I gotta right to sing the blues   I gotta right to moan inside   I gotta right to sit and cry   Down around the river      A certain man in this little town   Keeps draggin' my poor heart around   All I see for me is misery      I gotta right to sing the blues   I gotta right to moan inside   Right to sit and cry   Down around the river      Soon that deep blue sea   Will be callin' me   It must be love say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues      I gotta right to sing the blues   Gotta right to moan and cry   I gotta right to sit and sigh   Down around the river      Soon that deep blue sea   Will be callin' me   It must be love say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues      There's nothing left for me   I'm full of misery   I gotta right to sing the blues