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: Popularized in 18th-century slang; Benjamin Franklin's The Drinker’s Dictionary (1736) used the phrase "kiss'd black Betty" for being drunk.

: It likely began as an 18th-century marching cadence or a 19th-century work song sung by enslaved people on Southern plantations. ram_jam_black_betty_official_audio

The term "Black Betty" has been a subject of long-standing debate with several historical meanings: : Popularized in 18th-century slang; Benjamin Franklin's The

: The earliest known recording was an a cappella version captured in 1933 by ethnomusicologists John and Alan Lomax at a Texas state prison, performed by inmate James "Iron Head" Baker . : Popularized in 18th-century slang