The Birth of the Blues-Keely Smith/Louis Prima

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Keely Smith] [al:The Songs of Keely Smith, Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - Keely Smith (KeelySmith)/Louis Prima [00:06.12]They say some people long long long ago [00:10.34] [00:11.32]Were looking for a diffrent tune [00:15.50] [00:16.19]So they started swaying to and fro [00:19.87] [00:20.54]They want something that's good good [00:26.09]They didn't know just what to use [00:30.54]So this is how they started the blues [00:33.77]They heard the breeze in the trees [00:40.21]Singing weird melodies [00:45.17]And they made that the start of the blues [00:53.45]And from a jail came the wail [00:58.57]Of a down-hearted frail [01:03.34]And they played that [01:06.92]As a part of the blues [01:10.90] [01:11.64]From a whippoorwill [01:13.91]High up on a hill [01:16.59] [01:18.10]They took a new note [01:21.52]Pushed it through a horn [01:24.06]Till it was worn [01:27.10]Into a blue note [01:30.88]And then they nursed it [01:35.31]Rehearsed it [01:37.88]And sent out that news [01:42.47]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [01:49.19] [01:49.99]From a whippoorwill [01:51.19] [01:51.86]High up on a hill [01:53.04] [01:53.70]They took a new note [01:55.97] [01:56.83]Pushed it through a horn [01:58.51]Till it was worn [02:00.28]Into a blue note [02:02.71]And then they nursed it [02:05.76] [02:07.45]Rehearsed it [02:08.39] [02:09.91]And then sent out the news [02:14.03]That the Southland gave birth to the blues [02:21.92]They went to jail got the wail [02:23.63]From a down-hearted frail [02:25.00]And you know the sponserman William horn [02:27.27]Got blue not from a whippoorwill [02:29.35]Why he was swaying [02:30.39]High up on a hill [02:31.45]That's Southland oh that's good Southland [02:35.15]That's Southland gave birth to the blues