On the Banks of Sacramento
Traditional
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In standard German: "Der Hamburger Viermaster" (Hamburg's four-master) is a sea shanty presumably first published between 1850 and 1890. The refrain is in English (an adaptation of the shanty "The Banks of the Sacramento") and the remainder in "plattdeutsch" (Low German), the German particularly spoken in Northern Germany.
The refrain goes as follows:
"Blow, boys, blow, for Californio,
There's plenty of gold, so I am told,
On the banks of Sacramento". - Licensing
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