The Birth Of The Blues-Sammy Davis Jr.

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Sammy Davis Jr.] [al:Mr. Entertainment] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth Of The Blues - Sammy Davis Jr. [00:06.20]Oh, they say some people long ago [00:12.43] [00:15.61]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:18.83]One that they could croon [00:21.32]As only they can [00:24.51] [00:27.17]They only had the rhythm [00:29.83]So they started swaying to and fro [00:36.61] [00:39.36]They didn't know just what to use [00:42.57]But That is how the blues really began [00:47.54] [00:51.81]That is way the blues really began [00:55.42] [00:59.23]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:08.93]Singing weird melodies [01:11.63] [01:12.84]And they made that the start of the blues [01:19.17] [01:22.94]And from a jail there came the wail [01:26.60] [01:27.72]From down hearted frail [01:32.31]And they played that [01:35.43]As part of the blues [01:38.55] [01:40.66]Now From a whippoorwill blues [01:43.50]Out on a hill [01:45.05] [01:45.97]They took a new note [01:48.77] [01:49.63]And Pushed it through a horn [01:52.63]And Til it was worn [01:54.18] [01:55.51]And Into one blue note [01:57.48] [01:59.74]And then they nursed it, yeah rehearsed it [02:04.42] [02:05.52]And then gave out the news [02:09.22] [02:10.14]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:16.60] [02:18.78]From a whippoorwill Out on a hill [02:23.19] [02:23.84]They took a new note [02:27.32] [02:27.96]And then Pushed it through a horn [02:30.29] [02:30.98]And Til it was worn [02:33.41]And Into a blue note [02:35.17] [02:37.56]And then they nursed it, go rehearsed it [02:42.56] [02:43.46]And then gave out the news [02:46.93] [02:47.64]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:53.56] [02:56.78]Everybody And then they nursed it, rehearsed it [03:00.56]And gave out the news [03:02.15] [03:03.64]That the Southland gave birth [03:05.83] [03:06.38]The birth to the blues