BOURGEOIS TOWN

Leadbelly

Gather round people, listen to me
Don't try to make a home in Washington, D.C.

It's a bourgeois town, it's a bourgeois town,
I've got the bourgeois blues, I'm going to spread the news around

Me and Martha were standing upstairs,
Heard a white man say, 'Don't want no coloured up here'

It's a bourgeois town, it's a bourgeois town,
I've got the bourgeois blues, I'm going to spread the news around

White folk in Washington, they know how
Throw a coloured man a nickel and see him bow

It's a bourgeois town, it's a bourgeois town,
I've got the bourgeois blues, I'm going to spread the news around

Its the home of the brave, its the land of the free
I don't want to be mistreated by the bourgeoisie

It's a bourgeois town, it's a bourgeois town,
I've got the bourgeois blues, I'm going to spread the news around

Tell all the people to listen to me
Don't try to find a home in Washington, D.C.

It's a bourgeois town, it's a bourgeois town,
I've got the bourgeois blues, I'm going to spread the news around