Songs

Shallow Brown

by Percy Grainger

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Text

Shallow Brown
English source: Folksong

Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You're goin' away accrost the ocean,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
You'll ever be my heart's devotion,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
For your return my heart is burning,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

Shaller Brown, you're goin' ter leave me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown;
Shaller Brown, don't ne'er deceive me,
Shaller, Shaller Brown.

Composer

Percy Grainger

Percy Aldridge Grainger was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist who lived in the United States from 1914 on and became a citizen in 1918.  Read more here.

Poet

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