Birth of the Blues-Louis Prima/D.R

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Keely Smith] [al:The Songs of Keely Smith, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth of the Blues - Louis Prima/D.R [00:06.20]They say some people long long long ago [00:10.42] [00:11.40]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:15.58] [00:16.27]So they started swaying to and fro [00:19.95] [00:20.61]They want something that's good good [00:26.17]They didn't know just what to use [00:30.62]So this is how they started the blues [00:33.85]They heard the breeze in the trees [00:40.28]Singing weird melodies [00:45.25]And they made that the start of the blues [00:53.53]And from a jail came the wail [00:58.65]Of a down-hearted frail [01:03.42]And they played that [01:07.00]As a part of the blues [01:10.98] [01:11.72]From a whippoorwill [01:13.99]High up on a hill [01:16.67] [01:18.17]They took a new note [01:21.60]Pushed it through a horn [01:24.14]Till it was worn [01:27.17]Into a blue note [01:30.95]And then they nursed it [01:35.39]Rehearsed it [01:37.96]And sent out that news [01:42.55]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [01:49.27] [01:50.07]From a whippoorwill [01:51.27] [01:51.94]High up on a hill [01:53.12] [01:53.78]They took a new note [01:56.05] [01:56.91]Pushed it through a horn [01:58.59]Till it was worn [02:00.36]Into a blue note [02:02.79]And then they nursed it [02:05.83] [02:07.53]Rehearsed it [02:08.47] [02:09.98]And then sent out the news [02:14.11]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:21.99]They went to jail got the wail [02:23.71]From a down-hearted frail [02:25.07]And you know the sponserman William horn [02:27.34]Got blue not from a whippoorwill [02:29.43]Why he was swaying [02:30.47]High up on a hill [02:31.53]That's Southland oh that's good Southland [02:35.23]That's Southland gave birth to the blues