BLACK BETTY ?

[Clarke Gayle]

Well this should be a real test to the newsgoup. A friend called
me on the artist and first I guessed Thin Lizzy but I have since been
told not so. It goes something like Oh Black Betty bam a bam ect. ect.
Need to know who does it and if at all possible the lyrics.
Thanks

[djf]

In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960513...@server.uwindsor.ca>,

Ram Jam.

I could post the lyrics (99% anyway) if no one else has them online
or something.

Duane

[Ike Naar]

Clarke Gayle (gcl...@server.uwindsor.ca) wrote:
:
: Well this should be a real test to the newsgoup. A friend called
: me on the artist and first I guessed Thin Lizzy but I have since been
: told not so. It goes something like Oh Black Betty bam a bam ect. ect.
: Need to know who does it and if at all possible the lyrics.
: Thanks

The band is called Ram Jam.

Cheers,
Ike

[Walter Vo]

Here are the lyrics of "Black Betty" by Ram Jam:

BLACK BETTY

Oh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Oh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Black Betty had a child, Bama Lamb,
The damn thing gone wild, Bama Lamb,
Said weren't none of mine, Bama Lamb,
The damn thing gone blind, Bama Lamb,
I said, oh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb.
Woh Black Betty Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty Bama Lamb,
She really gets me high, Bama Lamb,
You know that's no lie, Bama Lamb,
She's so rock steady, Bama Lamb,
And she's always ready, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb.
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
She's from Birmingham, Bama Lamb,
Way down in Alabama, Bama Lamb,
Well she's shakin' that thing, Bama Lamb,
Boy she makes me sing, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb,
Woh Black Betty, Bama Lamb.

RAM JAM

Greetings from Germany
Walter Vogel

[Michael Saar]

Clarke Gayle <gcl...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:

> Well this should be a real test to the newsgoup. A friend called
>me on the artist and first I guessed Thin Lizzy but I have since been
>told not so. It goes something like Oh Black Betty bam a bam ect. ect.
>Need to know who does it and if at all possible the lyrics.
> Thanks

The song was performed by Ram Jam and written by H. Ledbetter

[Chris Gilbert]

In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960513...@server.uwindsor.ca>,

Clarke Gayle <gcl...@server.uwindsor.ca> wrote:
>
> Well this should be a real test to the newsgoup. A friend called
>me on the artist and first I guessed Thin Lizzy but I have since been
>told not so. It goes something like Oh Black Betty bam a bam ect. ect.
>Need to know who does it and if at all possible the lyrics.

You'll no doubt get many replies on this but I'll post it anyway. The
group was called Ram Jam.

ChrisG

[Calvin J. Geyer]

In article <4npe15$8o8...@nottingham.ac.uk>, itzc...@ccc.ccn2.nott.ac.uk
(Chris Gilbert) wrote:

The earliest recording of this song that I heard was by Leadbelly.

It went on for a while, so most of the words are probably there.

(like most of these old blues songs, there are probably lots of them)

Calvin G.

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-- Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

[Tom Hoye]

In article <Pine.SGI.3.91.960513...@server.uwindsor.ca>,
gcl...@server.uwindsor.ca says...

>
>
> Well this should be a real test to the newsgoup. A friend called
>me on the artist and first I guessed Thin Lizzy but I have since been
>told not so. It goes something like Oh Black Betty bam a bam ect. ect.
>Need to know who does it and if at all possible the lyrics.

> Thanks

The name of the band is called "Ram Jam" Sorry, I really don't remember the
lyrics. Hope this helps.