BOURGEOIS BLUES 
(Huddie Ledbetter / Alan Lomax) 
recorded by : Billy Childish; Ry Cooder; Tav Falco; Arlo Guthrie; Leadbelly; Taj Mahal;
Odetta; Pete Seeger.


Me and my wife went all over town 
And everywhere we went 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 

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 

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 

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 



(Contributed by Nancy - July 2003)