Who Is Mr Brown
Bob Marley & The Wailers Lyrics

(Who-oo-oo-oo is Mr Brown?)
Who is Mr Brown? It's a question that needs an answer.

Mr Brown is a clown who rides through town in a coffin
Mr Brown is a strange character who rides around in a coffin like a clown.

(Where he be found?)
Where can Mr Brown be found? That's a mystery.

In the coffin where there is
Mr Brown can be found in the coffin he rides around town in.

Three crows on top and two is laughing
There are three crows on top of the coffin where Mr Brown can be found, and two of them are laughing.

Oh, what a confusion! Ooh, yeah, yeah!
It's all so confusing and chaotic!

What a botheration! Ooh, now, now!
It's such a big bother, it's frustrating.

Who Is Mr Brown? I wanna know now!
The question of who Mr Brown is needs to be answered immediately.

He is nowhere to be found
Despite the commotion he causes, Mr Brown is nowhere to be found.

From Mandeville to Slygoville, coffin runnin′ around,
Mr Brown's coffin is seen running around from Mandeville to Slygoville.

Upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town,
The sight of Mr Brown's coffin is disturbing and unsettling to the town's residents.

Asking for Mr Brown
People are asking for Mr Brown's whereabouts, but nobody seems to know.

O-o-oh, calling duppy conqueror,
The singer is calling on the duppy conqueror, a supernatural being who is able to capture ghosts and spirits.

I′m the ghost-catcher!
The singer is presenting himself as a skilled ghost catcher.

This is your chance, oh big, big Bill bull-bucka,
The singer is challenging a man named Bill to catch Mr Brown's spirit.

Take your chance! Prove yourself! Oh, yeah!
Take up the challenge and prove your skills, Bill!

Down in parade
The scene shifts to a parade in progress.

People runnin like a masquerade
The people in the parade are running like it's a masquerade.

The police make a raid,
The police show up to intervene in the situation.

But the - oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
But things don't go as expected.

The thing get fade
The situation quiets down and fades away.

What a thing in town
People can't stop talking about Mr Brown's strange behavior.

Crows chauffeur-driven around,
The crows are being driven around like chauffeurs, which is unusual.

Skankin' as if they had never known
The crows are dancing strangely, as if they've never seen anything like this before.

The man they call "Mr Brown"
Despite not knowing who Mr Brown is, people have started referring to him by that name.

I can't tell you where he′s from now
Even though the singer has been talking about Mr Brown, he can't provide any information on his origins.

From Mandeville to Slygoville, coffin runnin′ around,
Despite not knowing anything about Mr Brown, everyone can see his coffin running around from Mandeville to Slygoville.

Upsetting, upsetting, upsetting the town,
Mr Brown's actions are continuing to cause chaos and confusion in the town.

Asking for Mr Brown
People still don't know where Mr Brown is, but they keep asking about him.

From Mandeville to Slygoville
Mr Brown's strange behavior can be seen all across this area.