Sidmouth Folk Festival Blues

Well, I woke up this morning, that's the way I start my day
I popped some 'Hermecetis', had a fix of 'Special K'
I packed my Larry Adler mouth harp, bio rhythms riding high
I was goin' to Sidmouth folk fest, where old teachers go to die
Well, I tried to get up forefront, but they wouldn't let me sing the blues

And he sang:
We don't want nobody wants to sing and play those twelve-bar blues
We don't want nobody wants to sing and play those twelve-bar blues
You can sing it in the back lounge of the Friends Of Wilde
But, we don't want nobody wants to sing and play those twelve-bar blues

I ain't a man to let those sleeping dogs grow under my feet
A man raised on John Denver is a man who can't be beat
I saw this guy with ribbons and bells, while there's dancers seven feet tall
They hit me with six flaggers as they boxed me to the wall
I'd nothing more to lose 'cause they wouldn't let me sing the blues

And he sang:
Pound stones, wherever you may be
High in the water, but out at sea
And I'll meet you all, wherever you may be
And I'll meet you all at the Ducks And Bee

I went to the shanty workshop, now sea-songs ain't my scene
There were six-packs on the tables and the floor began to lean
I heard 'Heel Ya Hos' and 'Haul Aways' and 'Doodle Let Me Goes'
And Scotsmen harmonising, now that gets up my nose
So I rattled on and on, but they didn't want to hear the blues

And he sang:
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
What shall we do with the drunken sailor
Earlie in the morning
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Hooray and up she rises
Earlie in the morning

So come all you twelve-bar bluesers, if you want to sing your song
Don't take your band to Sidmouth, 'cause you won't be staying long
You'll hear 'Baby Doll' and 'Kootchie', sung by people just alive
And duelling concertinas trying to murder Chieftains five
Play anything you choose, but never try to sing the blues

And he sang:
I never felt more like singing the blue
'Cause I never thought that I'd ever lose you love, babe
You got me singing the blues
Well, I never felt more like crying all night
'Cause everything's wrong and nothing is right without you
You got me singing the blues
You got me singing the blues
I like them singing the blues