Sammy Davis, Jr. - The Birth of the Blues (Live At the Cocoanut Grove) Lyrics

Lyrics The Birth of the Blues (Live At the Cocoanut Grove) - Jr. , Sammy Davis



Oh... they say some people along ago
Where lookin' for a different tune
One that they could coon
As only they can
They only had the rhythm
So, they started swingin' to and fro
They didn't know just what to use
But this is how the blues
Really began
This is the way the blues began
They... heard... the breeze
Through the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they named that
Just the start of the blues
Then from a jail
There came a wail
From a down-heart frail
And they played that
As a part of the blues
Now from a whippoorwill
Sittin' high on a hill
They took a new note
And they pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn into a blue note
And they nursed it
Yeah, rehearsed it
And then gave out the news
That the South Land
Really gave birth to the blues
From a whippoorwill
High on a hill
They grabbed a new note
And they pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn into a blue note
And then they nursed it
Oh, rehearsed it
And then gave out the news
That the South Land
Gave birth to the blues
Everybody they nursed it
Rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That, that old South Land
Gave birth, birth to the blues



Writer(s): Brown Lew, De Sylva B G, De Sylva B G Ballantine Interest, Henderson Ray


Sammy Davis, Jr. - That's All!
Album That's All!
date of release
29-03-2005

1 You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - Live
2 Where Or When
3 With A Song In My Heart
4 What Kind Of Fool Am I?
5 One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
6 Sweet Beginning
7 The Birth of the Blues (Live At the Cocoanut Grove)
8 My Mother The Car
9 The Lady Is a Tramp
10 Monologue
11 Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody (Live At the Cocoanut Grove)
12 On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
13 Ain't I
14 Chicago
15 Bye Bye Blackbird
16 As Long As She Needs Me
17 Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
18 Another Spring
19 With a Song
20 Lonesome Road / Gonna Build a Mountain / Yes I Can / I Want to Be With You / Too Close for Comfort / Something's Gotta Give / Hey There
21 I've Got You Under My Skin / What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing In a Place Like This / Dang Me / Big Bad John / The Girl from Ipanema / Ugly Chile / On the Road to Mandalay / What I'd Say / Hello, Dolly / I've Got You Under My Skin




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