Letra de The Birth Of The Blues (78rpm Version)
These are the blues Nothing but bluesOh, they say some people long ago Were searching for a different tune One that they could croon As only they canThey 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 beganThey heard the breeze in the trees Singing weird melodies And they made that the startAnd from a jail came the wail Of a down-hearted frail And they played that As a part of the bluesFrom a whippoorwill Way up on a hill They took a new note Pushed it through a horn Until it was worn Into a blue noteAnd then they nursed it They rehearsed it And then sent out that news That the Southland gave birth to the bluesThey nursed it And they rehearsed it And they sent out that news That the Southland they gave birth to the blues