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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 camptown tune at a barbecue,
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an old fashioned curt'sy
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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 foller to
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The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown.
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A puzzler for a pal
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A jack-knife for a song, a garter for a gal
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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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Havent 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 foller to
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The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown.
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A puzzler for a pal
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A jack-knife for a song, a garter for a gal
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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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Havent 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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Duke Ellington The Brown Skin Gal In The Calico Gown
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