Intro Verse N.C. I'm as brown as brown can be My eyes are black as sloe I'm as brick as a night-time nightingale As wild as the forest doe Verse My love was high and proud A fortune by his side But a fairer maiden than ever I'll be He took to be his bride.... Verse He sent me a letter of love He sent it from the town He wrote to tell me that his love was lost Because I was so brown Verse I sent back his letter of love In anger I wrote down Your love is wasted on such as me Because I am so brown I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl Verse N.C. I heard not another word more Until six months passed by A doctor said he had a broken heart Without me he would die Verse I went to his bedside I walked and never ran I laughed so loud and then louder still All at this lovesick man I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl Instrumental Verse N.C. I prithee forget, said he I prithee forget and forgive Oh, grant to me just a little space That I may be well and live Verse I'll dance upon your grave For twelve months and a day You'll die for betraying a bonny brown girl All on one summer's day I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl I'll dance upon your grave for twelve months and a day I'll do as much for you as any maiden may I'll make you rue the very day that you were born I'm a bonny brown girl