to the tune of that piece. The relationship seems to me much weaker than parody, although it is certainly possible it was intended to use the same tune. - RBW
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