Story Behind The Song

Joanne Griffith remembers this song from her own childhood. It has an added meaning for her, as she identifies with the ¨brown girl¨ mentionned in the lyrics, ans also sees her children, two girls, like ¨brown girls in the ring¨.

Song Description

This song is a round, it goes with a game children play while they sing. There are a number of gestures linked to the different verses.

Lyrics

BROWN GIRL IN THE RING

There's a brown girl in the ring
tra la la la la
There's a brown girl in the ring
tra la, la la la la la...
There's a brown girl in the ring
Tra la la la la
She looks like a sugar and a plum
plum, plum!