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 man in this old 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 sing and cry   Down around the river      I know, I know the deep blue sea   Will soon be callin', callin' me   It must, it must be love, say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues      All I see, for me   All I see, for me is misery   And misery, misery      I gotta right to sing the blues   I gotta right to moan and sigh   I gotta right to sing and sigh   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      It must be love, say what you choose   I gotta right to sing the blues   All I see, for me is nothing but plain misery   I gotta right to sing the blues      I gotta right, I gotta right   I gotta right, I gotta right   I gotta right to sing the blues   I gotta right to sing the blues