Now, you heard the rest Ah, boys, I'm gonna show you the best Ma Rainey's gonna show you her black bottom
Way down south in Alabamy I got a friend, they call dancin' Sammy Who's crazy about all the latest dances Black bottom stomps and the Jew baby prances
The other night at a swell affair Soon as the boys found out that I was there They said, 'Come on, Ma let's go to the cabaret' Where that band you ought to hear me say'
I want to see that dance you call the black bottom I wanna learn that dance Don't you see the dance you call your big black bottom That'll put 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 want to learn that dance
I want to see the dance you call the black bottom I want to learn that dance Come on and show that dance you call your big black bottom It puts you in a trance