Lyrics and translation Lead Belly - Black Betty
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
steady,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Sauter,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
steady,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Sauter,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Turn
around,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Tourne-toi,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
down,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Saute,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty
had
a
baby,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty
a
eu
un
bébé,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty
had
a
baby,
bam-ba-lam
Black
Betty
a
eu
un
bébé,
bam-ba-lam
Little
thing
went
crazy,
bam-ba-lam
La
petite
chose
est
devenue
folle,
bam-ba-lam
Little
thing
went
crazy,
bam-ba-lam
La
petite
chose
est
devenue
folle,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
steady,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Sauter,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
steady,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Sauter,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Little
thing
went
blind,
bam-ba-lam
La
petite
chose
est
devenue
aveugle,
bam-ba-lam
Little
thing
went
blind,
bam-ba-lam
La
petite
chose
est
devenue
aveugle,
bam-ba-lam
Said,
he
wouldn't
mind,
bam-ba-lam
Il
a
dit
qu'il
ne
s'en
souciait
pas,
bam-ba-lam
Said,
he
wouldn't
mind,
bam-ba-lam
Il
a
dit
qu'il
ne
s'en
souciait
pas,
bam-ba-lam
What
about
black
Betty?
Bam-ba-lam
Et
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
What
about
black
Betty?
Bam-ba-lam
Et
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Oh,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
steady,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Sauter,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Run
a-yonder,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Cours
là-bas,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Turn
around,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Tourne-toi,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Ayy,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Hey,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Ayy,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Hey,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Look
at
young
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Regarde
la
jeune
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Run
around,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Cours,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Jump
down,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Saute,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Turn
around,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Tourne-toi,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Ayy,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Hey,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Ayy,
black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
Hey,
Black
Betty,
bam-ba-lam
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1
Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do?
2 Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom
3 Well, You Know I Had to Do It
4 4, 5 and 9
5 It's Tight Like That
6 Julie Ann Johnson
7 Old Riley
8 Birmingham Jail
9 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Going to Drink No More)
10 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)(Cry to Me)
11 Easy Rider
12 Careless Love
13 Boll Weevil
14 The Midnight Special
15 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
16 Death Letter Blues
17 The Titanic
18 Silver City Bound
19 Irene (Goodnight Irene)
20 Story of the 25 Cent Dude
21 How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
22 Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
23 Yellow Gal
24 Sweet Jenny Lee
25 Bully of the Town
26 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
27 Didn't Old John Cross the Water
28 Sugar'd Beer
29 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
30 Talk About Fannin Street
31 The Gray Goose
32 House of the Rising Sun
33 In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
34 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
35 Backwater Blues
36 Chinatown
37 Springtime in the Rockies
38 Digging My Potatoes
39 I’ll Be Down On the Last Bread Wagon
40 Hesitation Blues
41 I'm Alone Because I Love You
42 Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
43 Hawaiian Song
44 Pig Latin Song
45 Rock Island Line
46 I Don't Know You, What Have I Done
47 Black Betty
48 Mistreatin' Mama
49 Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy
50 Old Ship of Zion
51 Jolly O the Ransom
52 Looky Looky Yonder
53 Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit?
54 We're In The Same Boat Brother
55 The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
56 Go Down Old Hannah
57 Leaving Blues
58 Dog Latin Song
59 Liza Jane
60 Dick Ligger S Holler
61 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More
62 Yes, I'm Going Down in Louisiana
63 Nobody in This World is Better Than Us
64 He Was the Man
65 Shorty George
66 Bottle up and Go
67 Polly Wolly Wee
68 Relax Your Mind
69 Easy Mr. Tom
70 National Defense Blues
71 Salty Dog
72 John Henry
73 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
74 New Iberia
75 Stewball
76 I Want to Go Home
77 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)
78 He Never Said a Mumbling Word
79 I'm Thinking of a Friend
80 My Lindy Lou
81 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
82 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
83 Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on Sunday
84 You Know I Got to Do It
85 In the World
2 Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom
3 Well, You Know I Had to Do It
4 4, 5 and 9
5 It's Tight Like That
6 Julie Ann Johnson
7 Old Riley
8 Birmingham Jail
9 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Going to Drink No More)
10 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)(Cry to Me)
11 Easy Rider
12 Careless Love
13 Boll Weevil
14 The Midnight Special
15 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
16 Death Letter Blues
17 The Titanic
18 Silver City Bound
19 Irene (Goodnight Irene)
20 Story of the 25 Cent Dude
21 How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
22 Hello Central, Give Me Long Distance Phone
23 Yellow Gal
24 Sweet Jenny Lee
25 Bully of the Town
26 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
27 Didn't Old John Cross the Water
28 Sugar'd Beer
29 Fannin Street (Mr. Tom Hughes' Town)
30 Talk About Fannin Street
31 The Gray Goose
32 House of the Rising Sun
33 In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
34 Governor Pat Neff (Sweet Mary)
35 Backwater Blues
36 Chinatown
37 Springtime in the Rockies
38 Digging My Potatoes
39 I’ll Be Down On the Last Bread Wagon
40 Hesitation Blues
41 I'm Alone Because I Love You
42 Drinkin' Lum Y A Alla
43 Hawaiian Song
44 Pig Latin Song
45 Rock Island Line
46 I Don't Know You, What Have I Done
47 Black Betty
48 Mistreatin' Mama
49 Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy
50 Old Ship of Zion
51 Jolly O the Ransom
52 Looky Looky Yonder
53 Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit?
54 We're In The Same Boat Brother
55 The Blue Tailed Fly (Jimmie Crack Corn)
56 Go Down Old Hannah
57 Leaving Blues
58 Dog Latin Song
59 Liza Jane
60 Dick Ligger S Holler
61 Ain't Going Down to the Well No More
62 Yes, I'm Going Down in Louisiana
63 Nobody in This World is Better Than Us
64 He Was the Man
65 Shorty George
66 Bottle up and Go
67 Polly Wolly Wee
68 Relax Your Mind
69 Easy Mr. Tom
70 National Defense Blues
71 Salty Dog
72 John Henry
73 Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
74 New Iberia
75 Stewball
76 I Want to Go Home
77 Gee, But I Want to Go Home (Army Life)
78 He Never Said a Mumbling Word
79 I'm Thinking of a Friend
80 My Lindy Lou
81 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
82 DeKalb Blues (Ain't Gonna Drink No More)
83 Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on Sunday
84 You Know I Got to Do It
85 In the World
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