FRANK SINATRA - Birth Of The Blues lyrics

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Writer(s): desylva/brown/henderson<br><br>Oh, they say some people long ago<br>Were searching for a diff'rent tune<br>One that they could croon<br>As only they can<br>They only had the rhythm<br>So they started swaying to and fro<br>They didn't know just what to use<br>That is how the blues really began<br>They heard the breeze in the trees<br>Singing weird melodies<br>And they made that the start of the blues<br><br>And from a jail came the wail<br>Of a down-hearted frail<br>And they played that<br>As part of the blues<br>From a whippoorwill<br>Out on a hill<br>They took a new note<br>Pushed it through a horn<br>'til it was worn<br>Into a blue note<br>And then they nursed it, rehearsed it<br>And gave out the news<br>That the southland gave birth to the blues!