“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Historical references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

  1. Roud #8060
  2. BI, RcCaStCo

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1858 (Put's Golden Songster)
Found in: US(SW)