Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 10:58 AM

I've been wondering about the time source of The Dirty (Lousy) Miner. I sing it and enjoy it, and I'd like to be able to introduce it as being from whatever gold rush is appropriate. Does anybody know?

Dave Oesterreich

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This thread has been closed, so I won't make it longer.
Dave, Lingenfelter-Dwyer say that "Lousy Miner" was written by John A. Stone, "Old Put," the most prolific writer of Gold Rush songs. Lingenfelter-Dwyer got the text from the Original California Songster.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: GUEST,MAG at work
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 11:31 AM

Erg; for whatever reason, the lines with numerals disappeared above; let me redo two (2) verses:

Well it was hard times in the old tin pit,
eighteen hundred down;
one day you'd make two dollars and
the next you're glory bound ...

Well there's fifty-thousand of us here
out on the beach at Nome;
and there ain't but one in fifty who
can pay his way back home, O ...

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 20 Apr 02 - 02:44 PM

This thread is getting unwieldy. Please post to:
GOLD MINERS' SONGS (American) 2

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Click for part 2

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From:
Date: 11 Feb 04 - 08:43 PM

I am looking for words to an old song of the 49's called givemy love to nellie: JACK and kiss her once for me. that is all i know of this song. i desperatly need them for my band. thanks if any one has the words please e-mail me. ericka

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 11 Feb 04 - 08:57 PM

G'dayEricka,

It's in the DT (Digital Tradition) as Give My Love to Nell (names are always a trap ... fortunately I searched on "Give My Love to Nell*"!).

Here it is: Give My Love to Nell

Regards,

Bob Bolton

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E-Mail sent - Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: BanjoRay
Date: 12 Feb 04 - 05:30 AM

Debby McClatchy is doing a workshop this weekend on American Gold Rush songs, as part of the Gainsborough Old Time Festival (see the current thread) in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, UK.
Cheers
Ray

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: GUEST,Micah
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 02:21 PM

Here's Robert Service's poem: The Man From El Dorado, set to music, sung by David Parry: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHbxAHrKTiAtwi1-p7oakFQ

I'd heard it on an audio cassette I'd found years ago and it was hard to track it down again because I'd forgotten the name, and it's quite obscure.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: GUEST,Micah
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 02:25 PM

Sorry, the link was wrong, here's the correct link for Robert Service's poem The Man From El Dorado, set to music, sung by David Parry: The Man From El Dorado

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
From: cnd
Date: 09 Jul 20 - 08:28 PM

I'm surprised I didn't realize more of Service's poems had been turned to songs. I found a copy of Service's book Ballads of a Cheechako (I can't remember how I got it, but I read it only recently) and was surprised more weren't turned into songs. Service wrote poems in a very structured, metered style that makes implementation to song easier than a lot of modern poetic works.

You can read it online, now, here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/259/259-h/259-h.htm