I Got Gold

Album: Carry On (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song was inspired by a musical that Willy's father, folksinger Michael Mason, had written about gold mining in Colorado called Billy Baloo. He told AntiMusic: "In recording the song I was imagining a steamboat rolling down the Mississippi like the one I rode on when I was 15. I still remember the drummer in the Jazz band that was playing on it. I'm still trying to match that rhythm."

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