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GUEST,Old Put's Ghost Lyr Add: Gold Miners' Songs (American) 2 (46) Lyr Add: HANGTOWN GALS 20 Aug 07


Let's get this straight:

Hangtown Gals.

Air -- "New York Gals"

Hangtown gals are plump and rosy,
Hair in ringlets mighty cosy;
Painted cheeks and gassy bonnets;
Touch them and they'll sting like hornets.

          Chorus
Hangtown gals are lovely creatures,
Think they'll marry Mormon preachers;
Heads thrown back to show their features --
   Ha. ha. ha ! Hangtown gals.

They're dreadful shy of forty-niners,
Turn their noses up at miners;
Shocked to hear them say " gol darn it !"
Try to blush , but cannot come it.

Chorus -- Hangtown gals are lovely creatures, etc.

They'll catch a neighbor's cat and beat it,
Cut a bean in halves to eat it;
Promenade in silk and satin.
Cannot talk, but murder Latin

Chorus -- Hangtown gals are lovely creatures, etc.

On the streets they're always gr'nn'ng;
Modestly they lift their linnen;
Petticoats all trimmed with laces,
Matching well their painted faces.

Chorus -- Hangtown gals are lovely creatures, etc.

To church they very seldom venture --
Hoops so large they cannot enter ;
Go it, gals, you're young and tender,
Shun the pick and shovel gender.

Chorus -- Hangtown gals are lovely creatures, etc.

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Plus, I might add, it weren't a $15K nugget but more to $25K.
Consequently, I erected the popular Black's Theater in
Greenwood. Although a going concern, I finally took the lead
pill from a steel box upon hearing of my lady's demise.


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