Old Betsy

"Old Betsy" (tentatively titled as "Bang! Goes Old Betsy") is a song inspired by the Davy Crockett TV mini-series named after Davy Crockett's own rifle. The song was first heard in the second episode of the mini-series, "Crockett Goes to Congress" albeit heard only in instrumental form in that episode. However, a version with lyrics was first performed during the grand opening ceremony of Disneyland on July 17, 1955 during the Frontierland sequence performed by Fess Parker (Davy Crockett) and Buddy Ebsen (Georgie Russell) respectively.
It can also be heard in the Country Bear Jamboree attraction as background music, albeit heard instrumentally. It is also heard as background music in the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad attraction.
==Lyrics==
"Bang!" goes Old Betsy
My only gun is Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
The only time I draw my gun
Believe me, it is not in fun
I shoot it for defending me
I shoot for life and liberty
"Bang!" goes Old Betsy
My one and only Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
One day I went away from town
I aim to grin a wildcat down
The beast and I began to stare
It was a growlin' grizzly bear
"Bang!" went Old Betsy
My one and only Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
I was a gettin' whittlin' sticks
I got myself into a fix
Snow was frozen on the ground
A pack of hungry wolvеs came 'round
"Bang!" went Old Betsy
My one and only Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
When I was a ridin' through the woods
To trade off skins for boughten goods
Forty arrows hit a tree
And I knew the Sioux were out for me
"Bang!" went Old Betsy
My one and only Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
The only time I draw my gun
Believe it is not in fun
I shoot it for defending me
I shoot for life and liberty
"Bang!" goes Old Betsy
My only gun is Betsy
I can travel far and wide with Betsy by my side
Category:Davy Crockett
Category:Instrumental songs
Category:Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Category:Hero/Heroine songs