Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Black, Brown and White, artist - Big Bill Broonzy. Album song The King of Blues, in the genre Блюз
Date of issue: 23.04.2020
Record label: Master Tape
Song language: English
Black, Brown and White |
This little song that I’m singin' about, |
People you know it’s true |
If you’re black and gotta work for a living, |
This is what they will say to you, |
They say «if you was white, should be all right, |
If you was brown, stick around, |
But as you’s black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back» |
I was in a place one night |
They was all having fun |
They was all buyin' beer and wine, |
But they would not sell me none |
They said, «if you was white, should be all right, |
If you was brown, stick around, |
But if you black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back» |
Me and a man was workin' side by side |
This is what it meant |
They was paying him a dollar an hour, |
And they was paying me fifty cent |
They said, «if you was white, 't should be all right, |
If you was brown, could stick around, |
But as you black, hmm boy, get back, get back, get back» |
I went to an employment office, |
Got a number 'n' I got in line |
They called everybody’s number, |
But they never did call mine |
They said, «if you was white, should be all right, |
If you was brown, could stick around, |
But as you black, hmm brother, get back, get back, get back» |
I hope when sweet victory, |
With my plough and hoe |
Now I want you to tell me brother, |
What you gonna do about the old Jim Crow? |
Now if you was white, should be all right, |
If you was brown, could stick around, |
But if you black, whoa brother, get back, get back, get back |