The Birth Of The Blues Lyrics - Merry Christmas With Shirley Bassey - Shirley Bassey

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 they had 

And that is how the blues really began: 

They heard the breeze in the trees 

Singing weird melodies 

And they made that 

The start of the blues. 

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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 

'til it was born 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!