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My brown skin baby they take him away
As a young preacher I used to ride
A quiet pony round the country side
In a native camp I'll never forget
A young black mother who's cheeks all wet
My brown skin baby they take him away
Between her songs I heard her say
Police's been taken my baby away
From white man, boss, the baby I have
Why he let him take baby away
My brown skin baby they take him away
To a children's home a baby came
With new clothes on and a new name
Day and night he would always say
Oh mummy, mummy why they take me away!?
My brown skin baby they take him away
The child grew up and had to go
From a mission home that he loved so
To find his mother he tried in vain
Upon this earth they never met again
My brown skin baby they take him away...