The Birth Of The Blues-Jack Teagarden

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Jack Teagarden] [al:Jack Teagarden Selected Favorites Volume 8] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth Of The Blues - Jack Teagarden [00:11.52]Oh they say some dark is along ago [00:17.07] [00:17.96]Were searching for a different tune [00:20.61]One that they could croon [00:22.03]As only they can [00:24.03] [00:25.41]They only had the rhythm [00:27.14]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:32.13] [00:33.12]They didn't know just what to use [00:35.67]That is how the blues [00:37.42]Really began [00:39.74] [00:40.73]They heard the breeze [00:42.94] [00:43.49]In the trees [00:45.07] [00:45.82]Singing weird melodies [00:49.19]And they played that [00:52.54]As the start of the blues [00:55.17] [01:00.16]And from a jail [01:02.40]Came a wail [01:03.57] [01:04.22]Of a down-hearted frail [01:08.02]And they played that [01:10.79] [01:11.30]As a part of the blues [01:14.38] [01:15.45]From a whippoorwill [01:17.66]Out on a hill [01:19.51]They took a new note [01:22.77]Pushed it through a horn [01:25.01]Till it was a worn [01:26.89]Into a blue note [01:29.90]And then they nursed it [01:32.68] [01:33.24]They rehearsed it [01:34.85] [01:35.52]And gave out the new [01:38.45]That the south land [01:41.21] [01:41.75]Gave birth to the blues [01:44.47] [02:45.31]And then they nursed it [02:48.24]Rehearsed it [02:49.79] [02:50.59]Gave out the good news [02:53.60]That the southland gave birth to the blues [02:59.55] [03:06.51]The birth of the blues