Miners' Meeting, A

DESCRIPTION: "When miners get into a row about their mining ground, A miners' meeting then is called, and miners flock around." Both sides call witnesses; the crowd gets drunk. "Old Bob" wins the vote because he "has raised the largest crowd of liars"
AUTHOR: Words: John A. Stone ("Old Put")
EARLIEST DATE: 1858 (Put's Golden Songster, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: mining fight drink lie
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 136-137, "A Miners' Meeting" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Raging Canal" (tune, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
File: LDC136

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