The Bourgeois Blues

Lead Belly

[Verse 1]
Me and my wife went all over town
And everywhere they went the people turned us down
Lord, in a bourgeois town
It's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
Well, them white folks in Washington they know how
To call a colored man a nigga 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

[Verse 5]
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 The Bourgeois Blues by Ry Cooder

When was the song “The Bourgeois Blues” released by Ry Cooder?
The song The Bourgeois Blues was released in 1976, on the album “Chicken Skin Music”.
Who composed the song “The Bourgeois Blues” by Ry Cooder?
The song “The Bourgeois Blues” by Ry Cooder was composed by Lead Belly.

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