No rain and the weather got warm
Broke down and I sold my farm
Headed for the silver strike
I took my wife
Calico silver
Gave us five
You could hear the miners sing
When they made the hammers ring
You could hear them singing out Oh,
when they found
Calico silver Oh,
when they found
Paid the streets with silver Let the wagons roll
Don't those mountains look just like Calico
Fifteen years down in the mines I watched the silver shine
Listen to the big wheels churn
They were turned
by Calico silver
That we earned Days were short and the laughter was long
The rails in the pines were strong
We thought nothing could go wrong
Not counting on
Calico silver
To be gone
Paid the streets with silver Let the wagons roll