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Levon


Levon
Composer(s): Elton John - Bernie Taupin
First release by: Elton John - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus 'cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town

Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway

He was born a pauper
To a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times
Said God is dead and war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today

And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon

Levons sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leave Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies

And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon

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Bruton Town


Bruton Town
(Traditional)
Performer(s): The Pentangle
and various other artists



In Bruton town there lived a farmer
Who had two sons and one daughter dear
By day and night they were contriving
To fill their parents' heart with fear

He told his secrets to no other
But unto her brother this he said
'I think our servant courts our sister
I think they has a great mind to wed
I'll put an end to all their courtship
I'll send him silent to his grave'

They asked him to go a-hunting
Without any fear or strife
And these two bold and wicked villains
They took away this young man's life

And in the ditch there was no water
Where only bush and briars grew
They could not hide the blood of slaughter
So in the ditch his body they threw

When they returned home from hunting
She asked for her servant-man
"I ask because I see you whisper
So brothers tell me if you can"

"O sister, you do offend me
Because you so examine me
We've lost him where we've been a-hunting
No more of him we could not see"

As she lay dreaming on her pillow
She thought she saw her heart's delight
By her bed side as she lay weeping
He was dressed all in his bloody coat

"Don't weep for me, my dearest jewel
Don't weep for me nor care nor pine
For your two brothers killed me so cruel
In such a place you may me find"

As she rose early the very next morning
With heavy sigh and bitter groan
The only love that she admired
She found in the ditch where he was thrown

Three days and nights she did sit by him
And her poor heart was filled with woe
Till cruel hunger crept upon her
And home she was obliged to go

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Lettre Ouverte


Lettre Ouverte
Composer(s): Bernard Lavilliers
Performer(s): Bernard Lavilliers



Le silence des ports enflamme ma planète
Les ondes des radios surveillent mes décors
Princesse de la nuit, fille des astres morts
La centrale atomique pose son théorème

Dans la veine bleutée du junky qui délire
Noyé dans la musique coule un liquide froid
Qui mesure en c.c. ce qui reste à vivre
De nos cerveaux rongés monte l'hymne à la joie

Je suis un écrivain ivre de dialectique
J'ai l'optimisme suisse sur un compte bloqué
À peu près aussi drôle qu'une porte de clinique
Qui s'ouvre sur la morgue juste après le guichet

Souriez ! souriez ! déchirez-vous la gueule!
Ordre nouveau est là, pour nos petits enfants!
Mr. Pauwels s'en va fleurir nos camisoles
Dans les matins magiques et les buissons ardents!

Je suis un pessimiste et payé par personne
Au-dessus de mes yeux poussent des fleurs fanées
La fumée des usines me fait une couronne
Ma mère a enfantè dans les pieds d'un crassier

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Brussels Blues


Brussels Blues
Composer(s): Benny Goodman; Jimmy Rushing
Performer(s): Benny Goodman



I'm going to Brussels, dig that Brussels fair
And I'm going to Brussels, dig that Brussels fair
Big shot, little shot, square's gonna be there

They're gonna jump and shout, we're gonna have a real good time
We gonna jump and shout and have a real good time
Benny Goodman gonna swing, if he doesn't change his mind

We gonna rock, we gonna rock this joint
We gonna rock, we gonna roll this joint
We gonna swing, we gonna swing this joint
We gonna rock, we gonna rock this joint
We gonna rock, we gonna swing this joint
We gonna rock, we gonna rock the fair
We gonna rock, we gonna jump the fair
We gonna rock, we gonna roll the joint
We gonna rock, we gonna sell the joint
We gonna rock, we gonna fire the joint
We gonna rock, we gonna rock this joint
We gonna rock this joint tonight

Going to Brussels, going to have a real good time
Yes I'm going to Brussels, and have me a real good time
Things gonna be all right, things gonna be real fine

Didn't spend a dime and I ain't got nothin' to lose
Didn't spend a dime and I ain't got nothin' to lose
Yes, and left me with those Brussels blues

We gonna rock, we gonna rock this joint... etc...

