486. Fair Brown
For the charge that a woman will "play sick" on her man when she has another lover, see Odum's findings of Negro song in JAFL XXIV 283.
No title. Contributed hv H. A. Cherry, Lilesville, Anson county, rroh-
ably in 1922 or thereabouts. For the division into hnes the editor is in
some places responsible.
1 Fair brown. () fair brown.
What makes you hold your head so high ?
Don't you remember
You got to lie down and die ?
2 Say, these Norfolk women
Working up a plan
How to git the money
From the poor ol' workin' man.
3 Tell you one thing
You good gals'U do:
Drink gin all day and night
And play sick on you.
4 Fm goin' to commissary.
Have my account worked up;
Want to see how much liciuor
That my good gal drinked up.
5 Just as sure as the Lord
Sits on his throne above,
Life ain't no pleasure
'Cept you get the girl you love.
6 I ain't going to marry.
I ain't going to settle down.
Fm going to stay 'round here
Till my mustache drags the ground.
7 I love my fair brown,
Tell the world I do.
When she's in trouble
I'm in trouble too.