"Ol' Betsy" is a song by country singer JJ Lawhorn about a beloved shotgun that has been passed down through generations of his family. The narrator describes how he first laid eyes on the gun and how every curve of it felt just right. The gun was originally owned by the narrator's grandfather, who passed it down to his father, and then to him. The gun holds many memories, from shooting straight on the first day it was used to walking thousands of miles through farm fields. The narrator still gets chills when he holds the gun and sees it as more than just a piece of cold blue steel. He plans to pass it down to his own son so that it can continue to reload memories of its history in the family. The song is a tribute to the importance of family and heirlooms.
