Ram Jam - Black Betty 1977

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)

Oh, 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

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  Music

[Dominic Rivas]

I think the world has a serious problem about jumping to conclusions that people are American just because they say something stupid

[Friend2Fuzzies]

Castle Rock from Rayman Legends: Challenges bought me here!

[JohanSilander]

he is american

[Metalfreak4231]

man he is realy american, did you ever checked his profile? 

[maxstone2210]

replace "americans" with "you" and we're fine, you can't blame every american because of this kid, well atleast he has a good taste in music

[vaslittlecrow]

Because Lead Belly was known for writing pointed critiques against racism, and a "Black Betty" is a flintlock musket. Her daughter was a "Brown Bess". Also "Black Betty" refers to a whip used on prisoners.

[vaslittlecrow]

Lead Belly wrote it. He's not exactly white.

[troy adams]

Today songs can't come close to this kind of song

[milick]

But he is american.

[milick]

Click on his name.

[Zachary Hall]

Its saying that she is black. Hows that racist? Wherever your from most be a bunch of little pussies.

[Roger Doyle]

While the song was published in late summer of 1977, it was originally written in 1944!