The Birth of the Blues (78 RPM Version)
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โฑ๏ธ 3:28 duration
๐ ID: 2819401
๐ Lyrics
These are the blues
Nothing but blues
Oh, they say some people long ago
Were searching for a different tune
One that they could croon
As only they can
They only had the rhythm, so
They started swaying to and fro
They didn't know just what to use
This is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start
And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As a part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Way up on a hill
They took a new note
Pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn
Into a blue note
And then they nursed it
They rehearsed it
And then sent out that news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues
They nursed it
And they rehearsed it
And they sent out that news
That the Southland they gave birth to the blues
Nothing but blues
Oh, they say some people long ago
Were searching for a different tune
One that they could croon
As only they can
They only had the rhythm, so
They started swaying to and fro
They didn't know just what to use
This is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start
And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As a part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Way up on a hill
They took a new note
Pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn
Into a blue note
And then they nursed it
They rehearsed it
And then sent out that news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues
They nursed it
And they rehearsed it
And they sent out that news
That the Southland they gave birth to the blues
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:04.05] These are the blues
[00:10.21] Nothing but blues
[00:18.90] Oh, they say some people long ago
[00:29.86] Were searching for a different tune
[00:33.93] One that they could croon
[00:37.12] As only they can
[00:41.85] They only had the rhythm, so
[00:48.68] They started swaying to and fro
[00:54.95] They didn't know just what to use
[00:59.48] This is how the blues really began
[01:07.94] They heard the breeze in the trees
[01:19.04] Singing weird melodies
[01:25.69] And they made that the start
[01:37.39] And from a jail came the wail
[01:46.16] Of a down-hearted frail
[01:52.14] And they played that
[01:56.92] As a part of the blues
[02:04.34] From a whippoorwill
[02:08.47] Way up on a hill
[02:10.86] They took a new note
[02:16.66] Pushed it through a horn
[02:20.40] Until it was worn
[02:23.46] Into a blue note
[02:28.41] And then they nursed it
[02:37.39] They rehearsed it
[02:40.27] And then sent out that news
[02:46.18] That the Southland gave birth to the blues
[02:58.78] They nursed it
[03:01.82] And they rehearsed it
[03:05.03] And they sent out that news
[03:08.78] That the Southland they gave birth to the blues
[03:23.66]
[00:10.21] Nothing but blues
[00:18.90] Oh, they say some people long ago
[00:29.86] Were searching for a different tune
[00:33.93] One that they could croon
[00:37.12] As only they can
[00:41.85] They only had the rhythm, so
[00:48.68] They started swaying to and fro
[00:54.95] They didn't know just what to use
[00:59.48] This is how the blues really began
[01:07.94] They heard the breeze in the trees
[01:19.04] Singing weird melodies
[01:25.69] And they made that the start
[01:37.39] And from a jail came the wail
[01:46.16] Of a down-hearted frail
[01:52.14] And they played that
[01:56.92] As a part of the blues
[02:04.34] From a whippoorwill
[02:08.47] Way up on a hill
[02:10.86] They took a new note
[02:16.66] Pushed it through a horn
[02:20.40] Until it was worn
[02:23.46] Into a blue note
[02:28.41] And then they nursed it
[02:37.39] They rehearsed it
[02:40.27] And then sent out that news
[02:46.18] That the Southland gave birth to the blues
[02:58.78] They nursed it
[03:01.82] And they rehearsed it
[03:05.03] And they sent out that news
[03:08.78] That the Southland they gave birth to the blues
[03:23.66]