Delta Gave The Blues Voice - Duet

---------------------------- Lyrics by : Kathlene Rushing © 2025 Kathlene Rushing All rights reserved. ---------------------------- [Intro – Together, slow and low] Mmm, the blues was born with no permission... Just pain turned into music — down where the Delta speaks. [Verse 1 – Male Voice] Down by the muddy water, Where the sky hangs low and wide, Down by the muddy water, Where the sky hangs low and wide, A man found words for hunger He could never keep inside. [Verse 2 – Female Voice] And a woman sang beside him, With a voice like a storm-tossed tree, Yeah, she sang beside him, With a voice like a storm-tossed tree, She turned sorrow into thunder, And that thunder set her free. [Verse 3 – Together, alternating lines] He played that rusted guitar... She stomped her feet in time. He sang of work and worry... She sang of nights that stole her shine. And every note between them — Was a truth that crossed the line. [Verse 4 – Female Voice] You could hear it on the front porch, You could feel it in the air. You could hear it on the front porch, Feel it hangin’ in the air. Didn’t matter who you were — The blues was everywhere. [Final Verse – Together, harmony on last line] So if you hear a bottle slide cryin’ Or a moan in midnight's choice... Don’t call it just a story — That’s the sound of the people’s voice. That’s the birth of the blues, child — Where the Delta gave it voice. The Delta gave the Blues its voice. The Delta gave it voice.