Whoa-oh! Black Betty, bam-a-lam! Whoa-oh! Black Betty, bam-a-lam!
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:46 PM
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| Whoa-oh! Black Betty, bam-a-lam! Whoa-oh! Black Betty, bam-a-lam! |
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Black Betty had a child, bam-a-lam!
The damned thing gone wild, bam-a-lam!
I'll say it again: Ahh, the '70s! :eyes:
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| Elidor
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:47 PM
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Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 12:07 AM by Hardhead
Whatsamatta U?
And isn't it "bam-a-lam-a-lam!"
Lenny Kravitz ripped this song off shamelessly, I forget the name he gave it. Didn't know it came from Leadbelly.
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| bettyellen
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:51 PM
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well it's better than the sawyer brown song.......
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| KitchenWitch
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:52 PM
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| Biased Liberal Media
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:52 PM
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| 4. That was on Kung Pow: Enter The Fist |
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:53 PM
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| 5. Quick, who did that song? |
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I've been trying to remember that for months.
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| NightTrain
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:59 PM
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The song itself, however, dates back to Leadbelly.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:53 PM
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| 6. Never heard Black Betty until a few years ago |
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Great song! - I heard it before it got placed in some movies in recent times.
Go Ram-Jam!
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:53 PM
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:03 AM
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| 9. Love the 70's... Gonna break out my old Foghat albums..... |
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Ram Jam, now there's a one-hit wonder....
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:19 AM
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I worked with a guy who said that was his all-time favorite song.
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| Taverner
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Thu Jan-13-05 12:20 AM
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| 11. You know that song was banned from radio |
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Back in the day...considered racist...tho compared to the Hate radio on AM today it has nothing on Rush and Hannity...
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