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Now the first known recording of this song, circa 1933, is attributed to an artist by the name of James “Iron Head” Baker. And a researcher who interviewed Iron Head stated that “Black Betty” is rather a whip which prison officials used to punish prisoners. These prisoners, many of whom would have been Black Americans, were indeed forced into slave-like manual labor. Moreover it should be noted that Iron Head was actually such an inmate himself when he recorded “Black Betty”. So whereas Black Betty may have been a popular term for liquor or a gun predating the 20 th century, by the time the 1930s came around, it had acquired a different meaning. A Song sung by African American Slavesīut with that being said “Black Betty”, as in the song Ram Jam is covering, is recognized as an African-American labor chant. In other words, oppressed African-Americans (who were oft employed in physically-taxing, monotonous work) used to sing certain songs, such as “Black Betty”, to add rhythm to the work and thus complete said labors more efficiently. And it was very unlikely that they were singing in reference to a musket, though it is more feasible that they can be celebrating inebriation. an old-timey gun with black paint. And in that regard, the phrase “bam-ba-lam”, as recited in the lyrics, is said to be intended to imitate the sound of gunfire. Now going back to the British, it is also said that ‘Black Betty’ was a nickname for a certain type of musket, i.e.
And accordingly, it seems that “black Betty” was synonymous with a bottle of whiskey in particular dating as far back as 17 th century London. For instance, in researching the history of the term, it has been noted that none other than American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin himself used the expression back in 1736, some 250 years before Ram Jam dropped this song. And in that case he was apparently referring to, succinctly put, liquor.
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