Birth Of The Blues, The Lyrics

Birth Of The Blues, The lyrics

These are the blues, nothin' but blues

Oh, they say some people long ago

Were searching for a diff'rent tune

One, that they could croon as only they can



They only had the rhythm

So they started swayin' to and fro

They didn't know just what to use

This is how the blues really began



They heard the breeze in the trees

Singin' weird melodies

And they made that, the start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail

And they played that as a part of the blues



From a whippoorwill way upon a hill

They took a new note

Pushed it through a horn

Until it was worn into a blue note



And then they nursed it

They rehearsed it

And then sent out that news

That the Southland gave birth to the blues



They nursed it

Then they rehearsed it

And they sent out that news

That the Southland, they gave birth to the blues