Standard (EADGBE)

Brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la,

there's a brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la la.

Brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la,

she looks like a sugar in the plum, plum, plum.

Show me a motion, tra la la la la,

come on, show me a motion, tra la la la la la,

show me a motion, tra la la la la,

she looks like a sugar in a plum, plum, plum.

Old head water run dry, nowhere to wash my clothes.

Old head water run dry, got nowhere to wash my clothes.

I remember one saturday night, we had fried fish and Johnny cakes.

I remember one saturday night, we had fried fish and Johnny cakes,

dang-adang, dang-[a]-dang.