Name: Blue Was Angry
Duration: P00H06M40S
Description: A song about a black cowboy named Blue who was an escaped slave and made his way West to work on the cattle drives.

Blue Was Angry

from Nobody's Gonna Love Your Better by Allan Harris

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A song about a black cowboy named Blue who was an escaped slave and made his way West to work on the cattle drives.

lyrics

Blue Was Angry
by Allan Harris

Blue was dark as molasses,
Had hair like a buffalo
Ran away from Louisiana
Where he watched his folks get sold
Blue was angry
Oh yeah, he was scared
So he stole the master’s stud horse
and rode into the West

There is freedom for the taking
If your will is hard and strong
Breaking stock and mending fences
Roundin’ up those wild long-horns
Blue was angry
Oh yeah, he was scared
But he tried to settle down
and live like a man

Blue heard a storm was brewing
Somewhere way back East
They say brothers fighting brothers
Gonna set those darkies free
Blue was angry
Oh yeah, he was scared
Cause he knew those ole slave owners
Would soon be coming here

Runaways on the horizon
They were headin’ for the hills
Runnin’ for their freedom
Amidst the dust, the
They were angry
Oh yeah, they were scared
So Blue rode out to meet them
He knew he had to help

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from Nobody's Gonna Love Your Better, track released September 9, 2016

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Allan Harris New York, New York

Allan Harris has established himself as one of the jazz world's most acclaimed vocalists, possessing a potent combination of dynamic vocal abilities, impeccable phrasing, and powerful emotional resonance.