How About the Blues

How About The Blues?
by Joel Mabus © 2015

I got a question for you, mama -- How about the blues?
Think about it, baby -- We ain’t got nothin’ to lose
Break out them old records, and a bottle of wine
It won’t be long we’ll be feeling fine
How about it baby? How about the blues?

How about Robert Johnson? Three chords and the truth.
How about Hound Dog Taylor -- Howlin’ Wolf – or Madcat Ruth?
How about Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith?
How about Louis Armstrong, and the cats he played with.
Yeah, how about it baby? How about the blues?

Let’s take a trip from South Chicago, down to ‘Narlins as they say
Stop in Clarksdale Mississippi, hit Beale Street along the way
Head from Muscle Shoals up to old St. Lou
Don’t forget Kansas City and Detroit, too
Yeah, we’ll touch all the bases. How about the blues?

How about Reverend Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Willie McTell?
How about Mississippi John Hurt or good ol’ Junior Wells
How ‘bout Big Bill Broonzy, or old Josh White
Sonny and Brownie – hey there’s no need to fight,
We’re gonna play ‘em all! How about the blues?

So how about it mama, a taste of the blues tonight?
Why, I’ll even cook supper, babe, I’m gonna do it right
Got cornbread & greens -- meat shakin’ on the bone
So flip them sides on the gramophone
MMM- mmm How about the blues?

Yeah we’ll cherish the music, relish the words
Sing along like a bird in this world
MMM-mmm --- How about the blues?