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Brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la, 
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there's a brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la la. 
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Brown girl in the ring, tra la la la la, 
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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.
 
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Old head water run dry, nowhere to wash my clothes.
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Old head water run dry, got nowhere to wash my clothes. 
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I remember one saturday night, we had fried fish and Johnny cakes. 
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I remember one saturday night, we had fried fish and Johnny cakes, 
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dang-adang, dang-a-dang.