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 [00:06.19]They say some people long long long ago [00:10.41] [00:11.38]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:15.56] [00:16.26]So they started swaying to and fro [00:19.94] [00:20.60]They want something that's good good [00:26.15]They didn't know just what to use [00:30.60]So this is how they started the blues [00:33.83]They heard the breeze in the trees [00:40.27]Singing weird melodies [00:45.23]And they made that the start of the blues [00:53.51]And from a jail came the wail [00:58.64]Of a down-hearted frail [01:03.41]And they played that [01:06.99]As a part of the blues [01:10.96] [01:11.70]From a whippoorwill [01:13.98]High up on a hill [01:16.65] [01:18.16]They took a new note [01:21.58]Pushed it through a horn [01:24.12]Till it was worn [01:27.16]Into a blue note [01:30.94]And then they nursed it [01:35.38]Rehearsed it [01:37.95]And sent out that news [01:42.54]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [01:49.25] [01:50.06]From a whippoorwill [01:51.26] [01:51.93]High up on a hill [01:53.11] [01:53.76]They took a new note [01:56.03] [01:56.90]Pushed it through a horn [01:58.58]Till it was worn [02:00.34]Into a blue note [02:02.78]And then they nursed it [02:05.82] [02:07.52]Rehearsed it [02:08.45] [02:09.97]And then sent out the news [02:14.09]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:21.98]They went to jail got the wail [02:23.70]From a down-hearted frail [02:25.06]And you know the sponserman William horn [02:27.33]Got blue not from a whippoorwill [02:29.42]Why he was swaying [02:30.45]High up on a hill [02:31.51]That's Southland oh that's good Southland [02:35.21]That's Southland gave birth to the blues