[ti:Brown Skin Girl]
[ar:Harry Belafonte]
[00:03.32]Brown Skin Girl - Harry Belafonte
[00:08.38]Ev'rything to keep me from sleepin'
[00:10.69]A lot of sailor boys they were leavin'
[00:13.37]And everybody there were jumpin'
[00:16.11]To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin'
[00:21.17]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[00:26.41]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[00:31.78]I'm goin away in a sailing boat
[00:36.58]And if I don't come back
[00:38.89]Stay home and mind baby
[00:42.51]Now de Americans made an invasion
[00:45.13]We thought it was a help to the island
[00:47.88]Until they left from here on vacation
[00:50.62]They left de native boy home to mind their children
[00:55.99]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[01:01.42]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[01:07.09]I'm goin away in a sailing boat
[01:11.83]And if I don't come back
[01:14.20]Stay home and mind baby
[01:17.92]Now I tell you de story 'bout Millie
[01:21.10]Well she made a nice blue eyed baby
[01:23.22]And dey say she fancy the mother
[01:25.85]But the blue eyed baby ain't know she father
[01:51.49]Now de Americans all have their pleasure
[01:54.18]While the music played to their leisure
[01:56.87]Everybody there they were jumpin'
[01:59.55]To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin'
[02:04.55]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[02:09.72]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[02:14.86]I'm goin' away in a sailing boat
[02:19.79]And if I don't come back
[02:22.10]Stay home and mind baby
[02:26.22]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
[02:31.33]Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby