The Birth Of The Blues-Frank Sinatra

[00:03.56]These are the blues [00:09.58]Nothing but blues [00:18.04]Oh, they say some people long ago [00:29.99]Were searching for a diffrent tune [00:33.97]One that they could croon [00:37.31]As only they can [00:42.22]They only had the rhythm [00:45.09]So they started swaying to and fro [00:55.12]They didn't know just what to use [00:59.59]That is how the blues really began [01:08.03]They heard the breeze in the trees [01:19.21]Singing weird melodies [01:25.67]And they made that the start of the blues [01:36.53]And from a jail came the wail [01:46.02]Of a down-hearted frail [01:51.85]And they played that [01:56.81]As part of the blues [02:04.20]From a whippoorwill [02:08.34]Out on a hill [02:10.88]They took a new note [02:15.81]Pushed it through a horn [02:20.24]Until it was worn [02:23.10]Into a blue note [02:27.80]And then they nursed it, [02:37.05]They rehearsed it [02:39.84]And then sent out that news [02:45.70]That the Southland gave birth to the blues! [02:59.24]They nursed it [03:01.97]And they rehearsed it [03:05.31]That the Southland they gave birth to the blues!