I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
Composer(s): Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler
First release by: Cab Calloway & His Orch. - 1932
Covered by multiple other artists



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 gal 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 sit and cry
Down around the river

I know the deep blue sea 
Will soon be callin' me
It must be love, say what you choose
I've gotta right to sing the blues