Annotation:Brown Skin Gal

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BROWN SKIN GAL. AKA and see "There's a Brown Skin Gal Down the Road Somewhere," "That Brownskin Gal (2)." Old-Time. USA, Texas. In the repertoire of Texas fiddlers, especially Eck Robertson (1887-1975) who recorded the tune in 1929 as "There's a Brown Skin Gal Down the Road Somewhere," nowadays shortened to "Brown Skin Gal." See also Gary Lee Moore's version "Red Skin Gal," learned from Oklahoma fiddler Orville Burns.

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Recorded sources: Yazoo Records, Curt Massey - "Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, vol. 2."

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