PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
112 - The Birth Of The Blues
Verse 1
They heard the breeze in the trees
sing-ing weird mel-o-dies,
and they made that
the start of the blues.
Verse 2
And from a jail came a wail
of a down-heart-ed frail,
and they played that
as part of the blues.
Bridge
From a whip-poor-will out on a hill,
they took a new note;
pushed it through a horn ‘til it was worn
in-to a blue note!
Verse 3
And then they nursed it, re-hearsed it,
and gave out the news
that the South-land
gave birth to the blues!
[8 x Bar Instrumental]
Verse 2 repeat
And from a jail came a wail
of a down-heart-ed frail,
and they played that
as part of the blues.
Bridge repeat
From a whip-poor-will out on a hill,
they took a new note;
pushed it through a horn ‘til it was worn
in-to a blue note!
Verse 3 repeat
And then they nursed it, re-hearsed it,
and gave out the news
that the South-land
gave birth to the blues!
[Tag]
That the South-land gave birth to the blues!
Music written by Ray Henderson, recorded in 1927 by "Whispering" Jack Smith