The Brothers Four - The Old Settler's Song Lyrics

Lyrics The Old Settler's Song - The Brothers Four



I've traveled all over this country
Prospectin' and diggin' for gold.
I've tunneled, hydraulic-ed, and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold.
And I have been frequently so-o-old,
And I have been frequently sold.
I've tunneled, hydraulic-ed, and cradled,
And I have been frequently sold.
For each man who got rich by mining,
Perceiving that hundreds grew poor,
I made up my mind to try farming:
The only pursuit that was sure.
So rollin' my grub in my blanket
I left all my tools on the ground.
I started one mornin' to shag it
For the country they call Puget Sound.
For the country they call Puget So-o-ound,
For the country they call Puget Sound.
I started one mornin' to shag it
For the country they call Puget Sound.
Arriving flat broke in midwinter,
I found it enveloped with fog
And covered all over with timber,
Thick as hair on the back of a dog.
As I looked at the prospects so gloomy,
The tears trickled over my face
And I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumpin' off place.
To the end of the jumpin' off pla-a-ace,
To the end of the jumpin' off place.
I thought that my travels had brought me
To the end of the jumpin' off place.
But now as I look all around me,
Observing the world and its shells,
I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams.
Surrounded by acres of cla-a-ams,
Surrounded by acres of clams.
I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams.
Surrounded by acres of clams,
By acres of clams.



Writer(s): Alan Lomax, John Lomax


The Brothers Four - The Collection 1960-1962
Album The Collection 1960-1962
date of release
29-09-2013

1 Zulu Warrior
2 Sama Kama Whacky Brown
3 The Damsel's Lament (I Never Will Marry)
4 Yellow Bird
5 Angelique-O
6 Superman
7 East Virginia
8 Green Fields
9 Darlin', Won't You Wait
10 Eddystone Light
11 Banua
12 Hard Travelin'
13 Nine Pound Hammer
14 My Tani
15 Beneath the Willow
16 The Gallant Argosy
17 The Proposal
18 Hey Liley Liley Lo
19 Ellie Lou
20 The Fox
21 Marianne
22 Blue Water line
23 Follow the Drinkin' Gourd
24 Sally Don't You Grieve
25 I Am a Roving Gambler
26 Well, Well, Well
27 Sweet Rosyanne
28 St. James Infirmary
29 Riders In the Sky
30 When the Sun Goes Down
31 The Green Leaves Of Summer
32 A Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird
33 My Little John Henry (Got a Mighty Know)
34 Beautiful Brown Eyes
35 The Old Settler's Song
36 With You Fair Maid
37 Low Bridge
38 Hey Hey My Honey
39 The Lilies Grow High
40 The Ballad of Sam Hall
41 Variation on an Old English Theme
42 Abilene
43 Frogg
44 Pastures of Plenty
45 Times
46 Betty and Dupree
47 Island Women
48 This Is Your Land
49 Rock Island Line
50 Goodnight, Irene
51 The Tavern Song
52 Lady Greensleeves
53 The Driller's Song
54 Nobody Knows
55 Viva la compagnie
56 Ole Smokey
57 Tarrytown
58 Come for to Carry Me Home
59 Summer Days Alone
60 Frogg # 2
61 The Midnight Special (Live)
62 Darlin' Sportin' Jenny (Live)
63 Whoa, Back, Buck (Live)
64 The Thinking Man, John Henry (Live)
65 Across the Sea (Live)
66 Variation on an Old English Theme (Live)
67 I Am a Roving Gambler (Live)
68 Run, Come, See Jerusalem (Live)
69 First Battalion (Live)
70 Summertime (Live)
71 Greenfields (Live)
72 Rock Island Line (Live)




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