Long Ike and Sweet Betsey attended a dance. Ike wore a pair of his Pike County pants. Sweet Betsey was covered with ribbons and rings. Says Ike, “You’re an angel, but where are your wings?” —“Sweet Betsey from Pike,” folk song printed by John A. Stone, circa 1858 After their hazardous journey to the California goldfields in the 1850s Betsey and Ike, the star-crossed lovers from Pike County, went dancing, as the popular folk song goes. Betsey, all gussied up with ribbon
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