Title	Isaac and Betsy
Common Title	Sweet Betsy Pike; Sweet Betsy from Pike; Betsy from Pike
First Line	Isaac and Betsy they started out west
Performer	Scott, Ernest
Performance Location (Town)	Goshen (Ark.)
Performance Location (County)	Washington County (Ark.)
Performance Location (State)	Arkansas
Performance Date	1960-01
Collector	Todd, Patrick A.
Genre	vocal music
Instrumentation	banjos voice
Subject (Library of Congress)	Animals Emotions Dance
Subject (Ethnographic Thesaurus)	animals emotions dance
Keywords	West, Animals, Salt Lake City, Brigham Young, Fear, Dance, Pike County, Alcohol
Language	English
Laws Number	B 9
Randolph Collection	192
Hunter Collection	This item is available in the Hunter Collection (http://maxhunter.missouristate.edu/ ).
Wolf Collection	This item is available in the Wolf Collection ( http://web.lyon.edu/wolfcollection/ ).
Belden Collection	yes
Transcript	Collected by Patrick A. Todd Sung by Mr. Earnest Scott Goshen, Arkansas Accompanied by himself on 5-string banjo Jan 1960 Reel 329, Item 15 "ISAAC AND BETSY" 2. 3. Isaac and Betsy they started out west Crossed country in wagon get rich I guess With two yoke of cattle and an old yellow dog And a shanghai rooster and a lighted-spotted hog They stopped in Salt City inquiring the way Brigham saw Betsy and swore she should stay And Betsy got frightened and she run like a deer Left Brigham a pawin' up the dirt like a steer Isaac and Betsy they attended the dance Isaac he wore his Pike County pants Betsy she wore her jewels and rings Says Isaac: You're an angel but where is your wings Well Isaac said: Betsy won't you dance with me I will if we can agree Don't dance me too hard for I'll tell you why For I'm too full of that ole' alkalie
Analog Location	329:15
Digital Publisher	University of Arkansas Libraries
Series Title	Ozark Folksong Collection
Rights	Please contact Special Collections for information on copyright.
Funded By	Funding for digitization provided by Arkansas Humanities Council.

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