Yes Les, he wrote that version; & I suspect if there's one before that, he probably wrote that one too. (his contributions truly are amazing, but most folks don't know where they came from; I'm learning though).

It's just that the database version is so cleverly ironic that it sure seems to be poking fun at an earlier straighter version. Besides the bandmaster of a little old-time brass group we've got going here in Tucson swears he has heard another lyric "out there" (free of the sly irony) that just celebrates some miner's lucky streak.

(Although a lot of these great 19th century band arrangements have been resurrected, I have yet to find a recording of this one. & that's a shame because it has such a fun melody and jaunty pace, a real kick to play and listen to.)