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Thread #825   Message #2147444
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
12-Sep-07 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Finney Brown (chantey)
Subject: Lyr. Add: Feeny Brown (chantey)
Lyr. Add: FEENY BROWN

Feeny Brown is the belle of Bermuda.
Ay yo, Feeny.
Feeny Brown is the belle of Bermuda,
Spend my money on Feeny Brown. *

Oh, give her a dollar she hol' for anudder,
Ay yo, Feeny.
Give her a dollar she hol' for anudder,
Spend my money on the girls ashore.

Feeny Brown is the belle of Bermuda,
Ay yo, Feeny.
Feeny Brown is the wordliest(?) mulatta,
Spend my money on the girls ashore.

Give her a dollar she hol' for anodder,
Ay yo, Feeny.
Give her a dollar she hol' for anudder,
Spend my money on the girls ashore.

Etc., ad lib.
*Sung alternatels "spending money on the girls ashore."
With music score, pp. 60-61, Roger D. Abrahams, 1974, "Deep the Water, Shallow the Shore," Memoir Series, vol. 60, Univ. Texas Press, for the American Folklore Society.

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