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Ho' For California
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Song about the great movement West in search of gold and treasure .
music scotch choochoo ciciotte dave ciciotte david ciciotte dciciotte west hartford
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Dave lives outside of Hartford, CT, and made these albums in 2006. - June/2006. Reworked songs from the old west. - August/2006. New versions of traditional Irish songs - October/2006. Songs from Tin Pan Alley played in new ways.
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Alternative • Experimental
Charts
Peak #352
Peak in subgenre #47
Author
Music: Dave Ciciotte Lyrics: Jesse Hutchinson
Uploaded
October 10, 2006
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MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:50
Story behind the song
More on the song at: http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/ballads/E125.html I made this one up on the spot. Generic chord progression, sang it in a high voice, a fake 50's feel to it.
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We formed our band, we're all well manned, to journey afar to the promised land; Where the golden ore is rich in store on the banks of the sacramento shore. refrain: then ho, boys, ho! to california go, there's plenty of gold in the world, we're told, on the banks of the sacramento . Then ho, boys, and away we go, Digging up the gold on the 'Fransisco, Ho, boys, and away we go, Digging up the gold on the 'Fransisco. as oft we roam o'er the dark sea's foam, we'll not forget kind friends at home, but memory kind still brings to mind the love of friends we left behind. refrain: we'll expect our share of the coarsest fare, and sometimes sleep in the open air, on the cold damp ground we'll all sleep sound except when the wolves go howling round. refrain:
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