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Lettre À Mon Père


Lettre À Mon Père
Composer(s): Yves Duteil
Performer(s): Yves Duteil



Je te cherchais depuis lontemps
tu m'as laissé en t'en allant
un grand paquet de mots d'amour
et ce silence encore si lourd
le souvenir de ces chimères
que tu fuyais pendant la guère
les bateaux, les trains, les camions
les quais de gare et les wagons
la frayeur de ces années noires
je la lisais dans ton regard
avec l'horreur, le désespoir
et le travail obligatoire
peut-être un jour si tu m'attends
on parlera de tout ce temps
on a perdu sans rien se dire
ne pas savoir se sourire
quand je sentais venir la fin
je me revois tenir ta main
et te parler pendant des heures
en regardant battre ton coeur
a ta façon, tu nous aimais
mais tous les mots qu'on attendait
restaient enfouis bien trop profond
en souffrance dans leur prison
de la haut, si tu nous entends
reviens vers nous de temps en temps
as-tu enfin trouvé la paix
et le repos là où tu es
j'avais tout juste 50 ans
tu m'as légué en t'en allant
ce regard triste et douloureux
un portrait d'enfant malheureux
qui n'a pas pu trouver sa place
enfermé dans sa carapace
et sur qui les fées ni les dieux
n'ont jamais du poser les yeux
aprés avoir tant bien que mal
grandit à l'ombre d'une étoile
sans pour autant trouvé le nord
il t'a fallu partir encore
marcher de nuit à travers champ
mais dans tes lettres avec le temps
de ces souffrances et de ces peurs
il ne reste que le meilleur

hum...

à ta façon, tu nous aimais
mais tous les mots qu'on attendait
restaient enfouis bien trop profond
en souffrance dans leur prison
de là haut, si tu nous entends
reviens vers nous de temps en temps
as-tu enfin trouvé la paix
et le repos là où tu es
toi mon père que j'aimais tant
je te cherchais depuis longtemps
mais tu voyages désormais
pres de moi bien plus que jamais
repose en paix dans nos mémoires
le plus tendre de notre histoire
se sont les mots qu'on a pas dit
c'est à toi que je les dédie

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Brussel (Liliane Saint-Pierre)


Brussel
Performer(s): Liliane Saint-Pierre



Brussel, Brussel
Zonder zonneschijn
Brussel, Brussel
Kan zo somber zijn

Brussel, Brussel
Lijkt oneindig grauw
Brussel, Brussel
Zonder hemelblauw

Nat en bedampt, de straten
Rond het Brouckèreplein
En iedereen die langs je gaat
Lijkt even bedroefd te zijn

Brussel, Brussel
Zonder zonneschijn
Brussel, Brussel
Kan zo somber zijn

Eenzaam rondom de Grote Markt (Brussel)
Zelfs ieder mens kijkt boos
De bassiliek van Koekelberg (Brussel)
Is donker en troosteloos

Maar dan opeens is daar de zon (Brussel)
De stad krijgt een andere kleur
De mensen, ze stralen weer (Brussel)
En hebben een goed humeur

Brussel, mmm Brussel
In de zonneschijn
Brussel, Brussel
Kan zo heerlijk zijn

Brussel, Brussel
In de zonneschijn
Brussel, Brussel
Kan zo heerlijk zijn

Brussel, mmm Brussel
In de zonneschijn
Brussel, Brussel
Kan zo heerlijk zijn

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C'était Trop Beau


C'était Trop Beau
((Adapted from: Baby Don't Go (Sonny & Cher) - 1964))
Composer(s): Sonny Bono - Georges Aber
Performer(s): Sylvie Vartan - 1965



C'était trop beau
Ils vont se quitter bientôt

On doit fermer sa porte
Oublier le passé
Le temps des amours mortes un jour
Qui m'ont tant fait pleurer
Un seul regret
Cet amour-là, on y croyait

C'était trop beau
Ils vont se quitter bientôt
Sans un mot
Ils vont se quitter bientôt

On écrit sur le sable
Des beaux serments d'un jour
On les croyait capables
De s'aimer pour toujours
Que de regrets !
Ça vous fait mal rien que d'y penser

C'était trop beau
Ils vont se quitter bientôt
Sans un mot
Ils vont se quitter bientôt

Quand un amour s'achève
Un peu comme le mien
Plus la romance est brève
Moins on a de chagrin
Tant pis pour moi
Mais j'ai mal pour ces deux -là

C'était trop beau
Ils vont se quitter bientôt
Sans un mot
Ils vont se quitter bientôt

{x2:}
Sans un mot
Ils vont se quitter bientôt

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Brussel (Liesbeth List)


Brussel
French Title: Bruxelles
Composer(s): E.v. Altena; G. Jouannest; Jacques Brel
Performer(s): Liesbeth List



Brussel was toen nog een bruisende stad
Brussel was toen oh la la en olijk
Brussel was toen nog een ruisende stad
Brussel en Brussel was vrij en vrolijk

Op de Brouckèreplaats was het gala en bal
Heren met strohoed en zware knevels
dames met sleepjurk en parasol
De paardentram schoof langs oude gevels
Op het rembak zaten twee mensen blij te praten
hij mijn opa zaliger, zij mijn oma zaliger
Hij was sergeant-majoortje, zij zat op een kantoortje
Hij dacht niet na, zij dacht aan niets
dus wie verwacht van mij nog iets?

