Brown Skin Girl

B E B E B E Everything to keep me from sleepin' B E A lot of sailor boys, they were leavin' B E And everybody there, they were jumpin' B E NC To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin' E B E "Ah de brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby B E Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" E E7 A I'm goin' away in a sailing boat E B E And if I don't come back, Stay home and mind, baby B E Now the Americans made an invasion B E We thought it was a help to the island B E Until they left from here on vacation B E NC They left the native boy home to mind their children E B E "Ah de brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby B E Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" E E7 A I'm goin' away in a sailing boat E B E And if I don't come back, Stay home and mind, baby B E Now I tell you de story 'bout Millie B E She made a nice blue-eyed baby B E They say she fancy the mother B E NC But the blue-eyed baby ain't know she father E B E E B E E E7 A E B E B E Now the Americans all have their pleasure B E While the music played to their leisure B E And everybody there they were jumpin' B E NC To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin' E B E "Ah de brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby B E Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" E E7 A I'm goin' away in a sailing boat E B E And if I don't come back, Stay home and mind, baby E B E "Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby B E Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" E E7 A I'm goin' away in a sailing boat E B E And if I don't come back, Stay home and mind, baby