The Birth of the Blues

B.g. Desylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson

These are the blues
Nothing but blues

Oh, they say some people long ago
Were searching for a diffrent tune
One that they could croon
As only they can

They only had the rhythm
They started swaying to and fro
They didn't know just what to use
That is how the blues really began

They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies
And they made that the start, the start of the blues

And from a jail came the wail
Of a down-hearted frail
And they played that
As part of the blues

From a whippoorwill
Way up on a hill
They took a new note
Pushed it through a horn
Until it was worn
Into a blue note

And then they nursed it
They rehearsed it
And then sent out that news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues

They nursed it
And they rehearsed it
That the Southland they gave birth to the blues

Trivia about the song The Birth of the Blues by Frank Sinatra

On which albums was the song “The Birth of the Blues” released by Frank Sinatra?
Frank Sinatra released the song on the albums “The Frank Sinatra Story in Music” in 1958, “From Here To Enternity 1953-1950” in 2004, “Frank Sinatra: Un Crooner de Légende” in 2005, “So In Love” in 2008, and “The Frank Sinatra Story” in 2008.
Who composed the song “The Birth of the Blues” by Frank Sinatra?
The song “The Birth of the Blues” by Frank Sinatra was composed by B.g. Desylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson.

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