The Birth Of The Blues-Harry Richman

[ti:The Birth Of The Blues] [ar:Harry Richman] [al:Harry Richman] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Birth Of The Blues - Harry Richman [00:04.67]Oh they say some people along ago [00:09.63] [00:10.72]Were searching for a different tune [00:13.28]One that they could croon [00:15.11]As only they can [00:16.59] [00:18.55]They only had the rhythm [00:20.22]So they started swingin' to and fro [00:25.05] [00:26.55]They didn't know just what to use [00:28.97]That is how the blues [00:31.04]Really began [00:32.52] [00:34.40]They heard the breeze [00:37.36]In the trees [00:38.67] [00:39.26]Singing weird melodies [00:42.77] [00:43.39]And they named that [00:45.73] [00:46.73]The start of the blues [00:49.99] [00:50.57]Then from a jail [00:52.61] [00:53.45]Came a wail [00:55.04] [00:55.62]Of a down-hearted frail [00:59.04] [00:59.94]And they played that [01:01.88] [01:02.87]As a part of the blues [01:06.07] [01:07.49]From a whippoorwill [01:09.49]Out in a hill [01:11.18]They took a new note [01:13.97] [01:15.51]Pushed it through a horn [01:17.61] [01:18.17]Till it was a worn [01:20.07]Into a blue note [01:22.23] [01:23.02]And then they nursed it [01:26.19] [01:26.71]They rehearsed it [01:29.40]And gave out the hew [01:31.84] [01:32.44]That the south land [01:34.30] [01:35.35]Gave birth to the blues [01:39.11] [01:39.74]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:44.05] [01:45.03]They were singing weird melodies [01:47.70] [01:48.71]And they took that and [01:50.68]Made that the start of the blues [01:53.78] [01:55.13]And then from a jail came a little for long wail [02:00.91] [02:01.68]From a down-hearted frail [02:04.01] [02:04.92]And they played that and made it part of the blues [02:09.80] [02:11.62]And then from a little whippoorwill [02:14.91]That were singing in the hill [02:16.56] [02:17.08]They took a sweet new note [02:19.22] [02:20.66]And they pushed it in a horn [02:22.91]'Til it was worn into a wonderful blue note [02:27.69]And then then they nursed it [02:30.46]They nursed it [02:31.36]Rehearsed it [02:32.29]Rehearsed it [02:33.25] [02:33.86]And then gave out the news [02:37.11]That the southland gave birth to the blues