When I Went Off to Prospect

DESCRIPTION: ""I heard of gold at Sutter's mill... But I never thought it was rich until I started off to prospect." He sets out to mine, but cannot find a place to stay. He gets lice. He is hurt in a fight. All he has has been pawned -- but he'll to "make it right"
AUTHOR: Words: John A. Stone ("Old Put")
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (Put's Original California Songster, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: gold mining hardtimes fight
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 109-110, "When I Went Off to Prospect" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The King of the Cannibal Islands" (tune)
File: LDC109

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