Whoa, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-A-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-A-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-A-lam)
She's always ready (bam-A-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-A-lam)

Whoa, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
She really gets me high (bam-BA-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-BA-lam)
She's always ready (bam-BA-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-BA-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-BA-lam)

Yeah
Oh yeah
All right
Oh yeah
All right
Oh yeah
All right
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Whoa, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
She's from birmingham (bam-BA-lam)
Way down in alabam' (bam-BA-la)
Black betty had a child (bam-BA-lam)
The damn thing gone blind (bam-BA-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-BA-lam)
Yeah, black betty BAM-BA-LAM