I gotta right to sing the blues,

I gotta right to feel low down

I gotta right to hang around.

Down around the river.



A certain gal in this old town.

Keeps draggin’ my poor heart around.

All I see right for me,

Is… is misery.

I gotta right to sing the blues.

I gotta right to moan and sigh.

I gotta right to sit and cry.

Down around the river.



I know the deep blue sea

Will soon be callin’ me.

It must be love, say what you choose.

I gotta right to sing the blues.

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