Sweet Betsy From Pike Hey Yall its Tin Min giving you Folks Some old style traditional Country The sort of songs we play on the Cattle drive trail and campfires!! So sit close to that fire and after a good chew Take out our Mississippi tin sandwich and sit a spell! 4 4 5 5 -5 -5b 5 -4 4 4 4 Oh, dont you re-mem-ber sweet bet-sy from pike 4 4 5 -5 4 4 Who crossed the big moun-tains 4 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 7 7 7 -6b -5 with her lov-er Ike With two yoke of cat-tle 5 -5b -5 -6b -5 A large yel-low dog 4 5 5 5 -5 -5b A tall shang-hai roos-ter -4 -4 4 4 4 And one spot-ted hog (CHORUS) 4 -4 5 5 5 -5 -5b -4 -4 4 4 4 Sing-ing too-ral lal loo-ral lal loo-ral lal la VERSE 2 One evening quite early they camped on the Platte twas near the road on a green shady flat Where betsy quite tired laid down to repose While with yonder Ike gazed on his pike county rose CHORUS VERSE 3 There wagon broke down with a terrible crash And out on the prairie rolled all kinds of trash Then Ike heaved a sigh and they fondly embraced And she travelled along with his arm round her waist CHORUS TO END