Name: Yale Town
Duration: P00H02M56S
Description: Once the biggest city in Bristish Columbia, Yale was a transportation hub during the gold rush. This song tells the chronological tale of Yale's booming years from four different perspectives.

Yale Town

from Songs of the Cowboy Dinner Show by Kevin Bader

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Once the biggest city in Bristish Columbia, Yale was a transportation hub during the gold rush. This song tells the chronological tale of Yale's booming years from four different perspectives.

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I was born right here in '35.
This mighty river has kept us alive
And when the white men came, I became a miner.
Word spread way down South,
Wish they’d all just shut their mouths.
Now we’re 20,000 big and that number’s getting higher.

I moved here in ’59,
A dozen saloons so I built mine.
Come on, bring your money, stay awhile!
Every day and every night,
Whiskey, roulette games, and fights
And this Monday, a special meetin’ that’s gonna make us all smile.

In Yale Town, dreamers dream,
The lovers love and schemers scheme.
I’ll be here for all my years.
They’ll bury me in Yale Town.

I moved here in ’64,
Managing Barnard’s transfer store.
On the corner of Front and Albert is where I’ll be.
The steamers come and they make the drop,
We load our wagon and we send it off,
Up the dangerous Caribou Road…a crazy sight to see.

I moved back here in ’83,
Plenty of work again for you and me.
Construction of the railway hired us all.
We’ll rebuild this burned up town,
Business will once again line up and down
On Front Street. Yale Town will never fall.

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from Songs of the Cowboy Dinner Show, released June 21, 2018
Kevin Michael Bader

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Kevin Bader Vernon, British Columbia

Hello and thanks for stopping by. Music is my passion. I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and in that time I have collaborated on several different projects, with multiple individuals and organizations on stage and in studio.

Please browse the site, listen to my songs, drop me an email, or download a song or two! -Kevin ... more

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