I've got a right to sing the blues

I've got a right to morn inside

I've got a right to set and cry

Down around the river

A certain man in this old town

Keeps beggin' my poor heart around

All I see for me

Is misery

I've got a right to sing the blues

I got a right to moan and sigh

I got a right to sit and cry

Down around the river

So dawn deep blue sea

Will get callin' me

It must be love

Say what you choose

I got a right to sing the blues

I've gotta right to sing the blues

I've gotta right to moan inside

I gotta right to sit and cry

Down around the river

I know the deep blue sea

Will be callin' me

It must be love

Say what you choose

I got a right to sing the blues

There's nothing left for me

I'm full of misery

I've gotta right to sing the blues