Do you remember sweet
Betsy from
Pike,
Crossed the big mountain with her lover
Ike,
With two yoke of ox and a big yaller dog,
A tall
Shanghai rooster and
one spotted hog,
Oodle -dang, folly -dee -die -doe,
Oodle -dang, folly -dee -dee.
They soon reached the desert where
Betsy give out,
Down on the sand she lay rolling about,
I key -gazed at her with
sobs and with sighs
Oh, peek -a -dup,
Betsy, you'll get sand in your eyes
Hoodle -dang,
Pauldy died, oh, hoodle -dang,
Pauldy day
The shanghai run off and the cattle all died
The last piece of bacon
that mornin' was fried
I got discouraged and
Betsy got mad
The dog wagged his tail and
looked wonderfully sad
Oodle -Dang,
Pauldy -Dydo,
Oodle -Dang,
Pauldy -Day.
Long
Ike and
Sweet
Betsy attended a dance.
Ike wore a pair of his
Pike
County pants.
Sweet
Betsy was dressed up in
ribbons and rings.
Both
Ike, you're an angel,
but where are your wings?
Oodle -Dang,
Pauldy -Dydo,
Oodle -Dang,
Pauldy -Day.
A miner come up, says,
will you dance with me?
I will, you old hoss,
if you don't make two three
And I'll tell you the reason,
do you want to know why?
Duggan yee,
I'm chuck full of strong alkali
Hoodle -dang, faldee -die, do,
hoodle -dang, faldee -dee
On top of old
Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover from a cordon too slow
On top of old
Smoky, I went there to weep
A false -hearted lover is worse than a thief,
For a thief he will rob you and
take what you hate.
But a false -hearted lover will
send you to your grave.
She'll hug you and kiss you,
and tell you more lies
Than the cross -ties on the
railroad or the stars in the sky.
On top of old
Smoky, all covered with snow,
I lost my true lover from a -courting too slow.