"Ho! For California!" - Californian Folk Song

This song appears in an 1849 sheet music edition by Jesse Hutchinson, Jr., the music arranged by Nathan Barker. It uses Dan Emmett’s popular tune “The Boatmen Dance”, portraying the hardships and economic opportunities of the California Gold Rush, with final verses arguing for abolitionism and the exclusion of slavery from the California territory:
"Then, ho! Brothers ho! to California go,
No slave shall toil on God’s Free Soil,
On the banks of the Sacramento.
Heigh O, and away we go,
Chanting our songs of Freedom, O".
Performed by Logan English, 1957.

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Thanks from New York!

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it warms my heart as a californian to come across these beautiful songs about my rich state. thank you very much!

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Much thanksies from Tennessee :) oh me oh my, I know this song, this is nostalgia. bliss.