Sacramento Gals
Air: Bobbin' Around
Put's Golden Songster:
containing the largest and most popular collection of California songs ever published
by John A Stone
San Francisco : D.E. Appleton & Co., 1858
The Sacramento gals are some,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
They're down on men who live on rum,
As they go nipping 'round.
They're pretty gals, I must confess,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
And "Lordy-massy" how they dress,
As they go nipping 'round.
On J street they are to be found,
Nipping 'round, around, around,
Their bustles lift them off the ground,
As they go nipping 'round.
Their hoops will reach around a dray,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
They're "airy" on a windy day,
As they go nipping 'round.
There's many a gal from Ar-kan-saw,
Nipping 'round, around, around,
Who well remembers hollowing "haw,"
As she went nipping 'round.
Their faces covered with paint and chalk,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
Their hoops take up the whole sidewalk,
As they go nipping 'round.
They're here and there, like Santa Anna,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
They're fresh and mellow as a ripe banana,
As they go nipping 'round.
Give me a rosy country gal,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
No matter if her name is Sal,
As she goes nipping 'round.
But of all the gals I ever see,
Nipping 'round, around, around;
The Sacramento gals for me,
As they go nipping 'round.
Score from Library of Congress
Score from Lester S. Levy Collection