'Black Betty' LEADBELLY, Blues Legend

" Black Betty "
by LEADBELLY
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The " RED HOT BLUES " (1925-1945)
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  Music

[Michael Shapiro]

that sound, the random thumping sound, is him chopping wood. he would sing this while he do day labor in prison (or when he was working when he was out of jail). just a fun little anecdote.

[WakeWorkRepeat]

I keep picturing him slapping Black Betty's ass whilst getting head, singing this at the same time.

[dwk67]

Ram Jam's version of this used to get played at sports arenas in the south awhile back but they stopped because of accusations of racism because of the mention of Betty being black. Those white boys in Ram Jam did a smokin' cover version in 1977 of this song that is a tribute to the black blues legend who wrote it, and not racist whatsoever. Political correctness is so asinine.

[Sherry Cambridge]

He Wrote This Song About My Great Grandmother.

They Used To Meet Up In The Alley, And, Um,

Well You Know, Be Makin' Friends.

[KustomKulture1107187]

One can never beat the original versions.

[Michael Shapiro]

Or perhaps leadbelly was trying to emulate the sound of chopping wood/laboring while singing

[Michael Shapiro]

I took a music class in college where we listened to this song, and our professor told us that was the sound of leadbelly chopping wood. Maybe he's wrong or maybe he's right, who cares haha.

[Baddaby]

Have you ever chopped wood? That sounds alot more like a man slapping his own thigh than chopping wood.

[fishnetsNcigarettes]

you get what i mean.

[fishnetsNcigarettes]

all great blues existentialists contributed to rock n roll as we know it today, as well as all other forms of both popular and unpopular music. before it was all in the country then slowly blues became electrified later to create rock n roll as we know it, as well as jazz, jazz rock and a lot of other forms and sub-genres in all aspects of rock music, pop music, etc. and i mean American music. not as a general bias but as a root formation and dialect of real rock n roll. idk. I'm losing my point

[Vanessa Lima]

Muito Precioso = )

[mobildetroit]

*cough* unimportant