Thread #46672   Message #693347
Posted By: Dicho
18-Apr-02 - 10:10 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sweet Betsy From Pike (John A. Stone?)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sweet Betsy From Pike

[excerpt] John A. Stone reached California in 1850, but never found gold. "He claimed to have sung all of his songs at various times and places and occasionally with the assistance of a group of men known as the Sierra Nevada Rangers. With encouragement from friends, he published his songs as "Put's Original California Songster" in 1855 which was followed by other "Put's" songsters that dealt with the mountains of California. "Sweet Betsy" appeared in the second edition of "Put's Golden Songster (1858) ..." Quoted from "The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing" by Guy Logsdon, p. 215ff.
See thread 24592 for another (Mormon) version: Betsy
A very good thread devoted to Gold Miners Songs is 6228: Gold