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The California gold rush

Ol' Jimmy Marshall found it on the ground
Up by Sutter's Mill and there's enough to go around

So I'm going to California going to San Francisco Bay
Up to Sacramento there's gold there they say

Word is out and running wild spreading like a fire
I don't believe I've heard a word to cause so much desire

They're coming from the north from the south from the east
Come from every walk of life from sinner-man to priest

There's sailors jumping ship farmers leaving land
Bankers and gamblers both leaving debts to stand

Seems like every mother's son is heading for the west
That fever burning up inside won't let a poor boy rest

Soon there'll be a city where once was just a town
'cause ol' Jimmy Marshall found it on the ground