Sweet Betsy from pike

Do you remember sweet Besty from Pike.
Who crossed the wide prairies wht her husband lke.
With two yoke¹ of oxen and one spotted² hog³.
A tall shanghai rooster, and old yeller dog?
Sing too ra li oo ra li oo ra li ay.
Sing too ra li oo ra li oo ra li ay.
The alkali desert was burning and bare.
And lke cried in fear, we are lost, I declare!
My dear old Pike country, I’ll go back to you.
Said Betsy, You’ll go by yourself if you do.
They swam the wide rivers and crossed the tall peaks.
They camped on the prairie for weeks upon weeks.
They fought with the Indians with musket⁴ and ball.
They reached California in spite of it all.

1 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 hog   

n.猪；馋嘴贪吃的人；vt.把…占为己有，独占

参考例句：

• He is greedy like a hog.他像猪一样贪婪。
• Drivers who hog the road leave no room for other cars.那些占着路面的驾驶员一点余地都不留给其他车辆。

4 musket   

n.滑膛枪

参考例句：

• I hunted with a musket two years ago.两年前我用滑膛枪打猎。
• So some seconds passed,till suddenly Joyce whipped up his musket and fired.又过了几秒钟，突然，乔伊斯端起枪来开了火。