Jamaican poet, folklorist, actress, writer and singer Louise Bennett-Coverley recorded "Brown Girl in The Ring" in 1957 on an album of Children's Jamaican Songs and Games, which was re-released by Smithsonian Folkways in 2007. (Source: Zingzangwallawalla).
Cover sung here by Bahamian guitarist/vocalist Erskine Knowles (my hubby!). And I chime in too!
