[00:00.00] 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."