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10 Music of the Waters. |
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" Steer, boys, steer, for California, O! There's plenty of gold in the land, I'm told, On the banks of the Sacramento."
Another outward-bound chanty is " To Rio Grande we're bound away ;" the tune of this last-named is very mournful, as will be found in the fews bars of the melody which follows : |
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" Valparaiso," " Round the Horn," and " Santa Anna,' are all much in the same style as " Rio Grande."
Solo.—" Were you ever in Rio Grande ? Chorus.—Away you Rio.
Solo.—O were you ever in Rio Grande ? Chorus.—I am bound to the Rio Grande. Away you Rio, away you Rio. Fare you well, my pretty young girl, I am bound to the Rio Grande. Solo.—As I was going down Broadway Street, Solo.—A pretty young girl I chanced to meet, |
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