The Birth Of The Blues-The Revellers

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:The Revellers] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth Of The Blues - The Revellers [00:09.37]Oh they say some dark is along ago [00:15.54]Were searching for a different tune [00:17.48] [00:18.11]One that they could croon [00:19.42] [00:19.95]As only they can [00:21.70]As only they can [00:23.63]They only had the rhythm [00:25.09]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:31.39]They didn't know just what to use [00:33.83]That is how the blues [00:35.34] [00:35.96]Really began [00:37.56]They really began [00:39.63]They heard the breeze [00:41.50] [00:42.00]To the trees [00:43.90]Singing weird melodies [00:47.85]And they named that [00:51.13]The start of the blues [00:55.38]And from a jail [00:57.74]Came a wail [00:59.54]Of a down-hearted frail [01:03.62]And they played that [01:07.12]As a part of the blues [01:09.05] [01:11.56]From a whippoorwill [01:12.61] [01:13.45]Out on a hill [01:15.35]They took a new note [01:18.97] [01:19.48]Pushed it through a horn [01:21.34]Till it was a worn [01:23.55]Into a blue note [01:26.03]Blue note [01:27.00]And then they nursed it [01:29.94]Rehearsed it [01:31.44]And gave out the new [01:35.16]That the south land [01:38.17] [01:38.78]Gave birth to the blues [01:42.96]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:47.44]Singing weird melodies [01:51.33]And they [01:52.26]Made that the start of the blues [01:59.93]And from a jail came a wail [02:03.28]Of a down-hearted frail [02:07.25]And they played that as part of the blues [02:12.55] [02:15.13]From a whippoorwill [02:17.14]Out on a hill [02:18.96]They took a new note [02:22.92]Pushed it through a horn [02:24.64]Till it was a worn [02:26.66]Into a blue note [02:30.18]And then they nursed it [02:33.11]Rehearsed it [02:34.63]And gave out the new [02:38.25]That the south land [02:41.12] [02:41.74]Gave birth to the blues