Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee- Born With The Blues

From my childhood, to where I’am now

I ain’t going to worry, I’ll get by somehow

My momma had’em, Lord my daddy had’em too

I, I was born with the blues.

I’ll tell you something people, you know that ain’t no joke

I wouldn’t take my pass life, from my weight in gold

My momma had’em, my dear old daddy had’em too

I, I was born with the blues.

I used my guitar for my pillow,

hollow logs they once was my bed

Blues my only companion,

I have to sing the blues for my meat and bread.

I want you to know why Brownie McGhee begin to roam

Poor old me, I come from a broken home

My momma had’em, my daddy had’em too

People I, I was born with the blues.

You don’t believe I’am sinking?

People look what a hole am in

If you don’t believe I love you

Look what a fool I’ve been

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues.

Rocks was mother and father pillow

Cold brown had to be their beds

Blue skys, blue skys was their blanket

They use the moonlight for they spread.

You think I’am happy,

but you really don’t know my mind

You see a smile on my face,

but my heart is bleeding all the time

But I’am not ashame, ain’t that news?!

I been living with the blues.

      Folk-blues duo, popular during the folk revival of the '50s-‘60s, recorded and toured together for nearly 40 years. Blinded in a childhood accident, Terry was raised by musical parents and developed a harmonica style that imitated sounds ranging from moving trains to barnyard animals and babies crying, often using his voice while playing these effects. Terry first met McGhee in 1939.Pure dark gold.