Look-a look-a yonder [3x]   Well the sun done gone      The captain can't hold her [3x]   The way I do now      Ada got a gold mine [3x]   Way above her knees      The shiv (?) is golden [3x]   Above her knees      Look-a look-a yonder [3x]   Well the sun done gone      Wohoh, Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]   Black Betty had a baby, bam-e-lam [2x]   Damn thing was crazy, bam-e-lam [2x]   Wohoh, Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]   Oh, Betty Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]   Black Betty had a baby, bam-e-lam [2x]   Damn thing was crazy, bam-e-lam [2x]   Black Betty didn't mind, bam-e-lam [2x]   Damn thing was blind, bam-e-lam [2x]   Wohoh, Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]   Black Betty, Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]   Jump steady Black Betty, bam-e-lam [2x]      That Monday, I was arrested   Tuesday, I locked up in jail   Wednesday baby, my trial's tested   On Thursday, nobody could blow my bail      Yes, I'm almost done [3x]   And I ain't gonna yell against no bells      On Monday, baby I went a-walking   Tuesday, I .... asked to go   On Wednesday I sat down a-talking   On Thursday she hock all a my clothes      Yes, I'm almost done [3x]   And I ain't gonna .... no more