The Brown Girl

Lyrics

I'm as brown as brown can be My eyes are black as sloe I'm as brick as a night-time nightingale As wild as the forest doe My love was high and proud A fortune by his side But a fairer maiden than ever I'll be He took to his bride He sent me a letter of love He sent it from the town He wrote to tell me his love was gone Because I was so brown I sent back his letter of love And in anger I wrote down Your love is wasted on such as me Because I am so brown Chorus I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl I heard not another word more Until six months passed by A doctor said he had a broken heart Without me he would die I went to his bedside I walked and never ran I laughed so loud and then louder still All at this love-sick man Chorus 'I prithee forget, said he 'I prithee forget and forgive Oh, grant me just a little space That I may be well and live Chorus I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day For twelve months and a day You'll die for betraying a bonny brown girl All on one summer's day Chorus