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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