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Dutchman's Gold

from A Game of Swans by Nancy K Dillon

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01 Dutchman’s Gold (Nancy K Dillon)
A song about greed, death & Jacob Waltz’ secret gold mine in the 1860s Superstition Mtns - I found the clues he left about how to find it on the internet & put them in the chorus – Legend has it that the Mtns are cursed because of the gold.

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Dutchman's Gold
© 2018 Nancy K. Dillon (BMI)

Sun goin’ down in the Western skies
Touches the gold in a dead man’s eyes
Long have they hungered - long have they known
You can lose your mind and soul
Lookin’ for the Dutchman’s Gold

In the Superstition Mountains near Tortilla Flats
Jacob Waltz found gold - he never once looked back
He never told a soul until he grew so old
That the gold beneath his bed called his name
Yeah, the gold beneath his bed called his name

CHORUS

Find the Weaver’s Needle - spiral out from there
Circle ‘round the sun…
5 miles oughta do it - 4 Peaks to the North
If you pass the 3 Red Hills you’ve gone too far

Sun comin’ up in the Eastern skies
One man folds and another man dies
Long have they hungered - long have they known
You can lose your mind and soul
Lookin’ for the Dutchman’s gold

Near Apache Junction - Highway 88
The wind blows up from Hell and enters Heaven’s Gate
Julia Thomas knew but she never told a soul
Till the gold beneath his bed called her name
Yeah, the gold beneath his bed called her name

credits

from A Game of Swans, track released January 20, 2018
Personnel:
NKD – acoustic guitar/vocals
Ian Lang – acoustic guitar/Fender Rhodes piano
Chris Parks – electric rhythm & solo guitars/slide guitar
Garey Shelton – electric bass
Chris Leighton – shaker/anvil
Gavin Sutherland – harmony vocals

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Nancy K Dillon Seattle, Washington

On her albums, Nancy K. Dillon maps the road West; the dusty highways that conjure up images like Kerouac's road trips, traveling dustbowl carnivals, and free-spirited 70s hipsters. Inspired by Oklahoma & Texas troubadours Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark, and Kevin Welch, Dillon's songs are short stories about characters that populate true American life. ... more

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