(Leadbelly)
A traditional version is also available.
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 moreSee those kids walking down the street.
They're so rab, kick'em with your feet.
Hit 'em down low, hit 'em up high.
Make sure they're dead goodbye.
It's a craze from coast to coast.
Chorus
Let's go mano! Here we go!
M - A - N - O, Let's go mano.
All the kids are out to tonight.
Mommy, Daddy say bye-bye.
Give me candy, give me food.
It is all I wanna do.
We won't wait for UFOs.
Chorus
There's no time to sit around,
When we're in South City town.
There is nothing else to do.
Everybody go mano.
See those kids walking down the street.
They're so rab, kick'em with your feet.
Hit 'em down low, hit 'em up high.
Make sure they're dead goodbye.
It's a craze from coast to coast.
Let's go mano! Here we go!
M - A - N - O, Let's go mano.
M - A - N - O, Let's go mano.
Let's go mano! Here we go!
Let's go mano! Here we go!
Let's go mano! Here we go!