VERSE

Oh!
They say some people long ago
Were searching for a diff'rent 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,
That is how the blues really began:

REFRAIN

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 downhearted frail,
And they played that
As part of the blues.
From a whippoorwill
Out on a hill
They took a new note,
Pushed it through a horn
'Til 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!