[ti:Birth of the Blues]
[ar:Studio Musicians]
[00:00.67]Birth of the Blues - Studio Musicians
[00:21.35]They heard the breeze in the trees
[00:28.36]Singing weird melodies
[00:33.00]And they made that
[00:36.50]The start of the blues
[00:42.20]And from a jail came the wail
[00:46.64]Of a down hearted frail
[00:51.78]And they played that
[00:54.86]As part of the blues
[00:59.32]From a whippoorwill out on a hill
[01:05.01]They took a new note
[01:08.53]And they Pushed it through a horn
[01:11.62]'Til it was born into a blue note
[01:17.53]And then they nursed it rehearsed it
[01:23.30]And gave out the news
[01:27.92]That the southland
[01:31.08]Gave birth to the blues
[01:35.93]From a whippoorwill out on a hill
[01:41.66]They took a new note
[01:45.29]And they Pushed it through a horn
[01:48.13]'Til it was born into a blue note
[01:53.96]And then they nursed it rehearsed it
[01:59.97]And when they ready they gave out the news
[02:04.42]That the southland
[02:07.67]Gave birth to the blues
[02:14.05]And then they nursed it rehearsed it
[02:16.45]And gave out the news
[02:18.72]That the southland
[02:20.75]Gave birth to the blues
[02:38.42]From a whippoorwill out on a hill
[02:44.39]They took a new note
[02:48.05]And they Pushed it through a horn
[02:50.85]'Til it was born into a blue note
[02:56.85]Everybody they nursed it rehearsed it
[03:02.75]And when they ready they gave out the news
[03:07.17]That the southland
[03:10.43]Gave birth to the blues
[03:17.04]And then they nursed it rehearsed it
[03:19.23]And gave out the news
[03:21.26]That the southland
[03:23.39]Gave birth the brith to the blues