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NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS
Kicking Against The Pricks 1986
Black Betty текст песни

Black Betty

Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bam-ba-lamb,
Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bamhalamb,
Black betty had a baby,
Bambalamb,
Black betty had a baby,
Bambalamb.

Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bam-ba-lamb,
Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bam-ba-lamb,
It de cap'n's baby,
Bam-ba-lamb,
It de cap'n's baby,
Bam-ba-lamb.
Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bambalamb,
Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bambalamb,
But she didn' feed de baby,
Bambalamb,
But she didn' feed de baby,
Bambalamb.

Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bamhalamb,
Oh, lawd, black betty,
Bambalamb,
Black betty, where'd you come from?
Bambalamb,
Black betty, where'd you come from?
Bambalamb.

From american ballads and folk songs, lomax
Note: black betty was the whip used in some southern prisons.


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