SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE
(BETSY FROM PIKE)
Sung by: Mrs. Russell Vaughan
Recorded in Memphis, TN

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Oh, say, have you heard of sweet Betsy from Pike?
Who crossed the wide prairie with old Uncle Ike,
With two head of cattle and one spotted hog,
An old Shanghai rooster and one yellow dog.

Also found in Randolph, Vol. II, #192, “Sweet Betsy From Pike”; Belden, p. 343, “Betsy From Pike.”

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