[Intro]
Now, you heard the rest
Ah boys, I’m gonna show you the best
Ma Rainey’s gonna show you her black bottom

[Verse]
Way down south in Alabamy
I got a friend they call dancin’ Sammy
Who’s crazy about all the latest dancin’
Black Bottom Stomp and the [?] prancin’
The other night at a swell affair
Soon as the boys found out that I was there
He said, “Come on, Ma, let’s go to the cabaret”
When I got there you oughta hear me say

[Chorus]
Want to see the dance you call the black bottom
I wanna learn that dance
Want to see the dance you call your big black bottom
That puts you in a trance
All the boys in the neighborhood
They say your black bottom is really good
Come on and show me your black bottom
I wanna learn that dance

[Chorus]
I want to see the dance you call the black bottom
I wanna learn that dance
Come on and show the dance you call your big black bottom
It puts you in a trance
Early last morning ’bout the break of day
Grandpa told my grandmother, heard him say
“Get over here and you show the old man your black bottom
I want to learn that dance”

[Chorus]
Now I’m gonna show y’all my black bottom
They pay to see that dance
Wait until you see me do my big black bottom
It puts you in a trance
Ah, do it Ma, do it, honey
Look out now Ma, you gettin’ kinda rough there
You better be yourself now, careful now

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