August 27, at am. September 10, at pm. December 4, at pm. December 31, at am. October 13, at am. Stumped says:. January 17, at pm. July 23, at pm. January 28, at am. Chasity Griffith. Bam-A-Lam says:. February 9, at pm. Tome T. March 9, at pm. May 11, at pm. November 5, at pm. Kinky John says:. April 7, at pm. Tara Huber says:. May 16, at am. Casper says:. April 12, at pm. Miss Hoo says:. April 13, at pm. Lead Belly says:. April 25, at am. The black says:. August 10, at am.
Jonny says:. June 12, at am. The blacks says:. Just Me says:. August 16, at am. Martin says:. August 19, at pm. Buck Ewer says:. September 17, at am. There was an error. General Comment Leadbelly is said to have adapted the song from an 18th century marching cadence about a black-painted musket named Black Betty go figure.
Black Bettys child was Brown Bess. Leadbellys version, and all subsequent versions could mean just about anything, but at the roots Black Betty is a musket. General Comment Spiderbait cover was better. I liked the filmclip for it better too. General Comment Love this song. Heard it again on The Losers. Their soundtrack rocks. Great song, no matter what it means :D keykeyx on April 25, Link. General Comment this song is great. It can't be about speed can it? Cus that wouldn't concern racism.
If you know more about the speed thing and can back it up please post here, cus I can't see any lyrics that suggest that. General Comment my understanding is that black betty is a type of rifle it has a black barrel, hence the name it has a "child", a similar rifle without the black barrel it also fits with the Bam Balam part she's so rock steady and she's always ready i'm not sure if i'm remembering this right but i think the thing going blind refers to a clogged barrel and i think it kinda sounds like a military chant if it isn't a military chant, then it should be bareakon on May 07, Link.
In this interpretation, the musket was superseded by its "child", a musket with an unpainted walnut stock known as a " Brown Bess ". Other sources give the meaning of "Black Betty" in the United States from at least as a liquor bottle. One of those phrases is "He's kiss'd black Betty. From the perspective of a writer If Black Betty is referring to a musket, the child in the song is very likely referring to the musket ball. This is supported by multiple descriptions of the use of the musket in the battlefield.
The line "she's from Birmingham" also fits as the place where muskets were manufactured. Pennsylvania of , a short section describes wedding ceremonies and marriage customs, including a wedding tradition where two young men from the bridegroom procession were challenged to run for a bottle of whiskey.
This challenge was usually given when the bridegroom party was about a mile from the destination-home where the ceremony was to be had.
Upon securing the prize, referred to as "Black Betty", the winner of the race would bring the bottle back to the bridegroom and his party. The whiskey was offered to the bridegroom first and then successively to each of the groom's friends. In , John A.
John Lomax also interviewed blues musician James Baker better known as "Iron Head" in , almost one year after recording Iron Head performing the first known recording of the song. In an interview [12 ] conducted by Alan Lomax with a former prisoner of the Texas penal farm named Doc Reese aka "Big Head" , Reese stated that the term "Black Betty" was used by prisoners to refer to the " Black Maria " — the penitentiary transfer wagon. In later versions, "Black Betty" was depicted as various vehicles, including a motorcycle and a hot rod.
Black Betty is the slang name given to the Queen of Spades in the card game Hearts.
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