Song Lyrics Unknown - Fools Of Forty Nine    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Fools Of Forty Nine Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Fools Of Forty Nine Theme ID: 4087 Album: N/A FOOLS OF FORTY NINE When gold was found in forty-eight, the people said 'twas gas, And some were fools enough to think the lumps were only brass. But they soon were satisfied, and started off to mine, They bought a ship, came 'round the Horn in the fall of forty-nine. cho: Then they thought of what they had been told, when they started after gold: That they never, in this world, would make their pile. The poor, the old, the rotten scows were advertised to sail To New Orleans with passengers, but they must come and bail. The ships were crowded more than full, but some hung on behind, And others dived off from the wharf, and swam 'till they were blind. cho With rusty pork, and stinking beef, and rotten wormy bread, With captains, too, that never were as high as the mainmast head, The steerage passengers would rave and swear they'd paid their passage They wanted something more to eat besides the lowly sausage. cho And they begun to cross the plains with oxen, holler, and haul, And steamers, they began to run as far as Panama, And there for months the people stayed, that started after gold; And some returned disgusted with the lies they had been told. cho The people died on every route, they sickened and died like sheep. And those at sea, 'fore they were dead, were launched into the deep. And those that died, crossing the plains, fared not as well as that. For holes was dug and they was dumped along the terrible Platte. cho The Ballad of America recorded by Pat Foster @gold @mine filename[ FOOLS49 EL ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Fotheringay, Fountain Filled With Blood, Four Green Fields, Four Long Hours Of Driving, Four Loom Weaver, Four Pence A Day, Four Pounds A Day, Four Prominent Bastards, Four Strong Winds, Four Wet Pigs, Fourteen Days Leave, Fox, Fox Hollow Song, France Anthem Text, Frankie And Johnnie, Freeborn Man Of The Traveling People, Freedom Calling, Freedoms On The Wallaby, Freight Train, French Canadian Anthem Text, French Native Anthem Text, Friendly Fac And Green Beret, Frig The Flying Fortress, Friggin In The Riggin, Froggy He, From A Distanceby Julie Gold, Frosty The Snowman, Frozen Logger, Funeral Party, Funny Happy Birthday Song, Furry Day Carol, Fword, G Suits And Parachutes, Gairdner Child, Gal I Left Behind Me, Gallowa Hills, Galveston Flood, Galway Shawl, Gambia Anthem Text, Game Of Cards, Gaol Song, Garden Where The Praties Grow, Garlic Song, Garryowen, Garton Mothers Lullaby, Gather Up The Pots, Gaudete, Gee Ma I Want To Go Home, General Guiness, General Guinness, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy