The Birth Of The Blues-The Golden Gate Quartet

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:The Golden Gate Quartet] [al:Gospel Masters: I Just Telephone Upstairs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth Of The Blues - The Golden Gate Quartet [00:00.49]Oh they say some people along ago [00:11.95] [00:14.54]Were searching for a different tune [00:18.25]One that they could croon [00:20.16] [00:21.21]As only they can [00:24.14] [00:29.49]They only had the rhythm [00:32.85]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:39.66] [00:40.65]They didn't know just what to use [00:43.02]That is how the blues [00:45.19]Really began [00:47.07] [00:48.86]They heard the breeze [00:51.47]In the trees [00:53.18]Singing weird melodies [00:57.41]And they made that [00:59.87] [01:00.84]The start of the blues [01:02.87]The start of the blues [01:05.00]And from a jail [01:07.49]Came a wail [01:08.77] [01:09.32]Of a down-hearted frail [01:13.38]And they made them [01:15.69] [01:16.98]As start of the blues [01:20.76] [01:21.40]From a whippoorwill [01:22.54] [01:23.34]Up on a hill [01:25.35]They took a new note [01:28.73] [01:29.39]Pushed it through a horn [01:31.28]Till it was a born [01:33.27]Into a blue note [01:36.19] [01:36.90]And then they nursed it [01:39.91]They rehearsed it [01:41.63]And gave out the news [01:45.48]That the south land [01:47.95] [01:48.88]Gave birth to the blues [01:52.72] [02:09.40]From a whippoorwill [02:10.98]Up on a hill [02:13.18]They took a new note [02:17.04]Pushed it through a horn [02:18.94]Till it was a born [02:20.79]Into a blue note [02:24.46]And then they nursed it [02:27.20]They rehearsed it [02:29.07]And gave out the news [02:32.66]That the south land [02:35.65] [02:36.29]Gave birth to the blues [02:40.11] [02:41.07]Oh that southland gave birth to the blues