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I’ve wandered all over this country,

Prospecting and digging for gold.

I’ve tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled.

And I have been frequently sold.

And I have been frequently sold.

And I have been frequently sold.

I’ve tunneled, hydraulicked and cradled.

And I have been frequently sold.

There are those who get richer by mining.

Perceiving that hundreds get poor.

I’ve made up my mind to try farming,

The only pursuit that was sure.

The only pursuit that was sure.

The only pursuit that was sure.

I’ve made up my mind to try farming,

The only pursuit that was sure.

I rolled up my grub in my blanket,

And left all my tools on the ground.

I started this morning to shank it,

For the country they call Puget Sound.

For the country they call Puget Sound.

For the country they call Puget Sound.

I started this morning to shank it,

For the country they call Puget Sound.

Arriving flat broken midwinter,

I found it enveloped in fog.

And covered all over with timber.

Thick as hairs on the back of a dog.

Thick as hairs on the back of a dog.

Thick as hairs on the back of a dog.

And covered all over with timber.

Thick as hairs on the back of a dog.

When I looked on the prospects so gloomy.

The smile went away from my face.

And I thought that my travels had brought me.

To the end of the jumping off place.

To the end of the jumping off place.

To the end of the jumping off place.

And I thought that my travels had brought me.

To the end of the jumping off place.

I staked me a claim in the forest.

And soon was beginning to toil.

For six years, I chopped and I struggled.

But I never got down to the soil.

But I never got down to the soil.

I never got down to the soil.

For six years, I chopped and I struggled.

But I never got down to the soil.

I tried to get out of the country.

But poverty force me to stay.

And if I become an old settler.

Then nothing could drive me away.

Then nothing could drive me away.

Then nothing could drive me away.

And if I become an old settler.

Then nothing could drive me away.

Now Schlesinger made the decisions.

It’s his words we stumble upon.

But when it came down to money and safety.

We all knew which side he was on.

We all knew which side he was on.

We all knew which side he was on.

When it came down to money and safety.

We all knew which side he was on.

They say it’s okay if they train ya.

But even right now as we sing.

There’s parts of what was Pennsylvania.

A-heading on down to Peking.

A-heading on down to Peking.

A-heading on down to Peking.

There’s parts of what was Pennsylvania.

A-heading on down to Peking.

No longer the slave of ambition.

I laugh at the world and its shams.

As I think of my happy condition.

Surrounded by Acres of Clams.

Surrounded by Acres of Clams.

Surrounded by Acres of Clams.

I think of my happy condition.

Surrounded by Acres of Clams.

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