No. 226 Few Days, Soc 209
Heptatonic ionian, mode 3 A + b (I II III IV V VI VII)
I pitch my tent on this camp ground,
Few days, few days,
And give old Satan another round,
And I am going home;
I can’t stay in these diggings,
Few days, few days,
I can’t stay in these diggings,
I am going home.
The compiler of the Social Harp, John G. McCurry, claims this song and dates it 1855. A variant of the tune is in Richardson, p. 72. A negro adoption is given in White Spirituals, 266.