Black Betty

(version of an old song, often credited to Huddie "Lead Belly"
Ledbetter, and performed by a wide variety of artists over the years. The oldest
known recordings are from 1933)

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
she said, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (bam-ba-lam)
the damn thing gone blind (bam-ba-lam)
I said oh, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She really gets me high (bam-ba-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-ba-lam)

And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)

Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
She's from birmingham (bam-ba-lam)
Way down in alabam' (bam-ba-lam)
well, she's shakin' that thing (bam-ba-lam)
boy, she makes me sing (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
whoa, black betty bam-ba-lam