The Birth of the Blues-Pearl Bailey

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Pearl Bailey] [al:Pearl Bailey Sings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - Pearl Bailey [00:02.07]Oh they say some people along ago [00:08.68]Were searching for a tune [00:10.44] [00:11.06]One that they could croon [00:13.23]As only they can [00:15.41] [00:16.94]They only had the rhythm [00:18.89]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:24.91] [00:25.48]They didn't have much to use [00:27.56] [00:28.09]That is how the blues [00:30.13] [00:30.65]Really began [00:34.00] [00:35.27]They heard the breeze [00:38.43] [00:39.56]In the trees [00:41.90] [00:42.49]Singing sweet melodies [00:47.12] [00:47.79]And they call that [00:50.76] [00:52.92]The first of the blues [00:57.18] [00:57.75]Then from a jail [01:00.28] [01:01.72]Came a wail [01:04.45]Of a down-hearted frail [01:09.37]So they call that [01:13.29] [01:13.99]The first of the blues [01:19.30]From a whippoorwill [01:21.42] [01:21.94]Out on a hill [01:24.49]They came a blue note [01:27.66] [01:29.39]Though they [01:30.04]Pushed it through a horn [01:32.71]Till it was a worn [01:35.41]Into a new note [01:38.88] [01:40.25]And then they nursed it [01:43.30] [01:44.88]They rehearsed it [01:46.43] [01:47.61]And gave out all the news [01:51.66]That the south land [01:55.80] [01:56.33]Gave birth to the blues [02:01.30] [02:01.87]Yes [02:02.70]This was the whippoorwill [02:04.68] [02:05.23]Up on a hill [02:07.70]Very first found that blue note [02:11.43] [02:12.01]Though they [02:13.14]Pushed it through a horn [02:15.91]Till it was a worn [02:18.44]Into a blue note [02:21.82] [02:23.02]And then they nursed it [02:26.32] [02:27.34]They rehearsed it [02:29.07] [02:30.24]And then they gave out all the news [02:35.12]That the south land [02:38.08] [02:39.64]Gave birth to the blues [02:44.49] [02:45.79]That evening [02:47.16]Sun goes down