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Thread #22283 Message #4229614
Posted By: Lighter
03-Oct-25 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Days of Forty Nine
Subject: RE: Origins: The Days of Forty Nine

A minutely earlier appearance was in the Salt Lake Daily Review (Sept. 1, 1871).

"Published by request," the eight familiar stanzas are given simply "AS SUNG BY DICK BROWN," presumably a local vaudevillian.

The opening phrase, "Here you see...," "You're gazing now...," "You see before you..." all suggest a stage performance.