Brown Sugar

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Lyrics

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old slaver knows he's doing alright
Hear him with the women just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar just like a young girl should

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin' when it's gonna stop
House boy knows that he's doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar just like a young girl should, now

Ah, get along, brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, got me feelin' now, brown sugar just like a black girl should

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I'm no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should, yeah
[Lyrics from Rollingtimes.org]
I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
How come you...how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a...just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo

B-side:	Bitch/Let it Rock
Format:	7
Released:	16 April 1971 (UK), 7 May 1971 (US)
Recorded:	2–4 December 1969
Genre:	Rock
Length:	3:50
Label:	Rolling Stones
Writer:	Jagger/Richards
Producer:	Jimmy Miller

"Classic Stones rocker."

Personnel

Lead Vocals & Percussion: Mick Jagger
Drums: Charlie Watts
Saxophone: Bobby Keys
Electric Guitars: Keith Richards & Mick Taylor
Acoustic Guitar: Mick Jagger
Bass: Bill Wyman
Piano: Ian Stewart
Backing Vocals: Keith Richards