The Birth of the Blues-Sammy Davis,Jr.

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Sammy Davis Jr.] [al:Memory Lane - Hits From The Rat Pack] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - Sammy Davis,Jr. [00:06.14]Oh, they say some people long ago [00:12.72] [00:15.45]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:17.84] [00:18.80]One that they could croon [00:20.47] [00:21.14]As only they can [00:23.96] [00:26.96]They only had the rhythm [00:29.68] [00:30.27]So they started swaying to and fro [00:36.77] [00:39.14]They didn't know just what to use [00:41.39] [00:42.39]But This is how the blues really began [00:48.36] [00:51.63]This is the way the blues began [00:55.17] [00:59.02]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:07.09] [01:08.73]Singing weird melodies [01:11.85] [01:12.67]And they made that just the start of the blues [01:19.61] [01:22.73]And from a jail there came a wail [01:26.27] [01:27.41]From down hearted frail [01:31.34] [01:32.11]And they played that [01:33.97] [01:35.23]As part of the blues [01:38.87] [01:40.53]Now From a whippoorwill blues [01:43.58]High on a hill [01:45.05] [01:45.87]They took a new note [01:48.73] [01:49.47]And they pushed it through a horn [01:52.10] [01:53.06]And till it was worn [01:54.33] [01:55.31]And Into one blue note [01:57.32] [01:59.54]And then they nursed it, yeah rehearsed it [02:04.43] [02:05.37]And then gave out the news [02:09.38] [02:09.94]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:17.04] [02:19.02]From a whippoorwill Out on a hill [02:22.97] [02:23.74]They brought a new note [02:27.80]And then pushed it through a horn [02:30.00] [02:30.75]And till it was worn [02:32.37] [02:33.20]And into a blue note [02:35.24] [02:37.42]And then they nursed it, go rehearsed it [02:42.37] [02:43.35]And then gave out the news [02:46.96] [02:47.48]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:55.68] [02:56.40]Everybody [02:57.07] [02:57.87]Then nursed it, rehearsed it [03:00.48]And gave out the news [03:02.11] [03:03.46]That the Southland gave birth [03:05.79] [03:06.63]The birth to the blues