Gibbonsville Gold

My name is Bill Harlan. I'm a God fearin' man
 From the lost rebel army, a Tennessee Calvary man
 From Shilo to Nashville we made our last stand
 When the battles were over, everythin' we had was gone with the wind
 But I still had my family and a hope and a dream
 And I heard of gold fever and the Rocky Mountain streams
 So we took what we had and some gold diggin' gear
 And we headed for a new life on the Northwest frontier
 Montana Territory where the winters are cold
 The lands full of game and the creeks are full of gold
 Just west of the mountains is a town they call Gibbonsville
 You can sure get gold fever, you can damn sure get killed
 But I staked my claims, I was rarin' to go
 I've made up my mind and I set out to find the Gibbonsville (D)gold
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 Oh, you find just a little, just enough to get by
 Aww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' why
 There's a whole lot more down there, I don't have to be told
 I've made up my mind and I'm gonna find that Gibbonsville gold
 Every morning at daylight with a pick and a pan
 Keep an eye out for the blackfeet. Keep a rifle near hand
 Back shooters and grizzlies, better stay alert all the time
 'Cause the only law here in this wild country is the gun and the knife
 In the year of our Lord, eighteen sixty-nine
 I lost my dear son to a cave-in at the mine
 Yes I know he's gone please God rest his soul
 So many have died trying to find this damned Gibbonsville gold
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 Yeah, you find just a little, just enough to get by
 Aww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' why
 Then someone finds a nugget, just as big as your thumb
 And we all go hard at it from sun until sun
 Yeah I got to find it, that main mother load
 I've made up my mind and I swear to find that Gibbonsville gold
 There's a whole lot more down there, my share of that main mother load
 I've made up my mind and I swear to find the Gibbonsville gold --- fade