"Shady Old Camp" printed by Dwyer, Lingenfelter and Cohen, 1964, "The Songs of the Gold Rush." Complete song list for this book submitted by Masato Sakurai, 20 July, 2002, in thread 46751, Gold Mining Songs (American),2: Gold Mining Songs 2
Thomas Dunn English pub. the poem "Ben Bolt" in 1843. Nelson F. Kineass composed (or adapted?) the tune in 1848, based on a German melody, according to Leslie Nelson-Burns at www.contemplator.com.

Author and date of composition of "Shady Old Camp" not known?