Buckskin Bag of Gold

DESCRIPTION: "Last night I met him on the train, A man with lovely eyes," who had "jet black eyes," a "grand mustache," and a "buckskin bag of gold." He makes a splash -- and eventually flees town once "Papa's bank Is robbed of ev'ry cent"
AUTHOR: Henry Clay Work
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (sheet music published by S. Brainerd's Sons with copyright by Root & Cady)
KEYWORDS: courting robbery theft abandonment
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (3 citations):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, pp. 209-210, "The Buckskin Bag of Gold" (1 text)
Work-SongsOf-Henry-Clay-Work, pp. 47-51, "The Buckskin Bag of Gold" (1 text, 1 tune, a copy of the original sheet music)
Dime-Song-Book #31, pp. 38-39, "The Buckskin Bag of Gold" (1 text)
Roud #11710
File: SMBuBaGo

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