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Writers: Huddie Ledbetter Published: Kensington Music Limited Release: Ram Jam – Black Betty (7″, UK) Transcribed: Pop Catastrophe Notes: This is the most well-known rock arrangement of the song by Ram Jam. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion recorded a cover of this track (RELEASE / LYRICS) which was used in the 2011 Volkswagen Superbowl advert and released as a split 7″ single with the Melvins and on the No Reservations 7″ single. Although the earliest known recording is by James Iron Head Baker and Group (1933) the JSBX version has more in common with the Leadbelly adaption (RELEASE / LYRICS). |
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Whoa, Black Betty [Bam-a-lam] Whoa, Black Betty [Bam-a-lam] Black Betty had a child [Bam-a-lam] The damn thing gone wild [Bam-a-lam] Said it weren’t none of mine [Bam-a-lam] The Damn thing gone blind [Bam-a-lam] I said Oh, Black Betty [Bam-a-lam] Whoa, Black Betty [Bam-a-lam] Whoa, Black Betty Whoa, Black Betty |
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