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BROWN-SKIN GIRL
HARRY BELAFONTE
CALYPSO
EVERYTHING TO KEEP ME FROM SLEEPING
A LOT OF SAILOR BOYS THEY WERE LEAVING
AND EVERYBODY THERE THEY WERE JUMPING
TO HEAR THE SAILOR BOYS IN OUR CHORUS SINGING
(CHORUS)THE BROWN-SKIN GIRL, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY
THE BROWN-SKIN GIRL, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY
I’M GOING AWAY IN A SAILING BOAT
AND IF I DON’T COME BACK, STAY HOME AND MIND BABY
NOW THE AMERICANS MADE AN INVASION
WE THOUGHT IT WAS A HELP TO THE ISLAND
UNTIL THEY LEFT FROM HERE ON VACATION
THEY LEFT THE NATIVE BOY HOME TO MIND THEIR CHILDREN, SINGING
(CHORUS)
NOW I TELL YOU THE STORY ABOUT MILLIE
MILLIE MADE A NICE BLUE-EYED BABY
THEY SAY SHE FANCIED THE MOTHER
BUT THE BLUE-EYED BABY, HA’E NO SHE FATHER
(INSTRUMENTAL)
NOW THE AMERICANS ALL HAD THEIR PLEASURE
WHILE THE MUSIC PLAYED TO THEIR LEISURE
AND EVERYBODY THERE THEY WERE JUMPING
TO HEAR THE SAILOR BOYS IN OUR CHORUS SINGING
(CHORUS, REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE)
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