Berta Berta is originally a shanty black slaves working on railroads used to sing, in which they sing about berta, a beautiful black woman who although has been granted her freedom, she remains faithful to her slave lover.
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal well now
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal well now
Go 'head marry don't you wait on me oh-ah
Go 'head marry don't you wait on me well now
Might not want you when I go free oh-ah
Might not want you when I go free well now
Don't know the difference when the sun go down oh-ah
Don't know the difference when the sun go down well now
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal well now
Don't know the difference when the sun go down oh-ah
Don't know the difference when the sun go down well now
Berta in Meridian and she living at ease oh-ah
Berta in Meridian and she living at ease well now
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal well now
I'm on old Parchman, got to work or leave oh-ah
I'm on old Parchman, got to work or leave well now
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal oh-ah
O Lord Berta Berta O Lord gal
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Berta Berta was produced by Adapted Records.