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You can find the official audio and various remastered versions on the Ram Jam Official YouTube Channel .

The refers to the 1977 hard rock version of a traditional African-American work song. While Ram Jam's rendition is the most commercially successful, reaching #18 in the US and top 10 in the UK and Australia, the song has deep historical roots: ram_jam_black_betty_official_audio

: Blues legend Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter recorded a version in 1939 that added guitar and shaped the arrangement Ram Jam eventually covered. What does "Black Betty" mean? You can find the official audio and various

: Often used in Southern prisons; the "bam-ba-lam" lyrics are thought to mimic the sound of the whip. ram_jam_black_betty_official_audio

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