Sweet Betsy from Pike

Oh,Do you remember

Sweet Betsy from Pike,

Who crossed the wide prairies

With her husband,Ike,

With two yoke of oxen

And one spotted hog

A tall Shanghai rooster

And an old yeller dog?

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

The alkali desert was burning and bare

And Ike cried in fear,

"We are lost,I declare!

My dear old Pike County,

I'll go back to you."

Said Betsy,"You'll go by yourself,If you do."

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

They swam the wide rivers

And crossed the tall peaks

They camped on the prairie

For weeks upon weeks

They fought with the Indians

With musket and ball

And reached California

In spite of it all

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay

Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay