Song Lyrics Unknown - Sweet Betsy From Pike    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Sweet Betsy From Pike Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Sweet Betsy From Pike Theme ID: 5602 Album: N/A SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE Did you ever hear tell of sweet Betsy from Pike Who crossed the wide prairies with her lover Ike, With two yoke of cattle and one spotted hog, A tall shanghai rooster, and old yaller dog? Sing too rali oorali oorali ay Sing too rali oorali oorali ay One evening quite early they camped on the Platte, 'Twas near by the road on a green shady flat; Where Betsy, quit tired, lay down to repose, While with wonder Ike gazed on his Pike County rose. CHORUS Out on the prairie on bright starry night They broke the whiskey and Betsy got tight She sang and she shouted and danced o'er the plain, And showed her bare arse to the whole wagon train. CHORUS The injuns came down in a wild yelling horde, And Betsy was scared they would scalp her adored; Behind the front wagon wheel Betsy did crawl, And there she fought the injuns with musket and ball. CHORUS They soon reached the desert, where Betsy gave out, And down in the sand she lay rollin' about. While Ike in great wonder looked on in surprise, Sayin' "Betsy, get up! You'll get sand in your eyes." CHORUS They stopped at Salt Lake to inquire the way, And Brigham declared that sweet Betsy should stay. But Betsy got frightened and ran like a deer While Brigham stood pawin' the earth like a steer. CHORUS The alkali desert was burning and bare, And Isaac's soul shrank from the death that lurked there: "Dear old Pike County, I'll go back to you." Says Betsy, "You'll go by yourself if you do." CHORUS Long Ike and sweet Betsy attended a dance And Ike wore a pair of his Pike County pants. Sweet betsy was dolled up in ribbons and rings, Said Ike "You're an angel, but where are your wings?" CHORUS A miner said "Betsy, will you dance with me?" "I will, you old hoss, if you don't make too free; But don't dance me hard. Do you want to know why? Daggone you, I'm chock full of strong alkali." CHORUS They swam the wide rivers and crossed the tall peaks, And camped on the prairie for weeks upon weeks, Starvation and cholera and hard work and slaughter, They reached California spite hell and high water. CHORUS ----------------------------------------------------------------- Long Ike and sweet Betsy got married, of course But Ike, getting jealous, obtained a divorce. Sweet Betsy, quite satisfied, said with a shout "Goodbye, you big lummox, I'm glad you backed out." CHORUS A favorite California immigrant song of the fifties. Carl Sandburg writes: "It has the stuff of a realistic novel. It is droll and don't -care, bleary and leering, as slippery and lackadaisical as some of the comic characters of Shakespeare." @pioneer @west Recorded by Frank Warner filename[ SWEETBET DC ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Swimming In The Swimming Pool, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Switzerland Native Anthem Text, Syria Anthem Native Text, Tah Rah Rah Bom Di Ay, Tak It Man Tak It, Take A Drink On Me, Take A Whiff On Me, Take Her In Your Arms, Take Me Out To The Ball Game, Take Your Fingers Off It, Talk About Suffering, Talking Unamerican Blues, Tall Timbers, Tallow Candles Or Song Of A Doomed Man, Tam Lin, Tamlin, Tammany, Tanqueray Martinis Oh, Tanzania Anthem Text, Tanzania Native Anthem Text, Taras Harp, Tarpaulin Jacket, Tarry Sailor, Tarry Trousers, Tarry Wool, Tea Shanty, Ted Kennedy Song, Teddy Bears Picnic, Tee Roo, Tell Poor Lou Im Gone Nigger Lou, Telling Takes Me Home, Ten Oclock And All Is Well, Ten Thousand Cattle, Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle, Ten Thousand Miles, Tenderfoot, Tennessee Stud, Tenpound Radio, Tenting Tonight On The Old Campground, Terror Time, Test Of Time, TFfe Kule GuttegaeRne Jenter, Thais, That Crazy War, Thats Why We Praise Him, Thats What I want, Thats All, Thats The Ticket, Thats What You Get For Loving Me, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy