This song, along with the instrumental version, sheet music, and extension activities, is available on Barbara Speicher's ""Learning American History by Song"
In 1849 I came to Sutter’s Mill and staked my claim
With my shovel, pickax, and pan, I was a forty-niner grand
I swirled my washbowl, swung my pick, my only goal to get rich quick
A frenzied fervor seized my soul, just had to have California gold
Chorus
Gold, gold, gotta have gold
Gold, gold, get me some gold
Gold, gold, gotta have gold
Gold, gold, get me some gold
I left my home to seek my fame, I traveled in a wagon train...
Chorus
So many joined this gold rush craze and hundreds came here everyday...
Chorus
Get me some gold…get me some gold…
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