Ethel Waters — Brown Baby

[Intro] Hello folks, I'm back again [Verse 1] I'm going back to a Tennessee town Back on a visit to my chocolate brown Way up the river we will row Up and down the levee we will go I've got some baby waiting for me My brown baby in old Tennessee When he starts to lovin', that's when he shines I'm just crazy 'bout that baby of mine [Chorus] Do you suppose I ever will know, brown baby What he has got that makes me love him so, brown baby Every time he smiles, he almost sets me wild He makes a grown-up woman act just like a child Brown baby in dear old Tennessee [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2] Now, he don't use no Poro No Palmer's "Skin-Success" But what he's got, it's all his own And he's surely got the best His eyes are just like midnight Best lookin' man in town And I'll tell the world I'm crazy 'Bout my chocolate brown [Chorus] But do you suppose I ever will know, brown baby What he has got that makes me love him so, oh, brown baby Every time he smiles, he almost sets me wild He makes a grown up woman act just like a child Brown baby, baby in dear old Tennessee