Sweet Betsy from Pike Harry McClintock

[Verse 1]
Oh, don't you remember Sweet Betsy from Pike
Who crossed the big mountains with her lover, Ike
With two yoke of cattle, a large yellow dog
A tall Shanghai rooster and one spotted hog?

[Chorus]
Saying, "Goodbye, Pike County, farewell for a while
Goodbye, Pike County, farewell for a while
Goodbye, Pike County, farewell for a while
We'll come back again when we panned out our pile"

[Verse 2]
One evening quite early they camped on the plat
Was near by the road on a green shady flat
Where Betsy quite tired lay down to repose
While with wonder Ike gazed on his Pike County rose

[Verse 3]
They soon reached the desert where Betsy give out
And down in the sand she lay rolling about
While Ike in great terrors looked on in surprise
Sayin', "Betsy get up, you'll get sand in your eyes"

[Verse 4]
Sweet Besty got up in a great deal of pain
And declared she'd go back to Pike County again
Then Ike heaved a sigh, and they fondly embraced
And she traveled along with his arm 'round her waist