Oh, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)

Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)

Black Betty had a baby (Ram-a-lam)
Black Betty had a baby (Ram-a-lam)
Black Betty had a baby (Ram-a-lam)
Black Betty had a baby (Ram-a-lam)

Little thing went crazy (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing went crazy (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing went crazy (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing went crazy (Ram-a-lam)

Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Rock steady, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)

Little thing went blind (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing went blind (Ram-a-lam)
Wasn’t none of mine (Ram-a-lam)
Wasn’t none of mine (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)

Little thing had blue eyes (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing had blue eyes (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing had blue eyes (Ram-a-lam)
Little thing had blue eyes (Ram-a-lam)

Must have been the captain’s (Ram-a-lam)
Must have been the captain’s (Ram-a-lam)
Must have been the captain’s (Ram-a-lam)
Must have been the captain’s (Ram-a-lam)

(Ram-a-lam)
(Ram-a-lam)
(Ram-a-lam)
(Ram-a-lam)

How ’bout it, black Betty? (Ram-a-lam)
How ’bout it, black Betty? (Ram-a-lam)
How ’bout it, black Betty? (Ram-a-lam)
How ’bout it, black Betty? (Ram-a-lam)

Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (Ram-a-lam)