Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Sissle & Blake
Sissle & Blake
Harlem Harmony Kings
Harlem Harmony Kings
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter & Eubie Blake
Alberta Hunter & Eubie Blake
Sissle & Blake
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Four Harmony Kings
Four Harmony Kings
Alberta Hunter
Katherine Handy
Katherine Handy
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Ida Cox & Lovie Austin
Ida Cox & Lovie Austin
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Josie Harley
Josie Harley
Gladys Bryant
Gladys Bryant
Gladys Bryant
Gladys Bryant
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Gladys Bryant
Gladys Bryant
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Hanna Sylvester
Hanna Sylvester
Hanna Sylvester
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Carroll C. Clark
Madam Hurd Fairfax
Madam Hurd Fairfax
Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools
Perry Bradford’s Jazz Phools
Lena Wilson
Lena Wilson
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Anna Jones
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Ollie Powers
Ollie Powers
Mae Scott
Mae Scott
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Jelly Roll Morton
Jelly Roll Morton
Anna Jones
Anna Jones
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Norfolk Jazz & Jubilee Quartette
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Edna Taylor
Edna Taylor
Ollie Powers Harmony Syncopators
Ollie Powers Harmony Syncopators
Young’s Creole Jazz Band
Young’s Creole Jazz Band &
Horace George’s Jubilee Harmonizers
Horace George’s Jubilee Harmonizers
Ida Cox & Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Ida Cox
Ida Cox & Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Ida Cox & Lovie Austin’s Blues Serenaders
Alberta Hunter &
Alberta Hunter &
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter
Monette Moore
Monette Moore
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers
Paramount Jubilee Singers
Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers
Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers
Paramount Jubilee Singers
Paramount Jubilee Singers
Paramount Jubilee Singers
Paramount Jubilee Singers
Birleanna Blanks
Wiseman Sextette & Homer Rodeheaver
Wiseman Sextette & Homer Rodeheaver
Wiseman Sextette
Wiseman Sextette
Wiseman Sextette
Wiseman Sextette
Wiseman Sextette
Wiseman Sextette
Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers &
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
Ida Cox
King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
Young’s Creole Jazz Band
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
Edna Hicks
John Churchill
John Churchill
Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
Alberta Hunter & Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers
Alberta Hunter & Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers
Ida Cox & The Pruitt Twins
Ida Cox & The Pruitt Twins
Edmonia Henderson
Edmonia Henderson
Florence Cole-Talbert
Florence Cole-Talbert
Ida Cox
Edmonia Henderson
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey
Maggie Jones
Maggie Jones
[Verse]
I had me a man, a teasing brown
But I did not treat him right
I acted a fool, I told him down
My man was real bright
But if I ever get lucky again
I'm gonna get myself a good brown
Just because they are the best
I mean of all men in your town
[Chorus]
I said a brown skin man
He's the best man after all
I say he'll stick by you
In the winter, summer, spring, and fall
[Bridge]
Now there's a lot of folks who claim the monkey-man of dark color
Is only crazy 'bout a high yellow
A high yellow will throw you and that ain't all
Every night when you leave home, another mule in your stall
A brown skin man will love you, will surely treat you right
Stay at home and do his work both day and night
A yellow gal with lots of money, and loudly she will sing
Tellin' all dark-lookin' men she ain't puttin' out a thing
But a brown will have a dollar, can see it in her hand
She's keeping 2/5ths for herself and givin' 6/5ths to her man
A brown's got Elgin movement from his head to his knees
Automatic work and 20 year guarantee
Now the world can tell you a brownskin man is alright
A yellow man gets 25 years old and draws up like tripe
[Chorus]
Therefore a brown skin man
He's the best man after all
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Therefore a brown skin man
He's the best man after all
Brownskin Man was written by Boots Hope.