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"But I was made all unafraid, so, careless and alone, Day after day I made my way into that land unknown; Night after night by camp fire light I crouched in lonely thought; Oh, gentle youth, this is the truth  I knew not what I sought. BUT I WAS MADE ALL UNAFRAID SO CARELESS AND ALONE DAY AFTER DAY I MADE MY WAY INTO THAT LAND UNKNOWN NIGHT AFTER NIGHT BY CAMP FIRELIGHT I CROUCHED IN LONELY THOUGHT O GENTLE YOUTH THIS IS THE TRUTH I KNEW NOT WHAT I SOUGHT
trail was over--thank God, thank God, we were Home! The Ballad of Gum-Boot Ben _He was an old prospector with a vision bleared and dim. He asked me for a grubstake, and the same I gave to him. He hinted of a hidden trove, and when I made so bold To question his veracity, this is the tale he told._ "I do not seek the copper streak, nor yet the yellow dust; I am not fain for sake of gain to irk the frozen crust; Let fellows gross find gilded dross, far other is my mark; Oh, gentle youth, this is the truth--I go to seek the Ark. "I prospected the Pelly bed, I prospected the White; The Nordenscold for love of gold I piked from morn till night; Afar and near for many a year I led the wild stampede, Until I guessed that all my quest was vanity and greed. "Then came I to a land I knew no man had ever seen, A haggard land, forlornly spanned by mountains lank and lean; The nitchies said 'twas full of dread, of smoke and fiery breath, And no man dare put foot in there for fear of pain and death.  THE BALLAD OF GUMBOOT BEN BY RAPID SERVICE READ FOR LIEBERVOX DAT ORG BY HAIDEY PRICE HE WAS AN OLD PROSPECTOR WITH A VISION BLARED AND DIM HE ASKED ME FOR A GRUBSTAKE AND THE SAME I GAVE TO HIM HE HINTED OF A HIDDEN TREASURE TROVE AND WHEN I MADE SO BOLD TO QUESTION HIS VERACITY THIS IS THE TALE HE TOLD I DO NOT SEEK THE COPPER STREAK NOR YET THE YELLOW DUST I AM NOT FAIN FOR SAKE OF GAIN TO IRK THE FROZEN CRUST LET FELLOW'S GROSS FIND GILDED DROSS FAR OTHER IS MY MARK O GENTLE YOUTH THIS IS THE TRUTH I GO TO SEEK THE ARK I PROSPECTED THE PELLY BED I PROSPECTED THE WHITE THE NORDEN SCOLD FOR LOVE OF GOLD I PIKED FROM MORN TILL NIGHT AFAR AND NEAR FOR MANY A YEAR I LED THE WILD STAMPEDE UNTIL I GUESSED THAT ALL MY QUEST WAS VANITY AND GREED THEN I CAME TO A LAND I KNEW NO MAN HAD EVER SEEN A HAGGARD LAND FORLORNLY SPANNED BY MOUNTAINS LANK AND LEAN THE NICHES SAID TWAS FULL OF DREAD OF SMOKE AND FIERY BREATH AND NO MAN DARE PUT FOOT IN THERE FOR FEAR OF PAIN AND DEATH
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