Frank Sinatra feat. Harry Sosnik & the Savings Bond Orchestra -
Selections From A Voice On Air (1935-1955)
Birth of the Blues (with Harry Sosnik & the Savings Bond Orchestra)
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
So they started swaying to and fro
I twas the only thing to use
That is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start of the blues
And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Out on a hill
They took a new note
They pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn
Into a blue note
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues!
They nursed it, then they rehearsed it
And they gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the 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
So they started swaying to and fro
I twas the only thing to use
That is how the blues really began
They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start of the blues
And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As part of the blues
From a whippoorwill
Out on a hill
They took a new note
They pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn
Into a blue note
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues!
They nursed it, then they rehearsed it
And they gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues!
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Writer(s): Ray Henderson, Lew Brown, B.g. Desylva
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