Birth Of The Blues (Album Version)-Sammy Davis Jr.

[ti:Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Sammy Davis Jr.] [al:Sammy Davis Jr.'s Greatest Hit] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth Of The Blues (Album Version) - Sammy Davis Jr. [00:07.11]Oh.... they say some people along ago [00:15.15] [00:18.21]Where lookin' for a different tune [00:20.33] [00:21.46]One that they could coon [00:23.34] [00:24.33]As only they can [00:27.02] [00:30.56]They only had the rhythm [00:36.94]So, they started swingin' to and fro [00:45.50] [00:47.94]They didn't know just what to use [00:50.26] [00:51.50]But this is how the blues [00:53.44] [00:54.57]Really began [00:58.13] [01:01.31]This is the way the blues began [01:05.53] [01:20.62]They... heard... the breeze [01:24.49] [01:26.12]Through the trees [01:26.87] [01:28.24]Singing weird melodies [01:31.63] [01:33.06]And they named that [01:35.50] [01:36.57]Just the start of the blues [01:38.88] [01:42.19]Then from a jail [01:43.38] [01:44.63]There came a wail [01:46.32]From a down-heart frail [01:50.69] [01:51.57]And they played that [01:54.12] [01:54.69]As a part of the blues [01:57.44] [01:59.69]Now from a whippoorwill [02:02.31]Sittin' high on a hill [02:04.06] [02:04.88]They took a new note [02:07.63] [02:09.00]And they pushed it through a horn [02:11.56] [02:12.19]Until it was worn into a blue note [02:16.38] [02:18.38]And they nursed it [02:20.93] [02:21.80]Yeah, rehearsed it [02:24.18]And then gave out the news [02:28.24] [02:29.24]That the South Land [02:30.49] [02:31.74]Really gave birth to the blues [02:35.11] [02:37.05]From a whippoorwill [02:38.86] [02:39.92]High on a hill [02:41.49] [02:42.18]They grabbed a new note [02:45.02]And they pushed it through a horn [02:48.50] [02:49.19]Until it was worn into a blue note [02:54.30] [02:55.05]Everybody [02:55.78] [02:58.72]And then they nursed it [03:01.29]Oh, rehearsed it [03:02.79] [03:03.85]And then gave out the news [03:06.41]That the South Land [03:08.34] [03:09.65]Gave birth to the blues [03:11.96] [03:14.15]And then they nursed it [03:17.52]Oh, rehearsed it [03:18.85]And then gave out the news [03:20.41] [03:21.28]That the South Land [03:22.91] [03:23.57]Gave birth to the blues [03:26.66] [03:29.60]Gave birth to the blues [03:32.65] [03:48.66]And then they nursed it [03:50.78] [03:51.91]Oh, rehearsed it [03:53.85] [03:55.09]And then gave out the news [03:57.03] [03:58.03]That the South Land [03:59.35] [04:01.74]Gave birth to the blues [04:03.45] [04:05.57]And then they nursed it [04:08.45]Oh, rehearsed it [04:09.76]And then gave out the news [04:11.64] [04:12.57]That the South Land [04:14.01] [04:14.89]Gave birth to the blues