Bourgeois Blues

HUDDIE LEDBETTER

Lord, in a bourgeois town
It's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Home of the brave, land of the free
I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs
We heard the white man say "I don't want no niggers up there"
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Uhm, bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Well, them white folks in Washington they know how
To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow
Lord, it's a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

I tell all the colored folks to listen to me
Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC
'Cause it's a bourgeois town
Uhm, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Trivia about the song Bourgeois Blues by Pete Seeger

On which albums was the song “Bourgeois Blues” released by Pete Seeger?
Pete Seeger released the song on the albums “Songs of Struggle and Protest, 1930-50” in 1964, “Pete Seeger Sings Lead Belly” in 1968, “If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle” in 1998, “If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle” in 1998, “In Prague, 1964” in 2001, “The Bowdoin College Concert 1960” in 2017, and “Pete Seeger: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection” in 2019.
Who composed the song “Bourgeois Blues” by Pete Seeger?
The song “Bourgeois Blues” by Pete Seeger was composed by HUDDIE LEDBETTER.

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