Oh, Brussel was toen nog een zwierige stad
Brussel was toen oh la la en olijk
Brussel was toen nog een tierige stad
Brussel en Brussel was vrij en vrolijk

Op de kasseien rond de Sinte-Katelijn
dansten de sleepjurken en de knevels
Op de kasseien was ‘t een dansend festijn
De paardentram danste langs de gevels
En op het rembak zaten twee mensen blij te praten
hij mijn opa zaliger, zij mijn oma zaliger
Hij had haar ingenomen, zij had hem laten komen
‘t Was vrije keus van allebei
dus wie verwacht er ernst van mij?

Oh, Brussel was toen nog een dansende stad
Brussel was toen oh la la en olijk
Brussel was toen nog een chansende stad
Brussel en Brussel was vrij en vrolijk

In het gaslicht rondom de Sinte-Justine
zongen de sleepjurken en de knevels
In het gaslicht zong strohoed en crenoline
De paardentram knarste langs de gevels
En op het rembak zaten twee mensen blij te praten
hij mijn opa zaliger, zij mijn oma zaliger
Voor hem kwam de oorlog nader
bij haar kwam gauw mijn vader
Ze zongen als de nachtegaal
dus wie verwacht van mij moraal?

Brussel was toen nog een bruisende stad
Brussel was toen oh la la en olijk
Brussel was toen nog een ruisende stad
Brussel en Brussel was vrij en vrolijk, lijk

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Lettre À Hélène


Lettre À Hélène
Performer(s): Dave



Cette lettre que je t'envoie
Dieu seul sait quand tu la recevras
au fin fond de l'hémisphère
où les saisons tournent à l'envers
Quelle idée, ma douce Hélène
de t'exiler aux iles des Kerguelen

Hélène, si je t'écris
aux Kerguelen, c'est parce qu'ici
sans le savoir, tu as laissé quelqu'un qui t'aime
Hélène
Hélène j'ai froid au cœur
de mon côté de l'équateur
aux antipodes, as-tu trouvé quelqu'un qui t'aime
Hélène

Moi et la géographie
on est devenus bons amis
et je passe des heures entières
tout seul devant le planisphère
Mais de ton île, je ne sais rien
sinon qu'elle est dans l'océan indien

Hélène, si mon appel
arrive jusqu'à ton archipel
par le premier courrier, donne-moi des nouvelles
Hélène, je t'aime
Hélène, ça rime à quoi
de vivre au sud pour avoir froid
et de passer l'été comme en hiver
Hélène, je t'aime

Hélène, si je t'écris
aux Kerguelen, c'est parce qu'ici
sans le savoir, tu as laissé quelqu'un qui t'aime
Hélène
Hélène, si mon appel
arrive jusqu'à ton archipel
par le premier courrier
donne-moi des nouvelles
Hélène, je t'aime

Hélène, si je t'écris
aux Kerguelen, c'est parce qu'ici
sans le savoir
tu as laissé quelqu'un qui t'aime, Hélène

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Brush Up Your Shakespeare


Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Composer(s): Cole Porter
Performer(s): Harry Clark
and various other artists



The girls today in society go for classical poetry
So to win their hearts one must quote with ease
Aeschylus and Euripides
One must know Homer, and believe me, Beau
Sophocles, also Sappho-ho
Unless you know Shelley and Keats and Pope
Dainty Debbies will call you a dope

But the poet of them all
Who will start 'em simply ravin'
Is the poet people call
The Bard of Stratford on Avon

{Refrain}
Brush up your Shakespeare
Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the women you will wow

Just declaim a few lines from Othella
And they'll think you're a hell of a fella
If your blonde won't respond when you flatter 'er
Tell her what Tony told Cleopatterer

If she fights when her clothes you are mussing
What are clothes? Much ado about nussing
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kow-tow

{Refrain}

With the wife of the British ambassida
Try a crack out of Troilus and Cressida
If she says she won't buy it or like it
Make her tike it, what's more As You Like It

If she says your behavior is heinous
Kick her right in the Coriolanus
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kow-tow

{Refrain}

If you can't be a ham and do Hamlet
They will not give a damn or a damlet
Just recite an occasional sonnet
And your lap'll have honey upon it

When your baby is pleading for pleasure
Let her sample your Measure for Measure
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kow-tow - Forsooth
And they'll all kow-tow
And they'll all kow-tow

