har lan i'm a god fearing man
From shilo to nashville we
When the battles were over
Everything we had was gone
But i still had my family and
And the rocky mountain streams
And some gold digging gear
Life on the northwest frontier
The lands full of game and the
Just west of the mountains is
A town they call gibbonsville
You can sure get gold fever
You can damn sure get killed
But i staked my claims, i was raring to go
I've made up my mind and i
Set out to find the gibbonsville (d) gold
Oh, you find just a little
And you start wondering why
There's a whole lot more down there
I've made up my mind and i'm
Gonna find that gibbonsville gold
Every morning at daylight with a
Keep an eye out for the blackfeet
Back shooters and grizzlies
Better stay alert all the time
Cause the only law here in this wild
In the year of our lord, eighteen sixty-nine
Yes i know he's gone please
So many have died trying to
Find this damned gibbonsville gold
Yeah, you find just a little
And you start wondering why
Then someone finds a nugget
Just as big as your thumb
And we all go hard at it from sun until sun
I've made up my mind and i