The Birth of the Blues-"Whispering" Jack Smith

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Whispering Jack Smith] [al:Nostalgic Memories-The Very Best of Whispering Jack Smith-Vol. 79] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - "Whispering" Jack Smith [00:21.45]Oh they say some duck long ago [00:25.43] [00:27.06]Were searching for a different tune [00:29.73]One that they croon as only they can [00:32.79] [00:34.98]They only had the rhythm [00:36.49]So they started swaying to and from [00:41.12] [00:42.64]They didn't know just what to use [00:44.32] [00:45.49]This is how the blues really began [00:48.67] [00:50.75]They heard the breeze in the trees [00:55.00] [00:55.79]Singing weird melodies [00:59.64]And they made that [01:00.86] [01:02.62]The start of the blues [01:05.24] [01:06.39]And from a jail came the wail [01:09.65] [01:11.21]Of a down hearted frail [01:13.50] [01:15.06]And they played that as a part of the blues [01:20.65] [01:22.17]From a whippoorwill out on a hill [01:26.03]They took a new note [01:27.95] [01:30.02]Pushed it through a horn [01:31.87]Till it was worn into a blue note [01:36.17] [01:37.37]And then they nursed it [01:38.80] [01:40.31]Rehearsed it [01:41.88] [01:43.18]Then gave out that news [01:44.65] [01:46.04]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [01:51.94] [01:53.12]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:57.99]Singing weird melodies [02:01.37] [02:02.06]And they made that [02:03.24] [02:04.86]The start of the blues [02:07.99] [02:08.76]And from a jail came the wail [02:12.40] [02:14.29]Of a down hearted frail [02:16.39] [02:17.43]And they played that as a part of the blues [02:23.04] [02:24.61]From a whippoorwill out on a hill [02:27.86] [02:28.48]They took a new note [02:31.07] [02:32.37]Pushed it through a horn [02:34.24]Till it was worn into a blue note [02:38.58] [02:39.67]And then they nursed it [02:43.08]Rehearsed it [02:44.55] [02:45.68]Then gave out that news [02:47.76] [02:48.52]That the Southland gave birth to the blues