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This is a traditional song that folk singer Leadbelly popularized before his death in 1949. This is a traditional song that folk singer Leadbelly popularized before his death in 1949.
A cool song by Ram JamLyricswhoa black betty bam-A-lamwhoa black betty bam-A-lamBlack betty had a child bam-A-lamThe damn thing gone wild bam-A-lam.
Old black betty song. Official music video for Black Betty by Ram Jam Listen to Ram Jam. HttpsRamJamlnktobestofYDSubscribe to Ram Jam on YouTube. This was one of the few 70s hits that was a remake of an old folk song.
I have never heard Leadbellys version so I cannot make a comparison of both versions. Leo from Detroit Mi Actually I dont think the song is about drugs in any way. From reading the lyrics and discussion with others I believe the song is about a party woman who had syphilis child goes blind wild.
Meaning of Black Betty For instance in researching the history of the term it has been noted that none other than American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin himself used the expression back in 1736 some 250 years before Ram Jam dropped this song. And in that case he was apparently referring to succinctly put liquor. Official music video for Black Betty by Ram Jam Listen to Ram Jam.
HttpsRamJamlnktobestofYD Subscribe to Ram Jam on YouTube. A cool song by Ram JamLyricswhoa black betty bam-A-lamwhoa black betty bam-A-lamBlack betty had a child bam-A-lamThe damn thing gone wild bam-A-lam. Black Betty Roud 11668 is a 20th century African-American work song often credited to Huddie Lead Belly Ledbetter as the author though the earliest recordings are not by him.
Some sources claim it is one of Lead Bellys many adaptations of earlier folk material. In this case an 18th century marching cadence about a flint-lock rifle. In 1977 the rock band Ram Jam whose members.
This is a traditional song that folk singer Leadbelly popularized before his death in 1949. He recorded a lot of songs that otherwise might have been lost including Goodnight Irene and Midnight Special Leadbellys version is a cappella and commonly sung by laborers to pass the time while working. Intro A5 B5 B5 D5 A5 B5 D5 E5 D5 x4 A5 B5 B5 B5 E5 A5 B5 B5 B5 D5 A5 B5 B5 B5 E5 B5 D5 B5 Verse 1 B5 Whoa Black Betty bamalam B5 whoa Black Betty bamalam.
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Sign up Log in. 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 Im worryin outta mind. General Comment Leadbelly is said to have adapted the song from an 18th century marching cadence about a black-painted musket named Black Betty go figure.
Black Bettys child was Brown Bess. Leadbellys version and all subsequent versions could mean just about anything but at the roots Black Betty is a musket. In their collection of songs of the Southern chain gangs the Lomaxes documented Black Betty sung by a convict on the Darrington Farm in Texas and what they understood Black Betty was.
Black Betty is not another Frankie nor yet a two-timing woman that a man can moan his blues about.