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Sutter's Mill
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Sutter's Mill was released on May 30, 1985 by Full Moon as a part of the album High Country Snows
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Release DateMay 30, 1985
LabelFull Moon
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM134

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
Vocals
Jerry Douglas
Jerry Douglas
Dobro
Herb Pedersen
Herb Pedersen
Banjo
Russ Kunkel
Russ Kunkel
Drums
Emory Gordy Jr.
Emory Gordy Jr.
Bass
Jim Buchanan
Jim Buchanan
Fiddle
Charlie McCoy
Charlie McCoy
Harmonica
Joy Gilbert
Joy Gilbert
Conductor
Nancy Donald
Nancy Donald
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg
Producer
Marty Lewis
Marty Lewis
Producer
Terry Christian
Terry Christian
Additional Engineer
J.T. Cantwell
J.T. Cantwell
Additional Engineer
George Marino
George Marino
Mastering Engineer
Frank Wolf
Frank Wolf
Engineer
Don Murray
Don Murray
Mastering Engineer
Wally Traugott
Wally Traugott
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

In the Spring of forty-seven
So the story, it is told
Old John Sutter went to the mill side
Found a piece of shining gold.
Well, he took it to the city
Where the word, like wildfire, spread.
And old John Sutter soon came to wish he'd
Left that stone in the river bed.
For they came like herds of locusts
Every woman, child and man
In their lumbering Conestogas
They left their tracks upon the land...
Some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
Well, they came from New York City
And they came here at Alabam'
With their dreams of finding fortunes
In this wild unsettled land.
Well, some fell prey to hostile arrows
As they tried to cross the plains.
And some were lost in the Rocky Mountains
With their hand froze to the reins
Oh, some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill...
Some pushed on to California
Rather stopped to take their rest.
And by the Spring of Eighteen-sixty
They had opened up the west.
And then the railroad came behind them
And the land was plowed and tamed
When Old John Sutter went to meet his maker
He'd not one penny to his name.
Oh, some would fail and some would prosper
Some would die and some would kill
Some would thank the Lord for their deliverance
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill.
And some would curse John Sutter's Mill
Some men's thirsts are never filled.
Written by: Dan Fogelberg
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