The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #24592   Message #281988
Posted By: rabbitrunning
21-Aug-00 - 07:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Sweet Betsy from Pike
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sweet Betsy from Pike
Whoops. I was so busy trying to do the html right I didn't read your message carefully enough.

I've heard the chorus as:

So goodbye Pike County, farewell for a while
We'll come back to you when we've gotten our pile.

I assume the pile is a pile of gold.