Betty Was Black - Cody Canada, The Departed

Betty was black, Willie was white

Betty and Willie got it on one night

Hopped in a bottle of Tanqueray

Fell in love that very day

Sat by the fire

You know they listened to jazz

They had pretty little dreams

Like evrry couple has

But they had to be careful

When they went out at night

Betty was black

Willie was white, yup

Willie’s old man cut him out of the will

You know he had a lawyer send Willie the bill

He said 'do what you want boy

Anything is fine'

He said 'from now on, you ain’t no son of mine'

And Betty’s mama, you know she tried to understand

Daddy just gave her the back of his hand

Said 'get out of this house, girl

Don’t you ever come back'

Willie was white

Betty was black, yup

You know, the next few years they were difficult ones

You know, they put up with sneers and social shuns

Then one year they bore a son

Named him Tad, dreamed of a year a little less bad

Tad could stand the skin of brown

A valedictorian’s captain gown

Dream of a day when everything’s alright

Be proud to be black and be proud to be white

Dream of a day when everything’s alright

Betty was black and Willie was white

Betty was black and Willie was white