Ram Jam – Black Betty | The story behind the song

The story behind Ram Jam by Black Betty.
Magicpantssays...

I had heard the song was written about a black powder rifle (you know how soldiers sometimes name their rifles after women). The child is the bullet, and "bam-ba-lam" is fun way to pronounce "blam" as in a gun firing.

Drachen_Jagersays...

And the rifle had a child?

Magicpantssaid:

I had heard the song was written about a black powder rifle (you know how soldiers sometimes name their rifles after women). The child is the bullet, and "bam-ba-lam" is fun way to pronounce "blam" as in a gun firing.

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