Hank Williams, Jr. - Gibbonsville Gold Lyrics
My name is Bill Harlan. I'm a God fearin' manFrom the lost rebel army, a Tennessee Calvary manFrom Shilo to Nashville we made our last standWhen the battles were over, everythin' we had was gone with the windBut I still had my family and a hope and a dreamAnd I heard of gold fever and the Rocky Mountain streamsSo we took what we had and some gold diggin' gearAnd we headed for a new life on the Northwest frontierMontana Territory where the winters are coldThe lands full of game and the creeks are full of goldJust west of the mountains is a town they call GibbonsvilleYou can sure get gold fever, you can damn sure get killedBut I staked my claims, I was rarin' to goI've made up my mind and I set out to find the Gibbonsville (D)gold(Chorus)Oh, you find just a little, just enough to get byAww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' whyThere's a whole lot more down there, I don't have to be toldI've made up my mind and I'm gonna find that Gibbonsville goldEvery morning at daylight with a pick and a panKeep an eye out for the blackfeet. Keep a rifle near handBack shooters and grizzlies, better stay alert all the time'Cause the only law here in this wild country is the gun and the knifeIn the year of our Lord, eighteen sixty-nineI lost my dear son to a cave-in at the mineYes I know he's gone please God rest his soulSo many have died trying to find this damned Gibbonsville gold(Chorus)Yeah, you find just a little, just enough to get byAww, you dig and you dig, and you start wonderin' whyThen someone finds a nugget, just as big as your thumbAnd we all go hard at it from sun until sunYeah I got to find it, that main mother loadI've made up my mind and I swear to find that Gibbonsville goldThere's a whole lot more down there, my share of that main mother loadI've made up my mind and I swear to find the Gibbonsville gold --- fade
