I gotta right to sing the blues

I gotta right to feel lowdown

I gotta right to hang around

Down around the river

A certain gal in this old town

Keeps dragging my poor heart around

All I see for me 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 calling me

It must be love say what you choose

I gotta right to sing the blues

I gotta right to sing the blues

To feel lowdown

To hang around

A certain gal in this old town

Keeps dragging my poor heart around

All I see for me is only

Blue my blue misery

I know the deep blue sea

Will soon be calling me

It must be love say what you choose

I gotta right to sing the blues

A right to sing the blues