There's also the lively "Dig a duck, dig a "gooey-duck" (geoduck) song from that neck of the sound. However, I think we can give "sold" the meaning that is implied in its context: namely, as in being "sold a bill of goods." The same meaning is clearly suggested by the text in "Dreary Black Hills." A fellow is lured to the goldfields by all the "get rich quick" talk, only to discover that mining is pretty chancey, and farming is "the only pursuit that is sure." Clearly, he's been duped, and apparently it's not the first time!

Sandy