About This Song
About "Good Morning Blues (Wnyc - Folk Songs of America, Recorded 2/6/1941, Pt. 5)" by Lead Belly
'Good Morning Blues' greets the day with a weary sigh. Lead Belly's guitar shuffles like slippers on a cold floor. The blues here are not dramatic but intimate—a morning ritual of acknowledging pain. The tension lies in the forced cheer of 'good morning' against the gravelly truth of the blues.