Sweet Betsy from Pike-Connie Dover

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Public Domain (traditional American), arranged by Connie Dover [00:05.74]Title:Sweet Betsy from Pike [00:08.84]Artist:Connie Dover [00:13.32] [00:18.56]Have you heard tell of sweet Betsy from Pike [00:22.07]She cross the wide prairie with her lover, Ike [00:25.86]With two yoke of Oxen, a big yellow dog, [00:29.60]A tall Shanghai rooster and one spotted hog [00:33.68] [00:36.80]One evening quite early they camped on the Platte [00:40.54]'Twas nearby the road on a green, shady flat [00:44.48]Where Betsy, sore-footed, lay down to repose [00:48.51]And in wonder Ike gazed on his Pike County rose [00:52.07] [00:55.53]The Indians came down in a wild yelling horde [00:59.62]And Betsy got scared they would scalp her adored [01:03.64]So under the wagon wheel Betsy did crawl [01:07.01]She fought off them Indians with musket and ball [01:10.20] [01:13.51]It is out on the prairie one bright starry night [01:18.25]They broke out the whiskey and Betsy got tight [01:22.03]She sang and she shouted, she danced on the plain. [01:26.08]She made a great show for that whole wagon train [01:35.67] [01:51.16]The Shanghai ran off and the cattle all died [01:53.83]The last piece of bacon that morning was fried [01:58.74]Ike got discouraged and Betsy got mad [02:02.68]The dog wagged his tail and looked wondrously sad [02:05.87] [02:09.12]They soon reached the desert where Betsy gave out [02:13.28]And down in the sand she lay rolling about [02:17.10]While Ike in great terror looked on in surprise [02:21.09]Saying, Betsy get up, you'll get sand in your eyes [02:25.04] [02:28.25]Sweet Betsy got up in a great deal of pain [02:31.98]Declared she'd go back to Pike County again [02:36.01]Ike, he just sighed, and they fondly embraced [02:40.89]And she traveled along with her arm round his waist [02:44.66] [02:48.51]This bittersweet comic song, first popular in the [02:51.89]American gold rush era of 1849-59, describes [02:54.73]the hardships and frustrations experienced by [02:57.72]pioneer women as they moved west with their [02:59.63]families along the immigrant roads. The melody [03:01.89]is derived from the old English dance hlal song, [03:05.22]"Villikens and His Dinah."