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 1]
Ol' Deacon Birch of Mt. Zion Church
Was called up into court
He was brought in by his wife, I think
And then charged with some non-support
A seal skin brown with straight, black hair
Caused Deac' to lose his head
And when the judge called Deac' to speak
Dese am the words he said:
[Chorus]
Now Judge Lee
If you've never been vamped by a brown skin
Then you ain't never been vamped at all
You see, the vampingest vamp is a brown skin
And believe me now, that ain't no stall
A high brown gal would just make you bust out of jail
And a chocolate brown will make a tadpole smack a whale
And a pretty seal skin brown, I mean one long and tall, oh man
Can make the silent sphinx out in the desert bawl
If you've never been vamped by a brown skin
You've never been vamped at all
[Verse 2]
Now old Judge Lee, shy as could be
Sent for the brown skin vamp
And when she breezed in, why the poor court
Looked like a shell-swept camp
The clerk passed out, the jury gasped
And all turned pale as death
Poor old Judge Lee gave this decree
With his last parting breath:
[Chorus]
Brother, you was right
'Cause if you've never been vamped by a brown skin
You've never been vamped at all
For the vampingest vamp is a brown skin
And believe me now, that ain't no stall
A high brown gal would make you break out of jail
And a chocolate brown will make a tadpole smack a whale
And a pretty seal skin brown, I mean one long and tall, oh boy
Can make the silent sphinx out in the desert bawl
If you've never been vamped by a brown skin
You've never been vamped at all
If You’ve Never Been Vamped by A Brownskin You’ve Never Been Vamped At All was written by Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle.