To journey afar to the promised land
The golden ore is rich in store
On the banks of the Sacramento shore
There's plenty of gold in the world,
On the banks of the Sacramento shore
As oft we roam over dark sea foam
We'll not forget kind friends at home
But memory kind still brings to mind
The love of friends we left behind
Oh, boys, oh, to California go
There's plenty of gold in the world,
On the banks of the Sacramento
And sometimes sleep in the open air
Except when the wolves go howling round
Oh boys, oh, to California go
There's plenty of gold in the world,
On the banks of the Sacramento
As we explore to the distant shore
Filling our pockets with the shining ore
How it will sound as the shot goes round
Oh boys, oh, to California go
There's plenty of gold in the world
I'm told on the banks of the
The gold is there almost anywhere
We'll dig it out rich with an iron bar
But where it's thick with
We'll take out chunks as big as a brick
Oh boys, oh, do California know
There's plenty of gold in the world
Oh boys, whoa, to California go
There's plenty of gold in the world,
On the banks of the Sacramento shore
