Broadway Revival (2015) The Color Purple Musical - Brown Betty Lyrics
"Brown Betty" is a song from the Broadway musical The Color Purple performed by Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Squeak, Cynthia Erivo (Celie), and Male Ensemble.
CELIE (to harpo): You gon' let sofia go? HARPO: I have to. I can't stop her. CELIE: What you gon' do then? HARPO: I'm gon' tear down this house she made me build, And make myself a jukejoint. Brown-legged woman put a spell on me. BUDDY & OTHER BUDDY: Oh, brown betty! BUDDY 3: Time you forget about sofia. BUDDY 4: She not comin' back. HARPO: She chop me down like an ol' oak tree. HARPO & TWO BUDDIES: Don't matter if she Big-legged, brown-eyed, Big-eyed, brown-legged . . . Whatever she done, that girl sho was fine. SQUEAK: What y'all buildin' here? HARPO: Jukejoint. SQUEAK: Ya'll need a waitress? My name's squeak. HARPO: Hoowhee! Gonna make you holler like a wild cat do HARPO & BUDDIES: Oh, brown betty! HARPO: When i throw my mojo down on you. HARPO & BUDDIES: Don't matter if she Big-legged, brown-eyed, Big-eyed, brown-legged . . . Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine. BUDDIES: Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine. Huh! SQUEAK: Who gon' sing at your jukejoint? HARPO: Whoever want to, i guess. SQUEAK: You get shug avery come sing here you make a lot of money. She sing for you, Harpo. I know she will. You so pretty. HARPO: Men ain't pretty. SQUEAK: You is. If you wanna eat the apple Offa dis here tree . . . HARPO & BUDDIES: Yeah, brown betty! SQUEAK: . . . Don't bring nothin' but Your sweet stuff Home to me. HARPO & BUDDIES: Don't matter if she Big-legged . . . 8 BUDDIES: Big-legged, HARPO: Brown-eyed, BUDDIES: Brown-eyed HARPO: Big-eyed, BUDDIES: Big-eyed, HARPO: Brown-legged, BUDDIES: Brown-legged . . . HARPO & BUDDIES: Whatever she is, That girl sho is fine. HARPO: Whatever she is, That girl sho is fine.
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The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS Huckleberry Pie/ Mysterious Ways Somebody Gonna Love You Our Prayer That Fine Mister Big Dog Nettie & Lily of the Field Dear God - Sofia A Tree Named Sofia Hell No! Brown Betty Shug Avery Comin' to Town All We Got to Say Dear God - Shug Too Beautiful for Words Push Da Button Uh-Oh What About Love? African Homeland The Color Purple Celie's Curse Miss Celie's Pants Any Little Thing What About Love? (Reprise) I'm Here The Color Purple (Reprise)
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