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Thread #22283   Message #633581
Posted By: GUEST,Barbara Savoie Carns
23-Jan-02 - 03:32 AM
Thread Name: Origins: The Days of Forty Nine
Subject: RE: LYR REQ: Gold Miners' Songs (American)
The lyrics from Amos are the ones that I have but somewhere along the line I picked up three extra verses - a first and last verse and one in between describing yet another miner. I thought I'd learned them from Warner' singing on that arly recording of his but in looking at his verses in the Frank Warner collection, I didn't find those missing verses. Verse one contains the phrase "... a few hard cases I will admit but they were kind and true" and the last "...I'm left alone with my memories like some old ?..." The other escapes me at the moment but as I recall it was another description of one of his pals. I'm researching this for my son Tommy Carns whose sometimes singing partner is named Tom Moore - seems appropriate, n'est pas? Where is Debbie McClatchey when we need her? Barbara Savoie Carns bbcarn@juno.com