Sweet betsy from pike chords by 
Burl Ives 
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Key: D major•
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 an d
D
one spot ted 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
Bet sy, 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 atten ded a dance.
Ike wore a pair of his
A
Pike
County pants.
Sweet
D
Betsy was dressed up in
G
D
ribbon s and ring s.
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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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G C F
D
A
G
C
F
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