[ti:Sweet Betsy from Pike] [ar:Pooh's best 40 tunes] [00:03.36]Oh,Do you remember [00:05.06]Sweet Betsy from Pike, [00:07.07]Who crossed the wide prairies [00:08.97]With her husband,Ike, [00:10.73]With two yoke of oxen [00:12.58]And one spotted hog [00:14.59]A tall Shanghai rooster [00:16.35]And an old yeller dog? [00:18.45]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [00:21.66]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [00:26.93]The alkali desert was burning and bare [00:33.29]And Ike cried in fear, [00:35.00]"We are lost,I declare! [00:36.25]My dear old Pike County, [00:38.72]I'll go back to you." [00:40.42]Said Betsy,"You'll go by yourself,If you do." [00:44.28]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [00:47.89]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [00:54.00]They swam the wide rivers [00:55.26]And crossed the tall peaks [00:56.65]They camped on the prairie [00:59.21]For weeks upon weeks [01:01.08]They fought with the Indians [01:02.88]With musket and ball [01:04.84]And reached California [01:06.64]In spite of it all [01:08.54]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [01:12.10]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay [01:15.91]Sing toorali,oorali,oorali ay