Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Lyrics

1984 Broadway - 2003 Broadway revival - 2020 Film adaptation
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Lyrics

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

Early last morning 'bout the break of day
Grandpa told my grandma, I heard him say
Get up and show your old man your black bottom
I want to learn that dance

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

PLOT
Deep Moaning Blues
Those Dogs of Mine
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Hear Me Talking to You
Baby, Let Me Have It All