Brown-skin Gal [in the Calico Gown] lyrics

A penny for the moon, a nickel for a dream

A quarter for a tune like the "Old Mill Stream"

But I'd give a dollar and my heart to foller to

The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown

A puzzler for a pal

A jack-knife for a song, a garter for a gal

In a blue sarong

But I'd give a necklace because I'm reckless

For a kiss from the miss in the Calico Gown

Haven't much use for worldly goods

Robin Hood's for me; if my love's worth a nickel

It's worth a peso mine for the giving

Hers for the "say so"

A penny for a cart to take her out to dine

A scissor cuts a heart on a valentine

Then a sky-blue bonnet with pink ribbons on it

For The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown

A penny for the moon, a nickel for a dream

A quarter for a tune like the "Old Mill Stream"

But I'd give a dollar and my heart to foller to

The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown

A puzzler for a pal

A jack-knife for a song, a garter for a gal

In a blue sarong

But I'd give a necklace because I'm reckless

For a kiss from the miss in the Calico Gown

Haven't much use for worldly goods

Robin Hood's for me; if my love's worth a nickel

It's worth a peso mine for the giving

Hers for the "say so"

A penny for a cart to take her out to dine

A scissor cuts a heart on a valentine

Then a sky-blue bonnet with pink ribbons on it

For The Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown

• Artist:Ella Fitzgerald