Lyrics and translation Lead Belly - The Bourgeois Blues
Me
and
my
wife
went
all
over
town
Ma
femme
et
moi,
on
a
parcouru
toute
la
ville,
And
everywhere
we
went
people
turned
us
down
Et
partout
où
on
allait,
les
gens
nous
refusaient.
Lord,
in
a
bourgeois
town
Seigneur,
dans
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
It's
a
bourgeois
town
C'est
une
ville
bourgeoise,
I
got
the
bourgeois
blues
J'ai
le
blues
bourgeois,
Gonna
spread
the
news
all
around
Je
vais
répandre
la
nouvelle
partout.
Well,
me
and
my
wife
we
were
standing
upstairs
Ma
femme
et
moi,
on
était
en
haut
des
escaliers,
We
heard
the
white
man
say'n
I
don't
want
no
niggers
up
there
On
a
entendu
le
Blanc
dire
: "Je
ne
veux
pas
de
nègres
ici
!".
Lord,
in
a
bourgeois
town
Seigneur,
dans
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
Uhm,
bourgeois
town
Uhm,
ville
bourgeoise,
I
got
the
bourgeois
blues
J'ai
le
blues
bourgeois,
Gonna
spread
the
news
all
around
Je
vais
répandre
la
nouvelle
partout.
Home
of
the
brave,
land
of
the
free
Patrie
des
braves,
terre
de
liberté,
I
don't
wanna
be
mistreated
by
no
bourgeoisie
Je
ne
veux
pas
être
maltraité
par
la
bourgeoisie.
Lord,
in
a
bourgeois
town
Seigneur,
dans
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
Uhm,
the
bourgeois
town
Uhm,
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
I
got
the
bourgeois
blues
J'ai
le
blues
bourgeois,
Gonna
spread
the
news
all
around
Je
vais
répandre
la
nouvelle
partout.
Well,
them
white
folks
in
Washington
they
know
how
Ces
Blancs
à
Washington,
ils
savent
comment
To
call
a
colored
man
a
nigger
just
to
see
him
bow
Traiter
un
homme
de
couleur
de
"nègre"
juste
pour
le
voir
s'incliner.
Lord,
it's
a
bourgeois
town
Seigneur,
c'est
une
ville
bourgeoise,
Uhm,
the
bourgeois
town
Uhm,
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
I
got
the
bourgeois
blues
J'ai
le
blues
bourgeois,
Gonna
spread
the
news
all
around
Je
vais
répandre
la
nouvelle
partout.
I
tell
all
the
colored
folks
to
listen
to
me
Je
dis
à
tous
les
gens
de
couleur
de
m'écouter,
Don't
try
to
find
you
no
home
in
Washington,
DC
N'essayez
pas
de
trouver
un
foyer
à
Washington,
DC,
'Cause
it's
a
bourgeois
town
Parce
que
c'est
une
ville
bourgeoise,
Uhm,
the
bourgeois
town
Uhm,
cette
ville
bourgeoise,
I
got
the
bourgeois
blues
J'ai
le
blues
bourgeois,
Gonna
spread
the
news
all
around
Je
vais
répandre
la
nouvelle
partout.
Rate the translation
1
No Shoes
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
2 Half a Stranger
3 Wednesday Evening Blues
4 My First Wife Left Me
5 Time Is Marching
6 Run On
7 Boogie Chillen'
8 I'm In the Mood
9 Rock House Boogie
10 Love Blues
11 Maudie
12 Dimples
13 Crawling Kingsnake
14 I Love You Honey
15 Alberta
16 Shake, Holler And Run
17 Hobo Blues
18 Cool Little Car
19 Blues Before Sunrise
20 She Ain't Good for Nothin'
21 Louise
22 I'm so Excited
23 Whiskey and Wimmen
24 Ride Till I Die
25 Want Ad Blues
26 Everyday I Have the Blues
27 No Mail Blues
28 Unlucky woman
29 Airplane Blues
30 The World Is In a Tangle
31 Just My Broom
32 Fixin' To Die Blues
33 Good Feeling Blues
34 Ain't Nobody's Biziness
35 Good Morning
36 Mighty Long Time
37 What's Getting' Wrong With You?
38 Midnight Special
39 Mr. Conductor Man
40 Milk Cow Blues
41 Booker T Blues
42 The Bourgeois Blues
43 Grasshoppers in My Pillow
44 Ain't Nuthin' Shakin'
45 Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Hard Days
48 Country Blues
49 Rollin' Stone
50 Hoochie Coochie Man
51 Jitterbug Blues
52 Ramblin' Kid Blues
53 I Be's Troubled
54 Louisiana Blues
55 Muddy Jumps One
56 Gipsy Woman
57 Walking Blues
58 Juke
59 Blue Baby
60 How Many More Years
61 Hellbound on My Trail (Version 2)
62 That's A Pretty Good Love
63 River Blues, Part 1
64 I Want to Rock
65 Fine Looking Woman
66 Everyday I Have The Blues
67 You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
68 That Evil Child
69 Mr. Pawnbroker
70 Walkin' And Cryin'
71 Three O'clock In The Morning Blues
72 Outside Help
73 Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss
74 Quit My Baby
75 Sweet Sixteen
76 The Other Night Blues
77 It's My Own Fault
78 How Blue Can You Get
79 A New Way of Driving
80 Catfish Blues
81 Guess Who
82 Long Nights
83 B.B. Boogie
84 The Letter
85 Stormy Weather
86 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
87 Trombone Cholly
88 Send Me to the Electric Chair
89 Nashville Women's Blues
90 There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
91 Lock and Hey
92 Alexander's Ragtime Band
93 I Won't Be You
94 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
95 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
96 The Yellow Dog Blues
97 Honey Man Blues
98 Reckless Blues
99 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
100 Cake Walkin' Babies
101 Sing Sing Prison Blues
102 I Want Ev'ry Bit of It
103 After You're Gone
104 Ain't Got Nobody
105 Black Water Blues
106 Sinful Blues
107 Careless Love
108 Hound Dog
109 Me & My Chauffeur Blues
110 My Gal's a Jockey
111 Midnight Hour Blues
112 Hootin' the Blues
113 Korea Blues
114 The Mojo Boogie
115 Write Me a Letter
116 You're My Best Poker Hand
117 Stormy Monday Blues
118 Married Woman's Boogie
119 Stack of Dollars
120 5-10-15 Hours
121 Spoonfull Blues
122 Guitar Blues
123 Away Down In the Alley
124 Blues 5
125 I'm so Glad
126 That Crawling Baby Blue
127 Rabbit Foot Blues
128 Back to Korea
129 County Jail Special
130 Homeless And Hungry Blues
131 Let's Try It Again
132 I'm Mighty Tight Woman
133 Texas Hop
134 Cake Walking Babies
135 Canned Heat Blues
136 Crazy Blues
137 Freight Train Blues
138 CC Rider
139 Leaving This Morning
140 Rolling Log Blues
141 Romance In The Dark
142 Tb Blues
143 Christmas Morning Blues
144 Six Three O
145 Crazy World
146 Shotgun Blues
147 Freight Train Blues
148 My Good Pott
149 Don't Be Angry
150 The Hucklebuck
151 Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
152 Bottle It Up and Go
153 Hard Times Blues
154 Gotta Go Baby
155 Big Town Playboy
156 County Jail Blues
157 Chauffeur Blues
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