"Black Betty" (#Roud11668) is a 20th-century #AfricanAmerican #workSong often credited to #HuddieLeadBellyLedbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are by #JamesIronHeadBakerAndMosesClearRockPlatt, not Lead Belly. Some sources say it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier f

"Black Betty" (#Roud11668) is a 20th-century #AfricanAmerican #workSong often credited to #HuddieLeadBellyLedbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are by #JamesIronHeadBakerAndMosesClearRockPlatt, not Lead Belly. Some sources say it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier f

"Black Betty" (#Roud11668) is a 20th-century #AfricanAmerican #workSong often credited to #HuddieLeadBellyLedbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources say it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier #folk material.

"Black Betty" (#Roud11668) is a 20th-century #AfricanAmerican #workSong often credited to #HuddieLeadBellyLedbetter as the author, though the earliest recordings are not by him. Some sources say it is one of Lead Belly's many adaptations of earlier #folk material.