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To: Mr. K

When the song came out it didn’t seem at all odd. Wonder how far Black Betty would get today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0tsU-En94&feature=fvst


29 posted on 09/01/2011 9:00:41 AM PDT by cripplecreek (The GOP has been "moderated" into a coma.)
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To: cripplecreek

Black Betty was written by a black man (Leadbelly).


32 posted on 09/01/2011 9:08:16 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: cripplecreek

Check out this past thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1577325/posts


33 posted on 09/01/2011 9:08:27 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: cripplecreek

Meat Loaf, Cheryl Crow, also did it, the original group was the best.


49 posted on 09/01/2011 11:43:48 AM PDT by Little Bill (Sorry)
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To: cripplecreek; Clemenza; ConservativeStatement
The Song “Black Betty” popularized by Leadbelly in a blues song is actually a British marching song - an ode to their firearm - a rifle they called “Black Betty” forged in Birmingham England.

She's always ready. She keeps me steady.

;)

52 posted on 09/01/2011 3:53:47 PM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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