Bourgeois Blues

Now this song is the "Bourgeois Blues"
By the great Lead Belly
Written in a 1938

Me and my wife
Went all over town
And everywhere we went
People turned us down

Lord, in a bourgeois town
Ooh, 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
Ooh, it's a 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 niggas up there"

Lord, in a bourgeois town
Ooh, it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

Well, them white folks in Washington
Sure know how
To call a colored man a nigga
Just to see him bow

Lord, in a bourgeois town
Ooh, it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around

I tell the colored folks
"Y'all listen to me
Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC
'Cause it's a bourgeois town"

Ooh, it's a bourgeois town
I got the bourgeois blues
Gonna spread the news all around