In the 2009 post from GUEST,nuts for lyrics, it is said that there is a "Mississippi John Hurt song which has the following lines"

And i wuld like to correct the original transcription:

GUEST,nuts for lyrics gave it as

Some crave high up, I like black and brown.
Some crave high up, I like black and brown,
Black won't quit you, brown won't (lay you down?)

But i have known "Big Leg Blues" since ever, and i clearly hear it as

Some crave high yellow, I like black and brown.
Some crave high yellow, I like black and brown,
Black won't quit you, brown won't lay you down

Furthermore, to this thread should be added Bo Weavil Jackson's 1926 Paramount record "Some Scream High Yellow" -- two years before the Mississippi John Hurt recording.

Some screaming high yellow, I scream black or brown
For high yellow may mistreat you, but black won't turn you down