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the color purple broadway cast - brown betty lyrics

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[men, spoken]
you sick?

[harpo, spoken]
nah, i ain’t sick

(sung)
brown-legged woman put a spell on me

[men, sung]
oh, brown betty

(spoken)
you forget about sofia
she not comin’ back

[harpo]
she chopped me down like an old oak tree

[men]
don’t matter if she’s

[harpo] (men)
big-legged (big-legged)
brown-eyed (brown-eyed)
big-eyed (big-eyed)
brown-legged (brown-legged)

[men]
whatever she done, that girl sure was fine

[squeak, spoken]
what y’all buildin’ here?

[harpo, spoken]
jukejoint

[squeak, spoken]
y’all need a waitress?

[harpo, spoken]
sure do
be done a week from today, you come back then

[squeak, spoken]
alright then, i will
got my outfit already
you like yella’?

my name’s squeak!

[harpo, sung]
gonna make you holler like a wildcat do

[men, sung]
oh, brown betty

[harpo]
when i throw my mojo down on you

[men]
don’t matter if she’s

[harpo] (men)
big-legged (big-legged)
brown-eyed (brown-eyed)
big-eyed (big-eyed)
brown-legged (brown-legged)

[men]
whatever she is, that girl sure is fine
whatever she is, that girl sure is fine
whoa!

[squeak, spoken]
who gonna sing at your jukejoint?

[harpo, spoken]
whoever want to, i guess

[squeak]
i always wanted to sing

[harpo]
what you sing about, girl?
being skinny?

[squeak]
well, you get shug avery to come sing here
you make a lotta money
she comin’ to town, y’know?

everybody gettin’ ready to lock up their mens
my momma say

[harpo]
uh-huh

[squeak]
is it true her daddy the preacher?
only he don’t speak to her anymore on account of her
having all them babies and never marrying their daddy

who their daddy? y’know?

[harpo]
he my daddy i think, only his daddy wouldn’t let him marry her

[squeak]
then shug avery practically your momma!
she’ll sing for you, harpo
i know she will

you so pretty

[harpo]
men ain’t pretty

[squeak]
you is!

(sung)

if you wanna eat the apple off of this here tree
(yeah, brown betty)
don’t bring nothing but your sweet stuff home to me

[men]
don’t matter if she’s

[harpo] (men)
big-legged (big-legged)
brown-eyed (brown-eyed)
big-eyed (big-eyed)
brown-legged (brown-legged)

[men]
whatever she is, that girl sure is fine

[harpo]
whatever she is, that girl sure is fine

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