Now it's, run here, brownie, set down on my knee Now it's, run here, brownie, set down on my knee Just pray to the world, babe, how you mistreatin' me Want no jet-black woman, burn no bread for me Want no jet-black woman, burn no bread for me Jet-black is evil and she sure might poison me Jet-black is evil, so is yella too Jet-black is evil, so is yella too I'm so glad I'm brown-skinned, don't know what to do My Mama's dead, oh, so is my Papa too My Mama's dead, oh, so is my Papa too I'm so glad I'm brown-skinned, don't know what to do