The song "Black Betty"

[Conagher]

What is everyone`s interpretation of the meaning of this song?It is about drugs,right?Specifically,cocaine or derivatives thereof.

 

[vidapreta]

What is everyone`s interpretation of the meaning of this song?It is about drugs,right?Specifically,cocaine or derivatives thereof.

I thought it was about a black girl named Betty.:afro:

 

[prld2gr8ns]

Could be a muskeet, bottle of liquor, whip, wagon.....

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[Conagher]

I thought it was about a black girl named Betty.:afro:

In the original folksong version it is.A lot of people claim the later versions by band`s such as Lynyrd Skynyrd or RamJam are referring to anyone gone wild on drugs.