Farewell to the Gold

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Nic Jones

Nicolas Paul "Nic" Jones (born 9 January 1947) is an English folk singer, fingerstyle guitarist and fiddle player whose professional career spanned the years 1964-1982. He recorded five solo albums, and was a frequent guest performer. more »

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1980

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Shotover river, your gold it is waning 
It's weeks since the colour I've seen 
But it's no use just sitting and Lady Luck blaming 
So I'll pack up and make the break clean 

Farewell to the gold that never I found 
Goodbye to the nuggets that somewhere abound 
For it's only when dreaming that I see you gleaming 
Down in the dark, deep underground 

It's nearly two years since I left my old mother 
For adventure and gold by the pound 
With Jimmy the prospector - he was another 
For the hills of Otago was bound 

We worked the Cardrona's dry valley all over 
Old Jimmy Williams and me 
But they were panning good dirt on the winding Shotover 
So we headed down there just to see 

We sluiced and we cradled for day after day 
Making hardly enough to get by 
Til a terrible flood swept poor Jimmy away 
During six stormy days in July

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