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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)

whoa, 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