[ti:The Birth of the Blues]
[ar:Keely Smith]
[al:The Songs of Keely Smith, Vol. 2]
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[00:00.00]The Birth of the Blues - Keely Smith (KeelySmith)/Bing Crosby (平克·劳斯)
[00:06.12]They say some people long long long ago
[00:10.34]
[00:11.32]Were looking for a diffrent tune
[00:15.50]
[00:16.19]So they started swaying to and fro
[00:19.87]
[00:20.54]They want something that's good good
[00:26.09]They didn't know just what to use
[00:30.54]So this is how they started the blues
[00:33.77]They heard the breeze in the trees
[00:40.21]Singing weird melodies
[00:45.17]And they made that the start of the blues
[00:53.45]And from a jail came the wail
[00:58.57]Of a down-hearted frail
[01:03.34]And they played that
[01:06.92]As a part of the blues
[01:10.90]
[01:11.64]From a whippoorwill
[01:13.91]High up on a hill
[01:16.59]
[01:18.10]They took a new note
[01:21.52]Pushed it through a horn
[01:24.06]Till it was worn
[01:27.10]Into a blue note
[01:30.88]And then they nursed it
[01:35.31]Rehearsed it
[01:37.88]And sent out that news
[01:42.47]That the Southland gave birth to the blues
[01:49.19]
[01:49.99]From a whippoorwill
[01:51.19]
[01:51.86]High up on a hill
[01:53.04]
[01:53.70]They took a new note
[01:55.97]
[01:56.83]Pushed it through a horn
[01:58.51]Till it was worn
[02:00.28]Into a blue note
[02:02.71]And then they nursed it
[02:05.76]
[02:07.45]Rehearsed it
[02:08.39]
[02:09.91]And then sent out the news
[02:14.03]That the Southland gave birth to the blues
[02:21.92]They went to jail got the wail
[02:23.63]From a down-hearted frail
[02:25.00]And you know the sponserman William horn
[02:27.27]Got blue not from a whippoorwill
[02:29.35]Why he was swaying
[02:30.39]High up on a hill
[02:31.45]That's Southland oh that's good Southland
[02:35.15]That's Southland gave birth to the blues