Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Spiderbait
Canonical path: /spiderbait/black-betty
Related lyric paths: 6
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Black Betty
Read Black Betty lyrics by Spiderbait on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Black Betty
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Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (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)
Yeah, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Alright!
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)
And 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! Alright!
Oh Yeah! Alright!
Oh Yeah! Alright!
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-lam)
Black betty had a child (bam-ba-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-ba-lam)
Whoa, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Yeah, black betty (bam-ba-lam)
Oh Yeah! Alright!
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!
Bam-ba-laaaaaaaaaaaaam...
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