Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Brown Girl, artist - Steeleye Span. Date of issue: 26.05.2022
Song language: English
The Brown Girl |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| ‘I prithee forget, said he |
| ‘I prithee forget and forgive |
| Oh, grant me just a little space |
| That I may be well and live |
| 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 |