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10 lively tales of the history
and humor of a princely time.

Ballad of Daniel Dancer. . .

Rough and Ready
Niel Teeter
Irish Sam
Annie Jams
Sinbad Mine
Golden Guests
Alleghany Lu
John Gomes
Fanny Awkward

California, California, Gold and cattle and timber and grain!
Come west! Come west - take your choice! There’s room for all.
And Irish Sam, like many a man, hitched his hopes to a wagon train,
Hauled kin and craft to build his dream to stand himself ten feet tall.

They wrote the constitution on the town drunks` shirt
So it would always be handy at a meetin’ of the “Court”.
Only one law was passed, and only rascals felt the hurt
`Cause t` “Shady Dealin” tax was what they named their tort.

From Banner Mountain a new flag was struck
In colors of gold and green with a wide black hem.
Gold was for “gold” and green for “Irish Luck”,
And black was for the day the Union lost is “Gem”,