Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Dec. 10, 1899):

"And the young fellow stepped jauntily on with the tow-rope, singing at the top of his voice:

I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm far from my home,
If people don't like me,
They can leave me alone.
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry,
And if whisky don't kill me,
I'll live till I die."

The story is set in the Yukon.