This is a great piece of work, Joe. I want to read it word-for-word to check against the vocabulary used by miners on the Fraser River - 40,000 of whom came from California in the summer of 1858. We have one song in the vernacular here from that Gold Rush and a bunch more (though not in a vernacular voice - more a parody of Burns) from the Cariboo Rush of 1863-4.

I'll report my findings (if any!) on Mudcat.

Jon Bartlett