Alberta Hunter — Vamping Brown Take 2

[Verse] Now Cora Lee from Tennessee Had diamonds by the score Big fur coat and picture hat Still she'd play you for more And all the boys were simply wild About this vamping babe And when the other girls swarm here Here's what they did say: [Chorus] Girls, I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same I'm plain in my style with my big, broad smile "Cheerful Memphis," my nickname I was born in Virginia, reared in Tennessee I'm like a [?] I'm just a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same [Chorus] Lord, I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same I'm plain in my style with my big, broad smile "Cheerful Memphis," my nickname I went up on the mountain, looked down in the sea The fishes in the water tried to flirt with me 'Cause I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same [Chorus] I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same Lord, I'm plain in my style with my big, broad smile "Cheerful Memphis," my nickname My name's Alberta, home's in a lion's den And my daily occupation is stealing monkey-women's men I'm just a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same