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Title:Sweet Betsy from Pike |
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Artist:Connie Dover |
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Have you heard tell of sweet Betsy from Pike |
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She cross the wide prairie with her lover, Ike |
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With two yoke of Oxen, a big yellow dog, |
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A tall Shanghai rooster and one spotted hog |
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One evening quite early they camped on the Platte |
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'Twas nearby the road on a green, shady flat |
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Where Betsy, sore-footed, lay down to repose |
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And in wonder Ike gazed on his Pike County rose |
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The Indians came down in a wild yelling horde |
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And Betsy got scared they would scalp her adored |
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So under the wagon wheel Betsy did crawl |
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She fought off them Indians with musket and ball |
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It is out on the prairie one bright starry night |
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They broke out the whiskey and Betsy got tight |
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She sang and she shouted, she danced on the plain. |
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She made a great show for that whole wagon train |
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The Shanghai ran off and the cattle all died |
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The last piece of bacon that morning was fried |
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Ike got discouraged and Betsy got mad |
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The dog wagged his tail and looked wondrously sad |
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They soon reached the desert where Betsy gave out |
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And down in the sand she lay rolling about |
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While Ike in great terror looked on in surprise |
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Saying, Betsy get up, you'll get sand in your eyes |
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Sweet Betsy got up in a great deal of pain |
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Declared she'd go back to Pike County again |
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Ike, he just sighed, and they fondly embraced |
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And she traveled along with her arm round his waist |
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This bittersweet comic song, first popular in the |
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American gold rush era of 1849-59, describes |
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the hardships and frustrations experienced by |
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pioneer women as they moved west with their |
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families along the immigrant roads. The melody |
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is derived from the old English dance hlal song, |
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"Villikens and His Dinah." |
