Big Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown & White Lyrics
This little song that I'm singin' aboutPeople you know it's trueIf you're black and gotta work for a livingThis is what they will say to youThey says if you was white, should be all rightIf you was brown, stick aroundBut as you's black, m-mm brother, git back git back git backI was in a place one nightThey was all having funThey was all byin' beer and wineBut they would not sell me noneThey said if you was white, should be all rightIf you was brown, stick aroundBut if you black, m-mm brother, git back git back git backMe and a man was workin' side by sideThis is what it meantThey was paying him a dollar an hourAnd they was paying me fifty centThey said if you was white, 't should be all rightIf you was brown, could stick aroundBut as you black, m-mm boy, git back git back git backI went to an employment officeGot a number 'n' I got in lineThey called everybody's numberBut they never did call mineThey said if you was white, should be all rightIf you was brown, could stick aroundBut as you black, m-mm brother, git back git back git backI hope when sweet victoryWith my plough and hoeNow I want you to tell me brotherWhat you gonna do about the old Jim Crow?Now if you was white, should be all rightIf you was brown, could stick aroundBut if you black, whoa brother, git back git back git back
