Birth of the Blues-Gloria Lynne

[ti:Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Gloria Lynne] [al:I'm Glad There Is You (Digitally Remastered)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth of the Blues - Gloria Lynne [00:04.58]Oh they say some people long ago [00:15.80] [00:17.56]Were searchin' for a diff'rent tune [00:20.21] [00:21.53]One that they could croon [00:24.77] [00:27.01]As only they can [00:31.14] [00:34.20]They only had the rhythm so [00:39.60] [00:41.54]They started swayin' to and fro [00:48.68] [00:50.77]They didn't know just what to use [00:57.45] [00:59.18]That is how the blues [01:07.93] [01:10.32]Really began [02:01.53] [02:15.10]They heard the breeze in the trees [02:16.82]Singin' weird melodies [02:18.41]And they made that [02:19.62]The start of the blues [02:20.91] [02:21.49]And from a jail came the wail [02:23.21]Of a down-hearted frail [02:24.91]And they played that [02:26.20]As part of the blues [02:28.05]From a whippoorwill out on the hill [02:29.33]They took a new note [02:30.43] [02:31.02]Pushed it through a horn 'till it was worn [02:32.61]Into a blue note [02:33.96]An' then they nursed it and rehearsed it [02:35.85]And gave out the news [02:37.36] [02:37.97]That the "Southland" [02:38.74]Gave birth to the blues [02:40.64]Oh the breeze from the trees [02:42.41]A wail from the jail [02:43.34]A buzz from the cousin of a nightin'gale [02:45.00]And "Southland" [02:45.46]To the blues