Gold Rush, The: Burgess Meredith in Songs and Stories sound recording

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Notes: Poems of Robert W. Service read by B. Meredith. Program notes by Dickson Hall container. Performer(s): Songs of the goldrush; Burgess Meredith, vocals, with the Quartones ; written and adapted by Dickson Hall and Gary Romero ; arr. and conducted by O.B. Masingill.
Table of contents: Dance-hall girls --Singin' all day long --(John Sutter) Loaded down with gold --Oh what a miner --The letters --Dangerous Dan McGrew --Carefree miner --Stay with the music --El Dorado --A pick and a pack --There is no night in Creede --The sacred Black Hills --Chuck a luck --The cremation of Sam McGee --Dig boys dig --Hooray for Lane County
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

Restrictions & Rights: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only

Topic: United States--History; Gold mines and mining; Frontier & pioneer life