Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Way down south in Alabamy
I got a friend they call dancin' Sammy
Who's crazy about all the latest dancin'
Black Bottom Stomps and the new baby prancin'

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"
When I got there, they began to say

I want to see the dance they called 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

I want to see the dance they called the Black Bottom
I wanna learn that dance
Wanna see you do the dance you call your Big Black Bottom
It puts you in a trance

Early one morning 'bout the break of day
Grandpa told granma, heard him say
"Get on up and you show the old man your Black Bottom"
I want to learn that dance

I want to learn that dance