Birth of the Blues Lyrics
The Birth Of The Blues - Sammy Davis Jr.
Oh, they say some people long ago
Were looking for a diffrent tune
One that they could croon
As only they can
They only had the rhythm
So they started swaying to and from
They didn't know just what to use
But this is how the blues really began
This is way the blues began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that
Just the start of the blues
And from a jail there came the wail
From down hearted frail
And they played that
As part of the blues
Now From a whippoorwill
Still I out of a hill
They borrowed a new note
And they pushed it in you heart
And Till it was worn
And Into a blue note
And then they nursed it, yeah rehearsed it
And then gave out the news
That the southland gave birth to the blues
From a whippoorwill Out of a hill
They grand a new note
And then Pushed it through a horn
And Till it was worn
And Into a blue note
And then they really nursed it,
Rehearsed it
And they were so grand
So grand to gave our the news
That the southland gave birth to the blues
Then you gave me hum nursed it,
Rehearsed it
Gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth
The birth to the blues