My Brown Skin Baby Songtext
von Bob Randall

My brown skin baby, they take him away

As a young preacher, I used to ride
My quiet pony ′round the country side
In a native camp, I'll never forget
A young black mother, her cheeks all wet

My brown skin baby, they take him away

Between her songs, I heard her say
Police′s been taken my baby away
From white man, boss, the baby I have
Why he let him take baby away

My brown skin baby, they take him away


To a children's home a baby came
With new clothes on and a new name
Day and night, he would always say
Oh mummy, mummy, why they take me away?

My brown skin baby, they take him away

The child grew up and had to go
From a mission home that he loved so
To find his mother, he tried in vain
Upon this earth they never met again

My brown skin baby, they take him away
My brown skin baby, they take him away
My brown skin baby, they take him away