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Brown Skin Girl

by Lord Invader

on Calypso (1955)

What's wrong with you, Miss Ivy, girl?
Why you tryin' to trap me with that baby?
What's wrong with you, Miss Ivy, girl?
Why you tryin' to trap me with that baby?

We only got friendly in September
And the baby was born in November
Girl, you can't fool me like that
Tell me how a monkey can make a cat

Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
I am going away on a sailing boat
And if daddy don't come back throw away the darn baby

Now this is something a blind can see
That the baby ain't belong to me
You can see I am a fellow with a funny face
And the baby ain't belong to the Negro Race

If she come to America
She compelled to find the right father
So girl, don't worry with me
You can't tie me up with that blue-eyed baby

Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
I am going away on a sailing boat
And if daddy don't come back throw away the darn baby

Yes, Ivy, girl you made an error
To be in love with that Yankee feller
You thought he really came here to live
It better you had met a Native

You said they came for ninety-nine years
And now they leave you with that baby shedding tears
And now you want me to pay the tax
Go and cut down the tree where you grind your axe

Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
Brown skin gal, stay home and mind Baby
I am going away on a sailing boat
And if daddy don't come back throw away the darn baby