Black Betty
By: Ram Jam
(Huddie Ledbetter)
1977Whoa, 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)
Whoa, Black Betty (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)
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
Pictures of my "Black Betty" are available here. Click on the following links:
Full Body Shot.
Saddle and Basket.
Handlebars, GPS, and Headlight.
Front End.
Front Breaks.
Taillight.
Rear Deraileur.
Front Deraileur.
Lock and Seatpost Quick Release.
Brooks B67 Leather Saddle.
Rivendell Silver Bar-end Shifters and Cork Grips
Rivendell Nitto Albatross Handlbars
Basket Net
Betty's gear charts are at gear-inch calculation and gain-ratio calculation, both courtesy of Sheldon Brown.