Keely Smith
The Birth of the Blues
Oh! they say some people long agoWere searching for a different tune,One that they could croon As only they can.They only had the rhythm soThey started swaying to and fro.They didn`t know just what they hadAnd that is how the blues really began:They heard the breeze in the treesSinging weird melodiesAnd they made that The start of the blues.And from a jail came the wailOf a down hearted frail,And they played that As part of the blues.From a whippoorwill out on a hill,They took a new note,Pushed it through a horn'til it was born into a blue note.And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,And gave out the newsThat the southland Gave birth to the blues!
From Letras Mania