Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The [bad word] thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (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)
And she's always ready (bam-ba-lam)
She's so rock steady (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)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The [bad word] thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty bam-ba-lam
Whoa, black betty bam-ba-lam