Lyr. Add: MILLIE GONE TO BRAZIL

(C)Millie gone to Bra- (C)zil
Oh (G)Lawd, poor (C)Millie.
Mil-(C)lie gone to Bra- (C)zil
Oh (G)Lawd, poor (C)Millie.
Wid de (C)wi-ah tie up she (F)wais'
An de (G)razor cut up she (C)face
(Repeat the last two lines)

Millie down in de well,
Oh Lawd, poor Millie.
Millie down in de well
Oh Lawd, poor Millie.
Wid de wiah tie up she wais'
An' de razor cut up she face.
(Repeat the last two lines)

With musical score (moderately fast) and chords, p. 39.

A song from the 1920s. A man called Bailey murdered his common-law wife and deposited her corpse in a well. When questioned, he claimed that she had gone to Brazil. He was tried and condemned to hang.
(At the time, Barbadians were migrating to South, as well as North America).

Marshall, McGeary and Thompson, 1981 and reprints, Folk Songs of Barbados, Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica.