No one gets the blues in Manchester. Not with all those matchstick men and matchstick cats and dogs.
Not to mention the kids on the street that are sparking clogs.

Such sights lift depression immediately and seldom is heard a discouraging word.
besides that - there are Americans around - and people can tell if you have have sung in an mock American accent.

Whereas, no ones got a clue if you sound like a seventeenth century shepherd,

So here are the ground rules.
A) don't cherish the ambition to sing the blues
B) don't try to sound like anything recognisable