Sally Brown

Ooh! Sally Brown she’s a bright mulatter,
Way, hay, roll an’go!
Ooh! She drinks rum an’ chaws terbacker.
Spend me money on me Sally Brown!

Ooh! Sally lives on the ol’ plantation,
Ooh! She’s a daughter of the Wild Goose Nation.

Ooh! Sally Brown is a big full rigger*
Her bow is big, but her starn is bigger.

Ooh! Sally’s teeth are white an’ pearly,
Her eyes are black an’ her hair’s curly.

Ooh! Sally lives in ol’ Jamaiker,
A-sellin’ rum an’ a-growin’ terbacker.

The sweetest flower in the valley,
There is me own, me pretty Sally.

Ooh! Seven long years I courted Sally,
Sais she, “Me boy, why do ye dally?”

Ooh! Sally Brown, what is the matter,
A pretty girl, but can’t git at ‘er.

Ooh! Sally Brown, I love ye dearly,
Ye had me heart, or very nearly.

Ooh! Sally Brown’s a creole lady,
I think she’s got a little* baby.

For many a year I crossed the water,
An’ now I’m courtin’ Sally’s daughter.

Ooh! Sally Brown, I kissed yer daughter,
An’ other things I didn’t aught’er.

Ooh! Sally Brown, I’m about ter leave yer,
Ooh! Sally Brown, I’ll not deceive yer.