Writer(s): desylva/brown/henderson. . Oh, they say some people long ago. Were searching for a diff'rent tune. One that they could croon. As only they can.
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.
Oh! They say some people long ago. Were searching for a different tune,. One that they could croon. As only they can.. . They only had the rhythm so. They started swaying to and fro..
Oh... they say some people long ago,. Were searchin' for a diff'rent tune,. One that they could croon,. As only they can.... . They only had the rhythm... so,.
They heard the breeze in the trees making weird melodies. And they made that the start of the blues. And from a jail came the wail of a down-hearted frail.