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Sweet betsy from pike chords by
Burl Ives
Burl Ives

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Verse 1
D
A

Do you remember sweet
D

Betsy from

Pike,
A

Crossed the big mountain with her lover

Ike,
D

With two yoke of ox and a big yaller dog,

A tall
A

Shanghai rooster and
D

one spotted hog,

Oodle -dang, folly -dee -die -doe,
A
D

Oodle -dang, folly -dee -dee.

They soon reached the desert where

Betsy give out,
A

Down on the sand she lay rolling about,
D

I key -gazed at her with
G
D

sobs and with sighs

Oh, peek -a -dup,
A
D

Betsy, you'll get sand in your eyes

Hoodle -dang,
A
D

Pauldy died, oh, hoodle -dang,

Pauldy day
A
D

The shanghai run off and the cattle all died

The last piece of bacon
A

that mornin' was fried
D

I got discouraged and
G
D

Betsy got mad
A

The dog wagged his tail and
D

looked wonderfully sad

Oodle -Dang,
A

Pauldy -Dydo,
D

Oodle -Dang,

Pauldy -Day.

Long

Ike and

Sweet
A
D

Betsy attended a dance.

Ike wore a pair of his
A

Pike

County pants.

Sweet
D

Betsy was dressed up in
G
D

ribbons and rings.

Both
A

Ike, you're an angel,
D

but where are your wings?

Oodle -Dang,
A

Pauldy -Dydo,
D

Oodle -Dang,

Pauldy -Day.
A

A miner come up, says,
D

will you dance with me?

I will, you old hoss,
A

if you don't make two three
D

And I'll tell you the reason,
G
D

do you want to know why?

Duggan yee,
A
D

I'm chuck full of strong alkali
A

Hoodle -dang, faldee -die, do,
D
C

hoodle -dang, faldee -dee

On top of old
F

Smoky
C

All covered with snow
G

I lost my true lover from a cordon too slow
C

On top of old
F
C

Smoky, I went there to weep
G
C

A false -hearted lover is worse than a thief,
F

For a thief he will rob you and
C
G

take what you hate.
C
G

But a false -hearted lover will
C

send you to your grave.
F

She'll hug you and kiss you,
C

and tell you more lies

Than the cross -ties on the
G
C

railroad or the stars in the sky.

On top of old
F
C

Smoky, all covered with snow,
G
C

I lost my true lover from a -courting too slow.

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