Now, you heard the rest   Ah, boys, I'm gonna show you the best   Ma Rainey's gonna show you her black bottom      Way down south in Alabamy   I got a friend, they call dancin' Sammy   Who's crazy about all the latest dances   Black bottom stomps and the Jew baby prances      The other night at a swell affair   Soon as the boys found out that I was there   They said, "Come on, Ma let's go to the cabaret"   Where that band you ought to hear me say"      I want to see that dance you call the black bottom   I wanna learn that dance   Don't you see the dance you call your big black bottom   That'll put you in a trance      All the boys in the neighborhood   They say your black bottom is really good   Come on and show me your black bottom   I want to learn that dance      I want to see the dance you call the black bottom   I want to learn that dance   Come on and show that dance you call your big black bottom   It puts you in a trance      Early last morning 'bout the break of day   Grandpa told my grandma, I heard him say   Get up and show your old man your black bottom   I want to learn that dance      Now I'm gonna show y'all my black bottom   They stay to see that dance   Wait until you see me do my big black bottom   I'll put you in a trance      Ah, do it ma, do it, honey   Look it now Ma, you gettin' kinda rough here   You gotta be yourself now, careful now   Not too strong, not too strong, Ma      I done shown y'all my black bottom   You ought to learn that dance