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Now a man named Packer led five men
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Through many a night and day
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They'd heard of gold in Utah's hills
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And he'd sworn he knew the way
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So that autumn they set out
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Trusting Packer's news
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Six desperate men with much to gain
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And just their lives to lose
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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To hunt for precious gold
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Fierce blew the winter winds
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And bitter bit the cold
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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With neither food nor shack
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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But only one came back
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Soon with aching feet and hearts
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They began to tire
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Began to say amongst themselves
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That Packer was a lier
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Maybe out of recklessness
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Maybe out of greed
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They kept their eyes upon the trail
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And Packer kept the lead
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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To hunt for precious gold
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Fierce blew the winter winds
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And bitter bit the cold
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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With neither food nor shack
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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But only one came back
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When their scraps of food ran out
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And snow poured from the sky
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One by one the miners
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They began to die
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When man walked into town
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They long had thought him dead
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They say he looked both wild and tired
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But Packer looked well-fed
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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To hunt for precious gold
A2 C
Fierce blew the winter winds
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And bitter bit the cold
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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To hunt for precious gold
A2 C
Fierce blew the winter winds
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And bitter bit the cold
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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With neither food nor shack
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Six miners went to the mountains oh
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But only one came back
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But only one came back...
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