A Song Was Born-Various Jazz Artists

[ti:A Song Was Born] [ar:Louis Armstrong] [al:Pure Gold - Louis Armstrong, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Song Was Born - Various Jazz Artists [00:22.81]They took the tune and the words [00:25.50] [00:26.02]Right from the mocking birds [00:27.92] [00:29.00]That's how a song was born [00:31.90] [00:32.72]And then the soft evening breeze [00:36.05]Huffed through the willow trees [00:38.31]And that's how a song was born [00:41.86] [00:42.58]The tinklin' rain from the sky [00:45.23] [00:45.86]Became a lullaby [00:47.89]And the blues must've come from a sigh from a sigh [00:52.55]When two hearts beat in time [00:54.61] [00:55.87]Bluebells began to chime [00:57.14] [00:57.81]And that's how a song was born [01:01.26] [01:06.88]They took a reek jungle beat [01:09.30] [01:10.37]Brought it to Basin Street [01:11.87] [01:12.74]That's how jazz was born [01:16.02] [01:16.87]And then someone played a whale [01:19.44] [01:20.29]All up and down the scale [01:22.71]And that's how jazz was born [01:26.02] [01:26.92]They simply played what they liked [01:29.36] [01:29.91]As long as it would fit [01:31.94] [01:32.83]If it just had a beat [01:34.85]That was it [01:36.02] [01:36.98]And when a heart gave a scream [01:40.22]They took it as a theme [01:42.78]And that's how jazz was born