Blue crabs - or Maryland crabs - have many environmental reasons for “singing the blues”!
I’ve got the Blue Crab blues, I’m as blue as I can be I’ve got the Blue Crab blues, I’m as blue as I can be When I’m tryin’ to find my dinner, everyone’s tryin’ to make a dinner out of me
Every time I go a-swimmin’ out in that big blue bay Every time I go a-swimmin’ out in that Chesapeake Bay I have to beware of all those things, that keep on getting in my way
(Chorus:) So I go - locomotin’ to the left, locomotin’ to the right Locomotin’ in the day, locomotin’ all night I got the crab locomotion, yeah, I move from side to side I’m gonna dive down to the bottom, find me a place to hide.
Well, there’s traps and there’s fishnets, tryin’ to catch poor me Well, there’s traps and there’s fishnets, tryin’ to catch poor me The trash is bad enough, but pollution is killing me
Don’t you try to grab me, or I’ll pinch you with my claw Don’t you try to try to grab me, or I’ll pinch you with my claw Don’t you mess with me, or I’ll be the crabbiest crab you ever saw
(Chorus)
(Bridge:) Well, let me tell you ‘bout my cousins: there’s the Alaskan King There’s the Japanese Spider, and they both have quite a sting There’s the hermit crab, hides out in some other shell I’ve got so many cousins, too many for me to tell
It’s not easy to be a crustacean in the blue It’s not easy to be a crustacean in the blue When you’re tryin’ to find your dinner, everyone’s tryin’ to make a dinner out of you
