The Bourgeois Blues (1937)

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The Bourgeois Blues is a blues song by American folk and blues musician Lead Belly. It was written in June 1937 in response to the discrimination and segregation that Lead Belly faced during a visit to Washington, DC to record for Alan Lomax. It rails against racism, the Jim Crow laws, and the conditions of contemporary African Americans in the southern United States.[1]

The song was recorded in December 1938 for the Library of Congress and re-recorded in 1939 for commercial release. It has been covered by a number of artists including Pete Seeger, Ry Cooder, Hans Theessink, and Billy Bragg.

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  1. The Bourgeois Blues. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 31, 2021.