Birth of the Blues-Sammy Davis Jr./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./Joseph Gershenson's Orchestra [00:22.09]Oh, they say some people long ago [00:28.65] [00:30.88]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:33.21] [00:34.29]One that they could croon [00:35.97] [00:37.26]As only they can [00:40.36] [00:42.81]They only had the rhythm [00:46.98]So they started swaying to and from [00:55.10] [00:57.05]They didn't know just what to use [00:59.40] [01:00.02]But this is how the blues really began [01:08.11] [01:11.72]This is way the blues began [01:15.47] [01:29.48]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:36.81] [01:38.53]Singing weird melodies [01:41.61] [01:42.61]And they made that [01:44.85] [01:47.28]Just the start of the blues [01:50.01] [01:53.91]And from a jail there came the wail [01:57.90] [01:59.13]From down hearted frail [02:03.22] [02:04.41]And they played that [02:06.77] [02:07.88]As part of the blues [02:11.65] [02:13.78]Now From a whippoorwill [02:16.49]Still I out of a hill [02:18.62] [02:19.60]They borrowed a new note [02:22.99] [02:23.59]And they pushed it in you heart [02:26.32] [02:27.42]And Till it was worn [02:29.07] [02:29.94]And Into a blue note [02:32.27] [02:34.64]And then they nursed it, yeah rehearsed it [02:40.24] [02:41.24]And then gave out the news [02:45.51] [02:46.43]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:53.50] [02:55.71]From a whippoorwill Out of a hill [03:00.31] [03:01.44]They grand a new note [03:05.99]And then Pushed it through a horn [03:08.50] [03:09.19]And Till it was worn [03:10.80] [03:11.83]And Into a blue note [03:14.03] [03:16.19]And then they really nursed it, [03:19.24] [03:20.48]Rehearsed it [03:22.07] [03:23.10]And they were so grand [03:24.95]So grand to gave our the news [03:27.06] [03:28.30]That the southland gave birth to the blues [03:34.66] [03:37.41]Then you gave me hum nursed it, [03:40.50]Rehearsed it [03:41.94]Gave out the news [03:43.41] [03:45.04]That the Southland gave birth [03:47.24] [03:48.18]The birth to the blues