“Acres of Clams (The Old Settler's Song)”
Description
The prospector reports on the sad fate of the gold rush men: "For each man who got rich by mining... hundreds grew poor." He decides to abandon digging and head out to be a farmer near Puget Sound. This, too, proves hard, but he is too poor to move again
Cross references
- cf. "Rosin the Beau" (tune) and references there
- cf. "A Hayseed Like Me" (tune, lyrics)
Recordings
- Pete Seeger, "The Old Settler's Song" (on PeteSeeger47); "Acres of Clams, " [parody] (on PeteSeeger47)
References
- Lomax-FSUSA 55, "The Old Settler's Song" (2 texts, 1 tune)
- Darling-NAS, pp. 283-284, "Acres of Clams" (1 text)
- Silber-FSWB, p. 48, "Acres of Clams" (1 text)
- DT, OLDSETLR*
- Roud #10032
- BI, LxU055