It's gold it's gold it's gold came the cry from Sacramento

It's gold it's gold it's gold

John Marshall came a ridin' his findins to report

Showed the gold to Colonel Sudder there at Sudder's fort

It's rich by joe said the Colonel and the news spread all around

And it started thousands sayin' I'm California bound

It's gold it's gold it's gold...

Yeah the hills were full of miners they seemed to come in droves

And everyone was looking for that solid vein of gold

They were very few who found it and the others changed their plans

Those farmers would be miners became farmers once again

It's gold it's gold it's gold...

And the sweethearts left behind them soon were on their way

Out to California where they put down roots to stay

In the California valleys that rich and fertile land

Well they found the gold more lasting than the gold they came to pan

It's gold it's gold it's gold...