2002's Bluesfest Blues  


        I got the blues, I have to tell ya
        for a long time hardly seen my fella
        at least he did give me a bit of a warnin',
        comes home in the wee hours of the mornin'.

        While he's out drumming and singing a song
        I've been with three kids all weekend long
        they've been asking about him every day 
        Mom, did our Daddy go away?

        "No." I say to the darlings politely,
        "He's been going downtown Ottawa nightly,
        Gone to the Bluesfest and to perform maybe,
        and better remember that Colin James CD!"

        Finally it's over for another year
        I have to give out a muffled cheer
        There are rooms to tidy and bikes to mend,
        til the Jazz festival begins this weekend!

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        Author: Theresa Jobateh
        
        Contact:  follow  www.jobateh.ca (for more poetry and music)

        Date: mid-July-2002 

        Availability: This lyric is available at no charge for use by any blues performers who can 
        compose a blues tune to fit the theme of the lyric. All I ask is that you let me know 
        if you've been able to use it as part of an original composition, give me author credit 
        if the song gets published and provide me with a tape of the song once you have 
        done a recording you are happy with.