Brown Skinned Girl Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

Ev′rything to keep me from sleepin'
A lot of sailor boys they were leavin′
And everybody there, they were jumpin'
To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin'

′Bout the 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

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


Singin', 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

Now I tell you the story ′bout Millie
She made a nice blue-eyed baby
They say she fancy the mother
But the blue-eyed baby ain't know she father

Now the Americans all had their pleasure
While the music played to their leisure
And everybody there they were jumpin'
To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin′

′Bout the 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