The Bourgeois Blues

The Bourgeois Blues Lyrics

Song The Bourgeois Blues
Artist Leadbelly
Album Leadbelly: Important Recordings (1934-1949)
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[00:21.25] Me and my wife went all over town
[00:25.38] And everywhere we went people turned us down
[00:27.97] Lord, in a bourgeois town
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[00:32.28] It's a bourgeois town
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[00:37.65] I got the bourgeois blues
[00:39.48] Gonna spread the news all around
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[00:47.54] Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs
[00:51.15] We heard the white man say'n I don't want no niggers up there
[00:53.79] Lord, in a bourgeois town
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[00:58.20] Uhm, bourgeois town
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[01:02.69] I got the bourgeois blues
[01:04.31] Gonna spread the news all around
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[01:12.12] Home of the brave, land of the free
[01:15.48] I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie
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[01:18.10] Lord, in a bourgeois town
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[01:21.98] Uhm, the bourgeois town
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[01:26.41] I got the bourgeois blues
[01:27.70] Gonna spread the news all around
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[01:57.54] Well, them white folks in Washington they know how
[01:59.56] To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow
[02:02.50] Lord, it's a bourgeois town
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[02:06.49] Uhm, the bourgeois town
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[02:10.42] I got the bourgeois blues
[02:11.54] Gonna spread the news all around
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[02:16.97] I tell all the colored folks to listen to me
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[02:19.90] Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC
[02:22.52] 'Cause it's a bourgeois town
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[02:26.01] Uhm, the bourgeois town
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[02:30.03] I got the bourgeois blues
[02:30.73] Gonna spread the news all around
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[02:37.57] I tell all the colored folks to listen to me
[02:40.20] Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC
[02:42.94] 'Cause it's a bourgeois town
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[02:46.00] Uhm, the bourgeois town
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[02:49.90] I got the bourgeois blues
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[02:52.14] Gonna spread the news
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