I gotta right to sing the blues   I gotta right to feel low down   I gotta right t' hang around down around the river      A certain gal in this ol' 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 and sigh   I gotta right to sit and cry down around the river      I kno' the deep blue sea, will soon be callin' me   It must be love, say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues      (He's gotta right to sing the blues)   I gotta right to sing the blues   (He's gotta right to moan and sigh)      I gotta right t' moan and sigh   (He's gotta right to sit an' cry)   Sit an' cryin' down along the river      I kno' the deep blue sea, will soon be callin' me   It must be love, say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues the blues      I gotta right   (The right)   Tonight   (Tonight)   I gotta right to sing the blues