Sammy Davis, Jr. - The Birth of the Blues Lyrics

Lyrics The Birth of the Blues - 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): B.G. DESYLVA, RAY HENDERSON, LEW BROWN


Sammy Davis, Jr. - Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
Album Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story
date of release
09-11-1999

1 Gonna Build A Mountain
2 The Birth of the Blues
3 Mr. Bojangles
4 With a Song in My Heart (Live)
5 Where or When - Live
6 You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You - Live
7 Walkin' My Baby Back Home
8 The Party's Over
9 Unforgettable
10 People
11 Here I'll Stay
12 I'll Begin Again
13 Life Is a Woman
14 Something's Gotta Give (live)
15 The Birth of the Blues (Live)
16 Once In Love With Amy (Live)
17 If It's the Last Thing I Do (Live)
18 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone (Live)
19 It's All Right With Me (live)
20 This Was My Love
21 My Funny Valentine
22 That Old Black Magic
23 I Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry
24 I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
25 Soliloquy
26 The Lady Is a Tramp
27 My Romance
28 Soon
29 Thou Swell
30 Lush Life
31 I Married an Angel
32 'Deed I Do
33 And This Is My Beloved (live)
34 Ethel, Baby (live)
35 Come Back to Me (live)
36 Bye Bye Blackbird (live)
37 But Not for Me
38 Change Partners
39 Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You
40 A Lot of Livin' to Do
41 Begin The Beguine
42 Falling in Love With Love
43 Bye Bye Blackbird
44 Blame It on My Youth
45 A Stranger in Town
46 West Side Story Medley (live)
47 Lover, Come Back to Me!
48 Teach Me Tonight
49 The Candy Man
50 April in Paris
51 There's A Small Hotel
52 Here's That Rainy Day
53 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
54 Bewitched
55 Me and My Shadow
56 I Want to Be With You




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