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 man 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 hang around

Down around the river

A certain man 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