A popular song from 1899.
Words and music by Munsey Scott.
Arranged by A. M. Cohen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Dar’s a mean, tough colored individual
She’s known in dis hyar town
By her mean way and rough way of livin’
And her name is Simpson Brown
You kin never see her round widout a razor
Or a half a pint of blackberry or gin
You’ll have to step high when she pass by
Or de words that you’ll hear will be a sin
Though a member of the colored secret orders
And days when she turns out
The leader callin’, coons a -squallin’
Den you’ll hear dose darkies shout
CHORUS
Oh de tough wench a Miss Simpson Brown
She’s known in dis hyar town
As a woman who won’t take nuthin’ at all
She is what you call a regular carvin’ Jennie
She carves dem all and don’t slight any
She’s the toughest wench that you’ll find round
The tough wench Miss Simpson Brown
2. I once had a ‘nation to attend
A grand social hop
Every coon didn’t have no money
Was bound fo’ to drop
Miss a Simpson was a-standin’ at the door
You had to pay her money to be shush
Or she’d nab you and grab you
And fling you through the flo
You never have seen such a woman
In all your life before
She’s a tougher, she’s no bluffer
When she pass dose darkies roar