"THE DUTCHMAN'S GOLD" genre: Western Swing
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	The ledgend of the Peraltas mines are closely tied to a Dutch miner named Jacob Waltz. The mine is believed to be somewhere near Apache Junction, Arizona. One fable associated with the mine is that Jacob Waltz was being chased by Mescalero Indians and climbed in a tree to hide. He fell out of the tree when a limb broke and landed on the ground with the limb in his hand. There was gold dust gleaming in the wood grain. The tree was growing over the mouth of a cave and Jacob climed into the cave to hide.
	Label: smallsongshop Credits: All words & music copyright Bob Stough
	Story Behind the Song The guitar used in the production of this song is named THE DUTCHMAN because there is gold dust in the wood grain. It was hand made and has a special sound that no other guitar can match. The story of Jacob Waltz finding a cache of gold is true. Whether or not he found the fabled LOST DUTCHMAN MINE is lost to the desert sand, for it may have been one of the eighteen mines believed to have been worked by the Peralta family. It may have even been the famous BLACK QUEEN or the MAMOUTH MINE. The only thing known as fact about the gold is that when Jacob Waltz died he left a stach of gold under his bed at Julia Thomas's Boarding house. Lyrics THE DUTCHMANS GOLD Copyright F. Stough 12/10/00 MY GRANDAD TOLD A STORY, ABOUT ANOTHER TIME ABOUT AN OLD PROSPECTOR AND THE WAY HE FOUND THE MINE I KNOW THE STORYS TRUE AND IF YOULL LISTEN CAREFULLY ILL TELL THE TALE OF THE DUTCHMANS GOLD THAT GRANDAD TOLD TO ME. Chorus: IF YOU SHOULD SEE A BIG OAK TREE WITH A GLITTER IN ITS SOUL DONT BE SO FAST TO WALK AWAY IT MIGHT BE THE DUTCHMANS GOLD! THE MESCALEROS CHASED HIM, PUT AN ARROW IN HIS SIDE WHEN HE RAN OUT OF BULLETTS HE CLIMBED UP A TREE TO HIDE BUT THE LIMB WHERE HE WAS HIDING BROKE AND DROPPED HIM TO THE GROUND GOLD WAS IN THE WOODEN GRAIN! THATS HOW THE MINE WAS FOUND. Repeat chorus THAT BIG OAK TREE WAS GROWING AT THE MOUTH OF A CAVE. THE DUTCHMAN CLIMBED INSIDE IT, THATS HOW HIS LIFE WAS SAVED! I KNOW THE STORYS TRUE, HERES THE PROOF FOR YOU TO SEE I BUILT THIS GUITAR OUT OF THE WOOD FROM THAT OAK TREE! Repeat chorus NOW YOUVE HEARD THE STORY THAT GRANDAD USE TO TELL THE HANDS OF TIME TOOK BACK THE MINE AND THE WINDS RECLAIMED THE TRAIL THE ONLY THING REMAINING IS THE WOOD FROM THAT OLD TREE AND THE STORIES OF THE DUTCHMANS GOLD THAT GRANDAD TOLD TO ME! Repeat chorus DONT BE SO FAST TO WALK AWAY IT MIGHT BE THE DUTCHMANS GOLD!

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