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