[00:29.89]In the spring of 47 [00:35.01] [00:36.88]So the story, it is told [00:42.26] [00:44.13]Old John Sutter went to the mill site [00:49.53] [00:51.21]Found a piece of shining gold [00:56.58] [00:58.39]Well, he took it to the city [01:03.77] [01:05.47]Where the word like wildfire spread [01:10.58] [01:12.58]And old John Sutter soon came to wish he d [01:18.50] [01:19.69]Left that stone in the river bed [01:24.99] [01:26.94]For they came like herds of locusts [01:32.76] [01:34.13]Every woman, child and man [01:39.42] [01:41.29]In their lumberin Conestogas [01:46.86] [01:48.35]They left their tracks upon the land [01:53.71] [01:55.58]Some would fail and some would prosper [02:01.13] [02:02.70]Some would die and some would kill [02:07.99] [02:09.92]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance [02:16.05] [02:17.10]And some would curse John Sutter s Mill [02:22.22] [02:24.47]Well, they came from New York City [02:29.70] [02:31.64]And they came from Alabama [02:36.70] [02:38.81]With their dreams of findin fortunes [02:44.49] [02:46.06]In this wild unsettled land [02:51.05] [02:53.18]Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows [02:58.48] [03:00.35]As they tried to cross the plains [03:05.47] [03:07.40]And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains [03:13.20] [03:14.70]With their hands froze to the reins [03:19.69] [03:21.44]Oh, some would fail and some would prosper [03:27.42] [03:28.93]Some would die and some would kill [03:34.05] [03:36.11]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance [03:41.79] [03:43.28]And some would curse John Sutter s Mill [03:48.34] [04:18.98]Well, some pushed on to California [04:24.31] [04:26.19]And others stopped to take their rest [04:31.19] [04:33.06]And by the Spring of 1860 [04:38.48] [04:40.54]They had opened up the West [04:45.47] [04:47.35]And then the railroad came behind them [04:52.90] [04:54.64]And the land was plowed and tamed [04:59.69] [05:01.63]When old John Sutter went to meet his maker [05:06.74] [05:08.87]He d not one penny to his name [05:13.86] [05:15.55]Oh, some would fail and some would prosper [05:21.47] [05:22.98]Some would die and some would kill [05:28.09] [05:30.03]Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance [05:36.26] [05:37.27]And some would curse John Sutter s Mill [05:42.26] [05:44.37]And some would curse John Sutter s Mill [05:49.31] [05:51.55]Some men s thirsts are never filled [05:59.55]
