The Blues of 'Blind Boy' Waddington​-​Bruce

from Enough About Me - ALBUM by Terence Blacker

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Hot dog, hallelujah, I feel so fine
I been hangin' out with some friends of mine
We been workin' for the man - now we cuttin' loose
We may be English but darn right we got the blues

We got Howlin' Wolf Perkins, he's my blues brother
Honeyboy Pilkington and Catfish Carruthers
They call me Blind Boy Waddington- Bruce
I can see just fine but darn right I got the blues.

We ain't got no Mississippi, ain't got no moonshine
But we got our guitars and some nice chilled wine
And a room in a pub that they done gone let us use
It's like our own private delta, man - darn right we got the blues.

Since we found the blues, we won't ever go back
We can talk like an American and pretend that we're black.
Roll over Britannia and tell the BBC news
We may be English but darn right we got the blues.

I love that jelly jelly jelly, I have it with my tea
I got my mojo workin' whatever that might be
And you can squeeze my lemons - I really like lemon juice
I'm so damned authentic, and darn right I got the blues.

I can sing about them cotton fields and call my music 'roots' But the nearest I've been to cotton is buying cotton-buds in Boots
I don't pay it no mind - I got a perfect excuse
I may be English but darn right I got the blues

You may think I'm respectable and you may be right
But when I got home from work each and every night.
I loosen my tie and kick off my shoes
And say, 'Lordy, I'm English, but darn right I got the blues.'
Yes I may be English but darn right I got those good ole backyard,
down-home, walking-the-dog, dust-my-broom, salty dog English blues.

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from Enough About Me - ALBUM, released August 10, 2018
Terence Blacker - vocals, guitar
Hugh Bradley - double bass
Edwin Besant - harmonica, drums

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
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