Acres of Clams
Channel: Ben in Seattle
Date: 2020-11-23

Singing in the Rain Family Choir, November 2020
Featuring Ivar's Dancing Clams!


Lyrics to Acres of Clams:


I've wandered all over this country,
prospecting and digging for gold.
I've tunneled, hydraulicked, and cradled,
while near freezing to death in the cold.

Chorus:
While freezing to death in the cold,
while freezing to death in the cold. 
I've tunneled, hydraulicked, and cradled,
while freezing to death in the cold. 

For each was made wealthy by mining,
I saw many hundreds get poor.
I made up my mind to try digging
for something a little more sure.

Chorus:
For something a little more sure,
for something a little more sure.
I made up my mind to try digging
for something a little more sure.

Now rolling my grub in my blanket,
I laid all my tools on the ground
I started one morning to shake it
for a country they call Puget Sound.

Chorus:
A country they call Puget Sound,
a country they call Puget Sound.
I started one morning to shake it
for a country they call Puget Sound.

No longer a slave to ambition
I laugh at the world and its shams,
and think of my happy condition
surrounded by Acres of Clams!

Chorus:
Surrounded by Acres of Clams,
surrounded by Acres of Clams,
I think of my happy condition
surrounded by Acres of Clams!

[whistling interlude while clams dance happily]

Chorus:
I think of my happy condition
surrounded by Acres of Clams!