The Bourgeois Blues (1939)
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The Bourgeois Blues (1939) by Lead Belly
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“The Bourgeois Blues” is a blues song by Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly. It tells of the racial discrimination that he faced in a 1937 trip to Washington, D.C. to record with folklorist Alan Lomax. In traveling about town seeking a place to dine, their racially mixed group was unable t...
The Bourgeois Blues (1939) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Me and my wife went all over town
Everywhere we go, the people would turn us down
Lord, in the bourgeois town
Yee it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
[Verse 2]
Me and Martha, we were standing upstairs
I heard a white man sayin' "I don't want no niggers up there"
Lord, he's a bourgeois man
Yee, it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around
[Verse 3]
Home of the brave, land of the free
I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Yee, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
I'm gonna spread the news all around
[Instrumental Verse]
[Verse 4]
Me and my wife we went all over town
Everywhere we go, the colored people would turn us down
Lord, in a bourgeois town
Yee it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
I'm gonna spread the news all around
[Verse 5]
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
Ooh, the bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
I'm gonna spread the news all around
[Verse 6]
Tell all the colored folks to listen to me
Don't try to find no home in Washington DC
'Cause it's a bourgeois town
Yee, it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues and I'm still gonna spread the news
The Bourgeois Blues (1939) Q&A
Who wrote The Bourgeois Blues (1939)'s ?
The Bourgeois Blues (1939) was written by Lead Belly.
When did Lead Belly release The Bourgeois Blues (1939)?
Lead Belly released The Bourgeois Blues (1939) on Sat Apr 01 1939.