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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