Birth Of The Blues-Perry Como

[ti:Birth of the Blues] [ar:Perry Como] [al:Saturday Night With Mr. C.] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Birth Of The Blues - Perry Como [00:25.95]Oh they say some [00:30.53]People long ago [00:33.10] [00:36.52]Were searching for [00:37.55]A diffrent tune [00:39.05] [00:40.29]One that they could croon [00:41.72]As only they can [00:45.30] [00:48.56]They only had the [00:49.67]Rhythm so [00:54.43]They started swaying [00:55.96]To and from [00:57.40] [01:01.22]They didn't know just [01:02.23]What to use [01:03.56] [01:04.63]That is how the blues [01:07.25] [01:07.99]Really began [01:10.55] [01:13.84]They heard the breeze [01:17.54]In the trees [01:20.19] [01:22.29]Singing weird melodies [01:26.47]And they made that [01:29.93] [01:32.37]The start of the blues [01:34.85] [01:38.83]And from a jail came the wail [01:44.67] [01:47.25]Of a down-hearted frail [01:51.32]And they played that [01:54.55] [01:57.51]As part of the blues [02:02.05] [02:04.79]From a whippoorwill [02:07.12]Out on the hill [02:10.13]They took a new note [02:12.60] [02:16.55]Pushed it through a horn [02:20.59]Till it was worn [02:22.66] [02:23.20]Into a blue note [02:25.22] [02:28.64]An then they nursed it [02:31.63] [02:33.16]And rehearsed it [02:34.75] [02:36.56]And gave out the news [02:41.28]That the southland [02:45.27] [02:46.97]Gave birth to the blues [02:52.51] [02:54.46]Oh the breeze from the trees [02:58.38] [02:58.91]A wail from the jail [03:00.99] [03:02.20]A buzz from the cousin [03:03.70]Of a nightingale [03:06.67]And southland [03:10.22] [03:11.67]Gave birth to the blues