Black Betty Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam) Damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam) She's always ready (bam-ba-lam) She's all rocksteady (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Alrighty!
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) She really gets me high (bam-ba-lam) Yeah know that's no lie (bam-ba-lam) She's always ready (bam-ba-lam) She's all rocksteady (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) She's from Birmingham (bam-ba-lam) Way down in alabam' (bam-ba-lam) Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam) Damn thing gone blind (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black Betty Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam) Damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam) She's always ready (bam-ba-lam) She's all rocksteady (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Alrighty!
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) She really gets me high (bam-ba-lam) Yeah know that's no lie (bam-ba-lam) She's always ready (bam-ba-lam) She's all rocksteady (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam) She's from Birmingham (bam-ba-lam) Way down in alabam' (bam-ba-lam) Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam) Damn thing gone blind (bam-ba-lam) Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam) Go, black betty (bam-ba-lam)