Brown Betty is a song from the Broadway musical The Color Purple performed by Kyle Scatliffe (Harpo), Squeak, Cynthia Erivo (Celie), and Male Ensemble.
CELIE (to harpo):
You gon' let sofia go?
I have to. I can't stop her.
What you gon' do then?
I'm gon' tear down this house she made me build, and make myself a jukejoint.
Brown-legged woman put a spell on me.
BUDDY & OTHER BUDDY:
Oh, brown betty!
BUDDY 3:
Time you forget about sofia.
BUDDY 4:
She not comin' back.
She chop me down like an ol' oak tree.
HARPO & TWO BUDDIES:
Don't matter if she
Big-legged, brown-eyed,
Big-eyed, brown-legged . . .
Whatever she done, that girl sho was fine.
What y'all buildin' here?
Jukejoint.
Ya'll need a waitress? My name's squeak.
Hoowhee!
Gonna make you holler like a wild cat do
HARPO & BUDDIES:
Oh, brown betty!
When i throw my mojo down on you.
HARPO & BUDDIES:
Don't matter if she
Big-legged, brown-eyed,
Big-eyed, brown-legged . . .
Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine.
Whatever she is, that girl sho is fine.
Who gon' sing at your jukejoint?
Whoever want to, i guess.
You get shug avery come sing here you make a lot of money. She sing for you,
Harpo. I know she will. You so pretty.
Men ain't pretty.
You is.
If you wanna eat the apple
Offa dis here tree . . .
HARPO & BUDDIES:
Yeah, brown betty!
. . . Don't bring nothin' but
Your sweet stuff
Home to me.
HARPO & BUDDIES:
Don't matter if she
Big-legged . . .
Big-legged,
Brown-eyed,
Brown-eyed
Big-eyed,
Big-eyed,
Brown-legged,
Brown-legged . . .
HARPO & BUDDIES:
Whatever she is,
That girl sho is fine.
Whatever she is,
That girl sho is fine.