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Good Morning Blues
Words & Music by Rik Palieri
© Ledbetter/Lomax TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc. (BMI)
Well, good morning blues, blues how do you do
Well, good morning blues, blues how do you do
I'm doing all right well, good morning how are you.

I couldn't sleep last night, I was turning from side to side
Oh Lord, I was turning from side to side
I wasn't sad, I was just dissatisfied.

I couldn't sleep last night, you know the blues walking ‘round my bed,
Oh Lord, the blues walking 'round my bed
I went to eat my breakfast, the blues was in my bread.

Well good morning blues, blues how do you do.
Well, good morning blues, blues how do you do.
I'm doing all right, well, good morning how are you.
I have sung this old Leadbelly blues for most of my life. This arrangement I swiped from Pete Seeger, back in the days when we sang together on the Sloop Clearwater.