Brown Gal

Transcribed from Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, recorded October 27, 1936.
From Lil Hardin Armstrong and Her Swing Orchestra, 1936-1940, Chronological Classics,  vol. 564.

Now I'm mighty like a rose, all dressed up in fancy clothes;
I'm just another brown gal that's all full of vim;
Well, here's the fix that I'm left in:

Now, I'm a brown gal,
Brown gal,
Makin' my life just a bubble,
Not even takin' the trouble to even blow the bubbles away.

Hmmm, brown gal,
Chocolate gal,
Got good intentions, but I break all conventions,
And I'm changing all my nights into days.

Hmmm, baby, now, the hot blazin' sun,
Has tanned my skin,
Too dark for trouble to find a way in,
Now, lordy, I can see,
Folks just laughin' at me;
But I was just naturally-born lazy!

Brown gal,
Chocolate gal,
Makin' my life just a bubble,
Not even takin' the trouble to even blow bubbles away.

Ooh, brown gal,
Chocolate gal,
Makin' my life just a bubble,
Not even takin' the trouble to even blow bubbles away.

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