Birth Of The Blues Lyrics - Randy Travis

Oh, they say some people long ago 

Were searching for a different tune 

One that they could croon as only they can 

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 

Pushed it through a horn 

Till it was worn into a blue note 

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And then they nursed it, rehearsed it 

And gave out the news 

That the Southland gave birth to the blues 

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