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Sacramento

Oh around Cape Horn we are bound for to go
   ref. To me Hoo-dah, to me Hoo-dah!
Around Cape Horn through the sleet an' the snow
   ref. To me Hoo-dah, Hoo-day, day!

Ch.
Blow, boys, blow, for Californio
There's plenty o' gold
So I've been told
On the banks of the Sacramento!

Oh, around the Horn with a main-skys'l set
Around Cape Horn an' we're all wingin' wet

Oh, around Cape Horn in the month of May
Oh, around Cape Horn is a very long way

Them Dago gals we do adore
The all drink vino an' ax for more

Them Spanish gals ain't got no combs
The comb their locks with tunny-fish bones

To the Sacramento we're bound away
To the Sacramento's a hell o' a way

We're the buckos for to make her go
All the way to the Sacramento

We're the buckos for to kick her through
Roll down the hill with a hullabaloo

Round the Horn an' up to the Rine
We're the bullies for to make her shine

Ninety days to Frisco Bay
Ninety days is damn good pay



All the world is God's own field, Fruit unto His praise to yield; Wheat and tares together sown, Unto joy or sorrow grown. First the blade, and then the ear, Then the full corn shall appear; Lord of harvest, grant that we Wholesome grain and pure may be.
- Alford, Henry (1810-1871)