[00:29.89]In the spring of 47
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[00:36.88]So the story, it is told
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[00:44.13]Old John Sutter went to the mill site
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[00:51.21]Found a piece of shinin   gold
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[00:58.39]Well, he took it to the city
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[01:05.47]Where the word like wildfire spread
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[01:12.58]And old John Sutter soon came to wish he  d
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[01:19.69]Left that stone in the river bed
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[01:26.94]For they came like herds of locusts
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[01:34.13]Every woman, child and man
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[01:41.29]In their lumberin   Conestogas
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[01:48.35]They left their tracks upon the land
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[01:55.58]Some would fail and some would prosper
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[02:02.70]Some would die and some would kill
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[02:09.92]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
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[02:17.10]And some would curse John Sutter  s Mill
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[02:24.47]Well, they came from New York City
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[02:31.64]And they came from Alabama
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[02:38.81]With their dreams of findin   fortunes
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[02:46.06]In this wild unsettled land
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[02:53.18]Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
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[03:00.35]As they tried to cross the plains
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[03:07.40]And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
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[03:14.70]With their hands froze to the reins
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[03:21.44]Oh, some would fail and some would prosper
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[03:28.93]Some would die and some would kill
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[03:36.11]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
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[03:43.28]And some would curse John Sutter  s Mill
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[04:18.98]Well, some pushed on to California
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[04:26.19]And others stopped to take their rest
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[04:33.06]And by the Spring of 1860
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[04:40.54]They had opened up the West
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[04:47.35]And then the railroad came behind them
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[04:54.64]And the land was plowed and tamed
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[05:01.63]When old John Sutter went to meet his maker
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[05:08.87]He  d not one penny to his name
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[05:15.55]Oh, some would fail and some would prosper
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[05:22.98]Some would die and some would kill
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[05:30.03]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
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[05:37.27]And some would curse John Sutter  s Mill
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[05:44.37]And some would curse John Sutter  s Mill
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[05:51.55]Some men  s thirsts are never filled
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