"Black Betty" lyrics - LEAD BELLY
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
Lead Belly's Last Sessions (1994)
- Yes, I Was Standing In The Bottom
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Dick Ligger's Holler
- Liza Jane
- Dog Latin Song
- Leaving Blues
- Go Down, Old Hannah
- The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
- Nobody In This World Is Better Than Us
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Looky Looky Yonder
- Jolly O' The Ransom
- Old Ship Of Zion
- Bring Me A Little Water, Silvy
- Mistreatin' Mama
- Black Betty
- Ain't Going Down To The Well No More
- Yes, I'm Going Down In Louisiana
- I Don't Know You, What Have I Done?
- Rock Island Line
- Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch A Rabbit?
- Shorty George
- Stewball
- Bottle Up And Go
- You Know I Got To Do It
- Ain't It A Shame To Go Fishin' On Sunday
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
- Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
- My Lindy Lou
- I'm Thinking Of A Friend
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- Gee, But I Want To Go Home (Army Life)
- In The World
- I Want To Go Home
- New Iberia
- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
- John Henry
- Salty Dog
- National Defense Blues
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- Relax Your Mind
- Bottle Up And Go
- Polly Wolly Wee
- Pig Latin Song
- Hawaiian Song
- Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
- The Gray Goose
- Silver City Bound
- The Titanic
- Death Letter Blues
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- The Midnight Special
- Boll Weevil
- Careless Love
- Easy Rider
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town) (Cry To Me)
- Dekalb Blues (Ain't Going To Drink No More)
- Birmingham Jail
- Old Riley
- Julie Ann Johnson
- It's Tight Like That
- 4, 5 And 9
- Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
- Jail House Blues
- Well, You Know I Had To Do It
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Story Of The 25 Cent Dude
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
- Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
- Hesitation Blues
- I'll Be Down On The Last Bread Wagon
- Digging My Potatoes
- Springtime In The Rockies
- Chinatown
- Rock Island Line
- Backwater Blues
- Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
- Irene (Goodnight Irene)
- Easy, Mr. Tom
- In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down
- I'm Alone Because I Love You
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
- Talk About Fannin Street
- Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
- Sugar'd Beer
- Didn't Old John Cross The Water?
- Nobody Knows You When Your Down And Out
- Bully Of The Town
- Sweet Jenny Lee
- Yellow Gal
- He Was The Man
- We're In The Same Boat, Brother
- Leaving Blues