The Birth of the Blues (Live)-Lionel Hampton

[ti:The Birth of the Blues] [ar:Lionel Hampton] [al:Live in Concert] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues (Live) - Lionel Hampton (莱尼尔·汉普顿) [00:30.38]Oh they say some people along ago [00:36.33] [00:37.23]Were searching for a different tune [00:39.95]One that they could croon [00:41.84]As only they can [00:44.17] [00:45.42]They only had the rhythm [00:47.23]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:52.03] [00:53.73]They didn't know just what to use [00:55.69] [00:56.30]And that is how the blues [00:58.11]Really began [01:00.22] [01:01.56]They heard the breeze [01:04.21]In the trees [01:06.31]Singing weird melodies [01:10.02]And they named that [01:12.32] [01:13.39]The start of the blues [01:16.60] [01:17.62]And from a jail [01:19.40] [01:20.08]Came a wail [01:22.14]Of a down-hearted frail [01:25.62]And they played that [01:27.92] [01:28.91]As a part of the blues [01:32.12] [01:33.42]From a whippoorwill [01:35.73]Out on a hill [01:37.64]They took a new note [01:39.76] [01:41.17]Pushed it through a horn [01:43.37]Till it was a worn [01:45.18]Into a blue note [01:47.44] [01:48.25]And then they nursed it [01:51.10] [01:51.64]Rehearsed it [01:53.18]And gave out the hew [01:56.69]That the south land [01:59.85]Gave birth to the blues [02:03.12] [02:04.35]From a whippoorwill [02:06.55]Out on a hill [02:08.60]They took a new note [02:10.49] [02:12.10]Pushed it through a horn [02:14.13]Till it was a worn [02:15.66] [02:16.17]Into a blue note [02:18.41] [02:19.18]And then they nursed it [02:21.97] [02:22.53]Rehearsed it [02:24.02]And gave out the hew [02:27.64]That the south land [02:30.70]Gave birth to the blues [02:34.27] [02:34.78]And then they nursed it [02:36.83]Rehearsed it [02:37.85]Gave out the news [02:39.71]That the south land [02:41.57]To give birth to the blues