Acres of Clams

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tune:Rosin the Beau
 C
 I've travelled all over this country,
 F
Prospecting and digging for gold.
 C
I've tunneled, hydraulic'd and cradled,
 G7C
And I have been frequently sold.

Chorus:
 C
     And I have been frequently sold,
 F
     And I have been frequently sold.
 C
     I've tunneled, hydraulic'd and cradled,
 G7C
     And I have been frequently sold.

For one that get riches by mining,
Perceiving that hundreds grow poor,
I made up my mind to try farming,
The only pursuit that is sure.

Chorus.

So rolling my grub in my blanket,
I left all my tools on the ground,
I started one morning to shank it,
For a country they call Puget Sound.

Chorus.

Arriving flat broke in mid winter,
I found it enveloped in fog,
And covered all over with timber,
Thick as hair on the back of a dog.

Chorus.

I staked out a claim in the forest,
And set myself down to hard toil,
For two years I chopped and I loggered,
But I never got down to the soil.

No longer the slave of ambition,
I laugh at the world and it's shams,
I think of my happy condition,
Surrounded by acres of clams.

Chorus.


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