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Thread #129377 Message #2903824
Posted By: GUEST,mg
10-May-10 - 01:29 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: songs sung by the navvies in 1850
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: songs sung by the navvies in 1850
I can't google much now but a quick glance leads me to Chinese..although maybe not at that particular early period.
Here is an interesting web page, but for a later period.
http://railways-atlas.tapor.ualberta.ca/cocoon/atlas/Chapters-5-1/
This is a very interesting topic. I think also that borders were pretty fluid then between US and Canada. mg