Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse 1
(Who, ooh, ooh, ooh, is Mr. Brown?)
Mr Brown is a clown who rides to town in a coffin.
(Where he be found?) In the coffin,
Where there is three crows on top and two is laughing.
Oh, what a con-fusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
What a bother-ation, ooh, now, now!
Who is Mr. Brown? I wanna know now!
He is nowhere to be found.
Verse 2
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
I wanna know who... (is Mr. Brown)?
Is Mr. Brown controlled by remote?
Bridge
Oh, calling Duppy Conqueror,
I'm the ghost-catcher; this is your chance,
Oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
Take your chance; prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Verse 3
Down in pa-rade,
People runnin' like a masquerade.
The po-lice make a raid,
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, they think it fade.
What a thing in town,
Crows chauffeur-driven a-round.
Skankin' as if they had never known,
The man they call "Mr. Brown".
I can tell you where he's from now...
Coda
From Mandeville to Slide-a-ville, coffin runnin' a-round,
Up-setting, upsetting, up-setting the town, asking for Mr. Brown.
(Fade)
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