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, "I'm worryin' outta mind" (Bam-ba-Lam)
  The damn thing gone blind (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)
  She's so rock steady (Bam-ba-Lam)
  And she's always ready (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)
  Well, she's shakin' that thing (Bam-ba-Lam)
  Boy, she makes me sing (Bam-ba-Lam)
  Whoa, Black Betty (Bam-ba-Lam)
  Whoa, Black Betty BAM-BA-LAM