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Series I : Original Collection Materials, 1928 - 1972
Box 1 : Songs, Ballads, Mummers Plays and Shanties
Packet 4 : Songs and Shanties
Folder 37 : Songs and Chanties - B

Page 03372 : On the Banks of the Sacramento [song text] Captain Charlton L. Smith (contributor), Marblehead, Mass., 1928

Item Summary

Format

song text

Title

On the Banks of the Sacramento

Date

1928

Contributor	Captain Charlton L. Smith
Index Name	Smith, Captain Charlton

Place

Marblehead, Mass.

Reference Code

AFC 1972/001, MS p. 03372

Scope and Content Notes

Genre

song - shanty

First line

Went to the river and I couldn't get across

5 stanzas

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Music Notation

Doodah Day [music notation] Smith (contributor)

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