Alberta Hunter — Vamping Brown Take 4

[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 Now when the other girls swarm here Here's what Cora said: [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 went up on the mountain, looked down in the sea The fishes in the water tried to flirt with me Still I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the samе [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] Lord, I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just thе same 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 Still I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same [Chorus] You better stop your good man from smiling in my face Or you'll wake up some morning and find me in your place Still I'm a plain little brown from a one-horse town But I'm vamping just the same