Betsy, sweet Betsy,
my fair prairie rose,
So slender and pale in your
mail -order clothes,
All decked out in ruffles an
d ribbons and rings,
You're just like an angel,
only where are your wings?
Oh, Betsy, sweet Betsy
Let's change her name and
stake a claim
where cares will never find us
Oh, Betsy, sweet Betsy
We'll hitch our dreams to a 20 -mule team
and leave the trail behind us
Starch -collared Parson lives
down by the gulch
He'd hitch us right up, but
he charges too much
The old circuit rider will be just as nice
He'll splice for half price
and bring his own bag of rice
Oh, Betsy, sweet Betsy
We'll jingle spurs on
cockle burrs
where prairie dogs won't mind us
Oh, Betsy, sweet Betsy
With nothing to eat but buffalo meat,
no cares will ever find us
Oh, Betsy, do tell what a swell howdy -do
Your cousins by dozens
will buy presents for you
Cousins by the dozens,
we'll have your old Aunt Aggie
And my Uncle John
He's got some acres
I can use when he's gone
Oh, Betsy, oh my Betsy,
you're the sweetest little Betsy
I could ever find
And you'll be mine
Yes, I'll be yours,
let's change your name
And stake out a claim
where cares will never find us
Betsy, sweet Betsy,
my fair prairie rose
So slender and pale in your
mail -order clothes
All decked out in ruffles
and ribbons and rings
You're just like an angel on deck
Where are your wings, oh Betsy?
Sweet Betsy
Let's change your name and
stake out a claim
Where cares will never find us,
whoopee tee
There's love in them hills far away,
Whoopee tee, whoopee tee,
just waitin' for Betsy
and me.