Birth of the Blues-Sammy Davis/Jr. With Joseph Gershenson's Orchestra

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Sammy Davis Jr.] [al:Sammy Davis Jr. Debut] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth of the Blues - Sammy Davis/Jr. With Joseph Gershenson's Orchestra [00:22.13]Oh, they say some people long ago [00:28.69] [00:30.92]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:33.25] [00:34.33]One that they could croon [00:36.01] [00:37.30]As only they can [00:40.40] [00:42.85]They only had the rhythm [00:47.02]So they started swaying to and from [00:55.14] [00:57.09]They didn't know just what to use [00:59.44] [01:00.06]But this is how the blues really began [01:08.15] [01:11.76]This is way the blues began [01:15.51] [01:29.52]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:36.85] [01:38.57]Singing weird melodies [01:41.65] [01:42.65]And they made that [01:44.89] [01:47.32]Just the start of the blues [01:50.05] [01:53.95]And from a jail there came the wail [01:57.94] [01:59.17]From down hearted frail [02:03.26] [02:04.45]And they played that [02:06.81] [02:07.92]As part of the blues [02:11.69] [02:13.82]Now From a whippoorwill [02:16.53]Still I out of a hill [02:18.66] [02:19.64]They borrowed a new note [02:23.03] [02:23.63]And they pushed it in you heart [02:26.36] [02:27.46]And Till it was worn [02:29.11] [02:29.98]And Into a blue note [02:32.31] [02:34.68]And then they nursed it, yeah rehearsed it [02:40.28] [02:41.28]And then gave out the news [02:45.55] [02:46.47]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:53.54] [02:55.75]From a whippoorwill Out of a hill [03:00.35] [03:01.48]They grand a new note [03:06.03]And then Pushed it through a horn [03:08.54] [03:09.23]And Till it was worn [03:10.84] [03:11.87]And Into a blue note [03:14.07] [03:16.23]And then they really nursed it, [03:19.28] [03:20.52]Rehearsed it [03:22.11] [03:23.14]And they were so grand [03:24.99]So grand to gave our the news [03:27.10] [03:28.34]That the southland gave birth to the blues [03:34.70] [03:37.45]Then you gave me hum nursed it, [03:40.54]Rehearsed it [03:41.98]Gave out the news [03:43.45] [03:45.08]That the Southland gave birth [03:47.28] [03:48.22]The birth to the blues