{Refrain}

Better mention "The Merchant Of Venice"
When her sweet pound o' flesh you would menace
If her virtue, at first, she defends---well
Just remind her that "All's Well That Ends Well"

And if still she won't give you a bonus
You know what Venus got from Adonis
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kow-tow - Thinkst thou?
And they'll all kow-tow - Odds bodkins
And they'll all kow-tow

{Refrain}

If your goil is a Washington Heights dream
Treat the kid to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
If she then wants an all-by-herself night
Let her rest ev'ry 'leventh or "Twelfth Night"

If because of your heat she gets huffy
Simply play on and "Lay on, Macduffy!"
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kow-tow - Forsooth
And they'll all kow-tow - Thinkst thou?
And they'll all kow-tow - We trou'
And they'll all kow-tow

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Letting In The Sunshine


Letting In The Sunshine
Composer(s): Noel Gay
Performer(s): Sam Browne; Scott Wood



I'm letting in the sunshine
It's shining everywhere
I'm letting in the sunshine
For both of us to share

I'm opening the windows
For summer's in the air
I'm letting in the sunshine
For both of us to share

Can't you see that all the dull days and grey skies are over
Can't you see that we'll be living from now on in clover

While lovely little sunbeams
Are dancing everywhere
I'm letting in the sunshine
For both of us to share

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Bruit De Fond


Bruit De Fond
Composer(s): Françoise Hardy
Performer(s): Françoise Hardy



Il me parle des autres
Je lui parle de lui
Il me parle d'ailleurs
Je lui parle d'ici
Et je parle et je parle
Mais lorsque vient son tour
Ou bien il ne dit rien
Ou répond à côté
Et il est mon mur de pierre
Et je suis son bruit de fond
Comme je sais très mal
Ce qui lui fait du bien
Souvent je suis en train
De lui faire du mal
Je veux le retenir
Il est déjà parti
Il veut me faire plaisir
Et empire les choses
Et il est mon mur de pierre
Et je suis son bruit de fond

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Letting Go


Letting Go
Composer(s): Doug Crider - Matt Rollings
Performer(s): Suzy Bogguss



She'll take the painting in the hallway
The one she did in junior high
And that old lamp up in the attic
She'll need some light to study by

She's had 18 years to get ready for this day
She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now,
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting
It's never easy letting go

Mother sits down at the table
So many things she'd like to do
Spend more time out in the garden
Now she can get those books read too

She's had 18 years to get ready for this day
She should be past the tears, she cries some anyway

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting
It's never easy letting go

Oh oh letting go
There's nothing in the way now
Oh letting go, there's room enough to fly
And even though, she's spent her whole life waiting
It's never easy letting go

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Browning


Browning
Composer(s): Raymond Asso; Jean Villard
Performer(s): Edith Piaf



Y avait qu'à r'garder sa figure
Et tout de suite on comprenait
Monsieur Browning, qu'on l'appelait
Un nom qui sentait l'aventure
C'était le roi du revolver
Il en avait de magnifiques
Qu'il avait ram'nés d'Amérique
Où qu'on fabriqu' les vrais gangsters
Il nous racontait son histoire
Son premier crim' et puis la gloire
Browning, Browning
Il nous montrait des tas d'photos
Pris's en premièr' pag' des journaux
Browning, Browning
Il nous disait: "Vous autr's en France
Vous manquez encor' d'expérience"
Browning, Browning
Avec ça, pas besoin d'êtr' fort
C'est l'maladroit qu'a toujours tort
Et viv' Browning

Parc' qu'il avait de l'élégance
Et des costum's de cinéma
Il nous r'gardait de haut en bas
Avec mépris et insolence
Et tout's nos femm's, ell's l'admiraient
"Ah! comment c'est qu'il a d'allure
Et ce typ' là, quelle envergure"
Mais nous, les homm's, il nous courait
C'était toujours la mêm' histoire
Son premier crim' et puis la gloire
Browning, Browning
On l'voyait sur les grands journaux
Juste à côté d'Greta Garbo
Browning, Browning
A l'écouter, on d'venait bête
On n'avait plus qu'ça dans la tête
Browning, Browning
Et nous pensions "Marre à la fin!
Il nous ennuie, l'Américain
Et son Browning"

Pour nous apprendr' la vraie manière
Pour nous donner un' bonn' leçon
Il a tenu, ce brav' garçon
A nous montrer son savoir-faire
C'est dans un' sall' de restaurant
Qu'il a voulu fair' l'expérience
Mais le pauvr' typ' n'a pas eu d'chance
Comme il sortait ses instruments
Il a roulé sous la banquette
Avec un p'tit trou dans la tête
Browning, Browning
Oh ça n'a pas claqué bien fort
Mais tout de mêm', il en est mort
Browning, Browning
Et puis quelqu'un dans le silence
A dit "Maint'nant à quoi qu'tu penses
Browning, Browning?"
Il pens' plus rien puisqu'il est mort
Tu parlais trop... ben t'as eu tort
Bye-Bye, Browning

