The Birth of the Blues-Louis Prima

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Keely Smith] [al:The Songs of Keely Smith, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - Louis Prima [00:06.60]They say some people long long long ago [00:10.82] [00:11.80]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:15.98] [00:16.68]So they started swaying to and fro [00:20.35] [00:21.02]They want something that's good good [00:26.57]They didn't know just what to use [00:31.02]So this is how they started the blues [00:34.25]They heard the breeze in the trees [00:40.69]Singing weird melodies [00:45.65]And they made that the start of the blues [00:53.93]And from a jail came the wail [00:59.06]Of a down-hearted frail [01:03.82]And they played that [01:07.40]As a part of the blues [01:11.38] [01:12.12]From a whippoorwill [01:14.40]High up on a hill [01:17.07] [01:18.58]They took a new note [01:22.00]Pushed it through a horn [01:24.54]Till it was worn [01:27.58]Into a blue note [01:31.36]And then they nursed it [01:35.79]Rehearsed it [01:38.36]And sent out that news [01:42.96]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [01:49.67] [01:50.48]From a whippoorwill [01:51.67] [01:52.34]High up on a hill [01:53.53] [01:54.18]They took a new note [01:56.45] [01:57.31]Pushed it through a horn [01:58.99]Till it was worn [02:00.76]Into a blue note [02:03.19]And then they nursed it [02:06.24] [02:07.93]Rehearsed it [02:08.87] [02:10.39]And then sent out the news [02:14.51]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:22.40]They went to jail got the wail [02:24.11]From a down-hearted frail [02:25.48]And you know the sponserman William horn [02:27.75]Got blue not from a whippoorwill [02:29.83]Why he was swaying [02:30.87]High up on a hill [02:31.93]That's Southland oh that's good Southland [02:35.63]That's Southland gave birth to the blues