Brown Skin Girl-Harry Belafonte

Ev'rything to keep me from sleepin' A lot of sailor boys they were leavin' And everybody there were jumpin' To hear the sailor boys in our chorus 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 de Americans made an invasion We thought it was a help to the island Until they left from here on vacation They left de native boy home to mind their children 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 de story 'bout Millie Well she made a nice blue-eyed baby And dey say she fancy the mother But the blue-eyed baby ain't know she father 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 de Americans all have their pleasure While the music played to their leisure Everybody there they were jumpin' To hear the sailor boys in our chorus 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