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Black Betty
"Black Betty"
(
Roud 11668
) is a 20th-century
African-American
work song
often credited to
Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter
as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources claim it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier folk material; in this case an 18th-century
marching cadence
about a
flintlock musket
. There are numerous recorded versions, including
a cappella
,
folk
, and
rock
arrangements. The best known modern recordings are rock versions by
Ram Jam
,
Tom Jones
, and
Spiderbait
, all of which were hits.
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