Fifteen verses may found at http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/instruct/isern/103/betsy.htm However, the tune is originally English and known as "Villikins / Villikens and his Dinah" On 8/2/06, David Gale <gale@math.berkeley.edu> wrote:
I'm quite excited after all these years to be able to solve a problem which is at least related to mathematics.
The tune to which Apostol wrote the Riemannian lyrics is "Sweet Betsy from Pike"
"Oh do you remember sweet Betsy from Pike,
Crossed the wide border with her lover Ike
With a [something] and [something etc......]
Tweedle dum da daa di [something, with necessary number of syllables]
Next Question?
dg
At 07:13 PM 8/1/2006, you wrote:
Henry,
Thanks for the link
< http://olimu.com/Riemann/Song.htm >
to John Derbyshire singing Tom Apostol's song, "Where are the Zeroes of Zeta(s) ?" Quite a nice little ditty.
The tune was so familiar, but I couldn't place it at first.
SO: Trivia question: What familiar old song uses the same tune?
--Dan
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