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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 . . .
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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.
Read more: The Color Purple Musical Lyrics
Brown Betty lyrics The Color Purple Musical
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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