Birth of the Blues (Remastered)-Sammy Davis Jr

[ti:Birth of the Blues] [ar:Frank Sinatra] [al:Magic: The Rat Pack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth of the Blues (Remastered) - Sammy Davis Jr [00:06.43]Oh they say some people long ago [00:14.12] [00:15.78]Were searching for a diff'rent tune [00:18.36] [00:19.00]One that they could croon [00:20.84] [00:21.38]As only they can [00:25.91] [00:27.24]They only had the rhythm [00:29.87]So they started swaying to and fro [00:37.85] [00:39.51]They didn't know just what to use [00:42.06] [00:42.72]That is how the blues really began [00:49.33] [00:51.89]That is how the blues really began [00:56.15] [00:59.15]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:08.18] [01:09.13]Singing weird melodies [01:13.03]And they made that the start of the blues [01:20.66] [01:23.03]And from a jail came the wail [01:27.18] [01:27.75]Of a down-hearted frail [01:32.41]And they played that [01:34.46] [01:35.49]As part of the blues [01:40.18] [01:40.83]From a whippoorwill [01:43.98]Out on a hill [01:45.25] [01:46.15]They took a new note [01:49.80]Pushed it through a horn [01:52.42] [01:53.38]'Til it was worn [01:54.71] [01:55.65]Into a blue note [01:59.92]And then they nursed it rehearsed it [02:05.19] [02:05.74]And gave out the news [02:10.25]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:18.45] [02:19.36]From a whippoorwill [02:19.95] [02:21.52]Out on a hill [02:24.06]They took a new note [02:28.17]Pushed it through a horn [02:30.35] [02:31.06]'Til it was worn [02:32.91] [02:33.49]Into a blue note [02:36.17] [02:37.62]And then they nursed it rehearsed it [02:42.77] [02:43.59]And gave out the news [02:47.80]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:56.16] [02:56.68]And then they nursed it rehearsed it [03:00.70]And gave out the news [03:03.74]That the Southland gave birth to the blues