Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Blues: Get Back, artist - Big Bill Broonzy. Date of issue: 27.03.2010
Song language: English
The Blues: Get Back |
| This little song that I’m singin' about |
| People you all know is true |
| If you black and gotta work for a livin' now |
| This is what they been sayin' to you |
| They said if you white, you’s alright |
| If you is brown, stick around |
| But if you’s black, oh brother |
| Get back, get back, get back… |
| I was in a place one night |
| They was all havin' fun |
| They was all buyin' beer and wine |
| But they would not sell me none |
| They said if you white, you’s alright |
| If you is brown, you can stick around |
| But if you’s black, mm mm brother |
| Get back, get back, get back… |
| I went to an employment office |
| I got a number and I got in line |
| They called everybody’s number |
| But they never did call mine |
| They said if you white, you’s alright |
| If you is brown, you can stick around |
| But if you’s black, mm mm brother |
| Get back, get back, get back… |
| Me and a man was working side by side |
| And this is what it meant |
| They was payin' him a dollar an hour |
| But they was payin' me fifty cent |
| They said if you was white, you’d be alright |
| If you is brown, you could stick around |
| But if you’s black, whoa brother |
| Get back, get back, get back… |
| I helped win sweet victories |
| With my plow and hoe |
| Now, I want you to tell me, brother |
| Whatchu gonna do about the ol' Jim Crow |
| Now, if you’s white, you’s alright |
| If you is brown, stick around |
| But if you black, whoa brother |
| Get back, get back, get back… |