[Verse 1] Everything to keep me from sleepin' A lot of sailor boys, they were leavin' And everybody there, they were jumpin' To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin' [Chorus] "Ah de brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" I'm goin' away in a sailing boat And if I don't come back Stay home and mind, baby [Verse 2] Now the Americans made an invasion We thought it was a help to the island Until they left from here on vacation They left the native boy home to mind their children [Chorus] Singin', "Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" I'm goin' away in a sailing boat And if I don't come back Stay home and mind, baby [Verse 3] Now I tell you de story 'bout Millie She made a nice blue-eyed baby They say she fancy the mother But the blue-eyed baby ain't know she father [Verse 4] Now the Americans all have their pleasure While the music played to their leisure And everybody there they were jumpin' To hear the sailor boys in our chorus singin' [Chorus] "Ah de brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" I'm goin' away in a sailing boat And if I don't come back Stay home and mind, baby "Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby Brown skin girl, stay home and mind, baby" I'm goin' away in a sailing boat And if I don't come back Stay home and mind, baby