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- Sweet Betsy From
Pike
- Traditional Folk
Song
| Verse: |
| C |
G7 |
C |
- |
| - |
D7 |
G |
- |
| Am |
Em |
F |
C |
| - |
G7 |
C |
- |
| Chorus: |
| C |
G7 |
C |
- |
| C |
G7 |
C |
- - (repeat all) |
- 12-beat intro. Play 3-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- This song is 3/4 waltz time.
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- First Verse:
- Oh, don't you remember sweet
Betsy from Pike,
- Who swam the wide rivers,
with her lover Ike,
- With two yoke of oxen, a
large yellow dog,
- A tall Shanghai rooster
and one spotted hog?
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- Second Verse:
- They swam the wide rivers,
they crossed the tall peaks,
- They camped out on prairies
for weeks and for weeks,
- Fought hunger and rattlers
and big storms of dust,
- Determined to reach California
or bust.
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- Chorus:
- Singing too-ra-lee oo-ra-lee,
oo-ra-lee ay.
- Singing too-ra-lee oo-ra-lee,
oo-ra-lee ay.
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- Performer Links:
- (webpage)
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- Listen to "Sweet
Betsy From Pike" by an unnamed performer (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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- This Chord Chart
may not appear correctly with some browsers. It should
be viewed with a full size window.
- The chord names should
appear in single rows. Let me know of any problems.
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- email: jbott@ix.netcom.com