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Folk-Song aus dem Nordwesten der USA – Alternativtitel: Old Settler’s Song, Lay of the Old Settler, Rosin the Beau, ..., Text und Melodie: Francis D. Henry (1874), bearbeitet von Paniolo 

Gitarre		Ukulele (gcea)
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[Bearbeiten] Acres Of Clams

1^st Verse

I've Cwandered all over this country, prospecting and digging for Amgold

I've Ctunneled, hydraulicked and cradled and I nearly G7froze in the Ccold

And CI nearly froze in the cold (me boys), and I nearly froze in the Amcold

I've Ctunneled, hydraulicked and cradled and I nearly G7froze in the Ccold

2^nd Verse

For Cone who got wealthy by mining, I saw many hundreds get Ampoor

I Cmade up my mind to go digging for something a G7little more Csure

For Csomething a little more sure (me boys), for something a little more Amsure

I Cmade up my mind to go digging for something a G7little more Csure

3^rd Verse

I Crolled up my grub in my blanket, I left all my tools on the Amground

I Cstarted one morning to shank it for the country they G7call Puget CSound

For the Ccountry they call Puget Sound (me boys), for the country they call Puget AmSound

I Cstarted one morning to shank it for the country they G7call Puget CSound

Last Verse

No Clonger a slave of ambition, I laugh at the world and its Amshams

And I Cthink of my happy condition, surrounded by G7acres of Cclams

Sur- Crounded by acres of clams (me boys), surrounded by acres of Amclams

And I Cthink of my happy condition, surrounded by G7acres of Cclams

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