Randy Travis and Willie Nelson - Birth of the Blues

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

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

And from the jail came a 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 new note

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

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

Written by:
B.g. Desylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson

Publisher:
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