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Thread #91943 Message #1752203
Posted By: Barry Finn
03-Jun-06 - 12:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Sally Brown -- unexpurgated
Subject: RE: Sally Brown -- unexpurgated
Here's a Brittish West Indian version, Sally' cousin.Tune is quite different from the others. From Roger Abrahams's collection in 'Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore'.
Barry
Feeny Brown
Fenny Brown is the belle of Bermuda
Ch: Ay yo Feeny
Fenny Brown is the belle of Bermuda
Ch: Spend my money on Feeny Brown
Grand Chorus: Give her a dollar an' she hol' for another
Ay yo, Fenny
Give her a dollar & she hol' another
Spend my money on Feeny Brown
Feeny Brown was a worldiest mulatta
Feeny Brown was a worldiest mulatta
Feeny Brown always chew tabacco
Feeny Brown always chew tobacco
Fenny Brown was a bright mulatta
Feeny Brown was a bright mulatta