The Bourgeois Blues Lyrics - Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection - Leadbelly

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 

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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 

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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