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Letters Have No Arms


Letters Have No Arms
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb - Arbie Gibson
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb
and multiple other artists



I just got your letter dearest sweetheart
And darlin’, I miss you, oh, so much
Your letter has cheered me but I’m lonesome
Lonesome just to feel you lovin’ touch

Letters have no arms to hold me
Kiss on paper are so cold
These sweet things that you write in your letters
I want to be with you dear when told

Letters never bring me the touch of your hand
Or none of your sweet lovin’ charms
I get so lonesome for you darlin’
And you know that Letters Have No Arms

Letters have no arms to hold me
Kiss on paper are so cold
These sweet things that you write in your letters
I want to be with you dear when told

Letters never bring me the touch of your hand
Or none of your sweet lovin’ charms
I get so lonesome for you darlin’
And you know that Letters Have No Arms

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Brown Eyed Handsome Man


Brown Eyed Handsome Man
Composer(s): Chuck Berry
Originally performed by: Chuck Berry
Covered by various other artists



Arrested on charges of unemployment
he was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said you free that brown eyed man
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man

Flying across the desert in a TWA
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man

Way back in history three thousand years
Back every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown eyed handsome man
That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man

Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
That's what your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man

Two, three count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
That won the game; it was a brown eyed handsome man

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Letter B


Letter B
Composer(s): Christopher Cerf
Performer(s): The Sesame Street Beetles



When I find I can't remember
What comes after
"A" and before "C"
My mother always whispers
"Letter B"

She told me "B" starts
"Big" and "bird" and
"Ball" and "bat" and "battery"
Yes, buh-buh-buh-buh-buh means
Letter B

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B
She whispers "Buh-buh-buh means Letter B"

And when I feel downhearted
Mother whispers
"B" words constantly
Like "bib," "Bob," "Bulb," and "bubble"
Letter B

Now in my hour of darkness
There's a sound I know will comfort me
It's the buh-buh-buh-buh-buh of
Letter B

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B
My mother whispers "B" words
Letter B

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B
My mother whispers "B" words
Letter B

Letter B, letter B, letter B, letter B
Bless the "buh-buh" sound of
Letter B

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Brown Sugar


Brown Sugar
Composer(s): Mick Jagger; Keith Richard
Originally performed by: The Rolling Stones
Covered by various other artists



Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him whip the women, just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

Drums beating cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' where it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You should a heard him just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a black girl should

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all here boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no school boy but I know what I like
You should have heard me just around midnight

Ah, brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
How come you... How come you taste so good?
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew
Just like a black girl should
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, whew

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Let's Work Together


Let's Work Together
((Adapted from: Let's Stick Together (by Wilbert Harrison) (1962))
Composer(s): Wilbert Harrison
Performer(s): Canned Heat - 1970
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1987 - Wi-j Doet 'T Samen (by Normaal)
1991 - Let's Wörk Togesser (by Torfrock)



Together we stand
Divided we fall
Come on now people let's get on the ball
Let's work together
Come on come on let's work together

Make someone happy
Make someone smile
Let's all work together and make life worthwhile
Let's work together
Come on come on let's work together
Together we will stand every boy
Every woman and man

2 or 3 minutes
2 or 3 hours
What does it matter in this life of ours
Come on come on let's work together
Together we will stand every boy
Every woman and man

When things go wrong as they sometimes will
When the road that you travel seems all up hill
Come on come let's work together
Together we still stand every boy
Every woman and man

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Brown Skin Girl


Brown Skin Girl
Composer(s): Norman Spann
Performer(s): Harry Belafonte
and various other artists



Everything to keep me from sleeping
A lot of sailor boys they were leaving
And everybody there was jumping
To hear the sailor boys in Alcora singing

Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
I'm going away in a sailing boat
And if I don't come back
Stay home and mind baby

Now the Americans made an invasion
We thought it was a help to the island
Until they left from here on vacation
They left the native boy here to mind their children

Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby ....

Now I tell you the story bout Millie
She made a nice blue eyed baby
And they say she fancy the mother
But the blue eyed baby ain't know she father

Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby ....

Now the Americans all have their pleasure
While the music play to their leisure
Everybody there they were jumping
To hear the sailor boys in Alcora singing

Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
Brown skin girl stay home and mind baby
I'm going away in a sailing boat
And if I don't get back
Stay home and mind baby

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