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The Brown-Skin Gal (In the Calico Gown)
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Duke Ellington
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She's a camp town tune at a barbecue
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An old fashioned curt'sy and a how dee ya' do
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A tintype from somebody's locket
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The wind and the stars and the earth
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But in practical terms of the pocket
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Here's how I measure her worth
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A penny for the moon, a nickel for a dream
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A quarter for a tune like the 'Old Mill Stream'
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But I'd give a dollar and my heart to follow to
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The brown-skin gal in the calico gown
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A puzzler for a pal, a jack-knife for a song
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A garter for a gal in a blue sarong
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But I'd give a necklace because I'm reckless
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For a kiss from the miss in the calico gown
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Haven't much use for worldly goods
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Robin Hood's for me, if my love's worth a nickel
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It's worth a Peso mine for the giving
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Hers for the say so
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A penny for a cart to take her out to dine
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A scissor cuts a heart on a valentine
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Then a sky-blue bonnet with pink ribbons on it
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For the brown-skin gal in the calico gown
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A penny for the moon, a nickel for a dream
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A quarter for a tune like the 'Old Mill Stream'
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But I'd give a dollar and my heart to follow to
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The brown-skin gal in the calico gown
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A puzzler for a pal, a jack-knife for a song
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A garter for a gal in a blue sarong
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But I'd give a necklace because I'm reckless
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For a kiss from the miss in the calico gown
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Haven't much use for worldly goods
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Robin Hood's for me, if my love's worth a nickel
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It's worth a Peso mine for the giving
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Hers for the say so
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A penny for a cart to take her out to dine
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A scissor cuts a heart on a valentine
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Then a sky-blue bonnet with pink ribbons on it
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For the brown-skin gal in the calico gown
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