Brown Skin Girl

Harry Belafonte

Transposer:

[Intro]           [Verse 1] Everything to keep me from sleepin’ A lot of sailor boys they were leavin’ And everybody there they were jumpin’             B                  E            NC To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin’ [Chorus] "Ah de brown skin girl stay home and mind baby Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby" I’m goin’ away in a sailing boat And if I don’t come back Stay home and mind baby [Verse 2] Now the Americans made an invasion We thought it was a help to the island Until they left from here on vacation               B                  E                  NC They left the native boy home to mind their children [Chorus] "Ah de brown skin girl stay home and mind baby Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby" I’m goin’ away in a sailing boat And if I don’t come back Stay home and mind baby [Verse 3] Now I tell you de story ’bout Millie She made a nice blue-eyed baby They say she fancy the mother         B                    E              NC But the blue-eyed baby ain’t know she father [INSTRUMENTAL]                                        [Verse 4] Now the Americans all have their pleasure While the music played to their leisure And everybody there they were jumpin’             B                  E            NC To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin’ [Chorus] "Ah de brown skin girl stay home and mind baby Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby" I’m goin’ away in a sailing boat And if I don’t come back Stay home and mind baby "Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby" I’m goin’ away in a sailing boat And if I don’t come back Stay home and mind baby

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