The Brown Girl Songtext
von Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick

She said, "I am brown as brown can be
I have eyes black as sloe
I′m brisk as the nightingale, wild as any doe"
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
Said, "My love wrote a letter, a love letter from town
That he could not love me 'cause I was so brown"
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
"Well, I sent it back again, I valued him not
Whether he love me or whether he not"
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
Now, six month been over, been over and past
He wrote another letter, he was sick unto death
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero


Sing lero, lido"
And there never was a doctor could his pain relieve
Would she go to him speedy and his life relieve?
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
Now, you′ll hear the love she had for this lovesick man
For all that summer day she would walk, she'd not run
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
Yes, you'll hear the love she had for this lovesick man
She was all summer day in a mile walking on
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
When she come to his bedside where he lay so weak
She could not for laughing stand up on her feet
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"
And I′ll do as much for my love as any young girl may
I′ll dance on his grave for a twelvemonth and a day
She sang, "Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Lal, lal, ti-didel-ero
Sing lero, lido"