Lead Belly — The Bourgeois Blues 1939

[Verse 1] Me and my wife went all over town Everywhere we go, the people would turn us down Lord, in the bourgeois town Yee it's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around [Verse 2] Me and Martha, we were standing upstairs I heard a white man sayin' "I don't want no niggers up there" Lord, he's a bourgeois man Yee, it's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues Gonna spread the news all around [Verse 3] Home of the brave, land of the free I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie Lord, in a bourgeois town Yee, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues I'm gonna spread the news all around [Instrumental Verse] [Verse 4] Me and my wife we went all over town Everywhere we go, the colored people would turn us down Lord, in a bourgeois town Yee it's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues I'm gonna spread the news all around [Verse 5] Them white folks in Washington they know how To call a colored man a nigga just to see him bow Lord, it's a bourgeois town Ooh, the bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues I'm gonna spread the news all around [Verse 6] Tell all the colored folks to listen to me Don't try to find no home in Washington DC 'Cause it's a bourgeois town Yee, it's a bourgeois town I got the bourgeois blues and I'm still gonna spread the news