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Bourgeois Blues
Possessed by Paul James
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We'll do, um...
Okay, this will be...
Oh, bourgeoisie town
Oh, bourgeoisie town
This is Lead Belly, "Bourgeoisie Town"
Hey!
Hey!
Well, me and my wife
Well, me and my wife
Wait a minute
Wait a minute
Bourgeoisie town
Bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blue, blue, blue
Blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue
I'm gonna spread the news
I'm gonna spread the news
I'm gonna spread the news around, yeah!
Yeah!
Well, me and my wife went over town, woo!
And the white man say, "I'm gonna turn you down"
I got the bourgeoisie blues
The bourgeoisie blues
I got the bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
The bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around, yeah!
Yeah!
I heard the white man say
I heard the white man say
I heard the white man say, "No niggers upstairs"
I got the bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
The white man say, "No niggers upstairs"
I got the bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town, ah!
Well, the man up in Washington, D.C., baby, what you gonna do?
Well, the man up in Washington, D.C., yeah!
He don't like no black man
He don't like no black man
He don't like no black man
He don't like no black man
I got the bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
The bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
Oh, God!
Oh, God
Well, I saw my old lady
I saw my old lady standing alone
And an old white woman came up and threw a stone
Oh, an old white woman came up and threw a stone
I got the bourgeoisie blues
Oh, the bourgeoisie blues!
I got the bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
Bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
Bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news around
Bourgeoisie blues in the bourgeoisie town
I got the bourgeoisie blues, I'm gonna spread the news
Oh, I'm gonna spread the news
I'm gonna spread the news around
Hey!