The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3797   Message #19825
Posted By: Ralph Butts
24-Jan-98 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Assorted dixieland songs
Subject: Lyr Add: THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES
Here's one...Tiger

THE BIRTH OF THE BLUES

They heard the breeze in the trees
Singing weird melodies,
And they made that
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.

And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,
And gave out the news
That the Southland
Gave birth to the blues!