“The California Stage Company”
Description
"They started as a thieving line." The shortcomings of the California Stage Company are described. Passengers are crowded into dirty, smoky cars; passengers must often help push or walk. The singer urges listeners to rise up against the Company.
Long description
The shortcomings of the California Stage Company are described. Passengers are crowded into dirty, smoky cars; women must sit in tobacco spit while men talk politics and swear; it's dusty, and passengers must often help push or walk. The singer urges listeners to rise up against the Company. Cho: "They started as a thieving line In eighteen-hundred-and-forty-nine All opposition they defy So the people must root hog or die"
Notes
Again, we need the keyword "bitching," plus, perhaps, "squalor." - PJS
Historical references
- 1849 - Beginning of California gold rush
Cross references
- cf. "Dandy Jim of Caroline" (tune)
Recordings
- Logan English, "The California Stage Company" (on LEnglish02
References
- Roud #8060
- BI, RcCaStCo