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 gal in this old town.
Keeps draggin' my poor heart around.
All I see right for me,
Is… 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 callin' me.
It must be love, say what you choose.
I gotta right to sing the blues.
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