Elton Britt's peppy ode to uranium miners from 1955. Uranium Fever: Elton Britt [1955]Well, I don't know, but I've been ore's worth more than goldSold my Cad', I bought me a JeepI've got that bug and I can't : Uranium fever has done and got me fever is spreadin' all a Geiger counter in my handI'm a-goin' out to stake me some fever has done and got me downWell I had talk with the AEC*And they brought out some maps that looked good to meAnd one showed me a spot that he said he knowedSo I straddled my Jeep and headed down the roadI reckon I drove about 100 milesDown a bumpy road out through the wildsWhen all of sudden I bounced to a stopAt the foot of a mountain, didn't have no I took my Geiger and I started to up to the top where I thought I'd findA hunk of rock that would make it clickJust like I'd read about Vernon PickOn the second day, I made the topAnd I'm tellin' you, Steve, I was ready to stopThe only clickin' that I heard that dayWas the bones in my back that had gone , you pack up your thingsYou head out againInto some unknown spot where nobody's beenYou reach the spot where your fortune liesYou find it's been staked by 17 other guysWell, I ain't kiddin', I ain't gonna quitThat bug's done caught me and I've been bitSo with a Geiger counter and a pick in my handI'll keep right on stakin' that *The Atomic Energy .