All you people out there, you know the blues have soul
Well, this is the story, a story that ain't never been told
Well, the blues got pregnant
And they named the baby Rock 'n' Roll

Muddy Waters said, "You know the blues got soul"
Robert Johnson said, "You know the blues got soul"
Well, the blues had a baby
And they named the baby Rock 'n' Roll

B. B. King said, "You know the blues got soul"
Howlin' Wolf said, "You know the blues got soul"
Well, then the blues had a baby
And they named the baby Rock 'n' Roll

Blind Lemon said, "You know the blues got soul"
His daddy said, "You know the blues got soul"
Well, the blues had a baby
And they named it Rock 'n' Roll

Yeah