I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues, I Gotta Right To Feel Low-down,
I Gotta Right T' Hang Around, Down Around The River . . .

A Certain Gal In This Ol' 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 Kno' The Deep Blue Sea, Will Soon Be Callin' Me,
It Must Be Love, Say What You Choose,
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues! ( Doo Doo, Doo Doo Doo, Doo Doo, Doo Doo Doo )

( He's Gotta Right To Sing The Blues ) I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues!
( He's Gotta Right To Moan And Sigh ) I Gotta Right T' Moan And Sigh!
( He's Gotta Right To Sit An' Cry ) Sit An' Cryin' Down Along The River!

I Kno' The Deep Blue Sea, Will Soon Be Callin' Me,
It Must Be Love, Say What You Choose,
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues . . . The Blues,
I Gotta Right ( The Right! ) Tonight ( Tonight! )
I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues! ( Doo Doo, Doo Doo, Doo Wah! )

Music By Harold Arlen
With Lyrics By Ted Koehler, 1932