Andrew's Gold Panning Song

we are all a panning, pan pan panning,
we are all a panning just to get a little gold
Those who come to California, come to make a little raise,
And they all go to panning in a hundred different ways.
And they still keep panning, pan pan panning,
And they still keep panning just to make a little gold.


it goes on to talk about merchants, preachers, crazy politicians, attornies, gamblers, robbers, and finnally:

and the miner in his diggings keeps a panning all the while
and he's ever well contented when he's adding to his pile
'tis an honest way of panning, pan pan panning,
tis an honest way of panning ust to make a little raise.