oh they say some people long ago were lookin for a different tune one that they could croon as only they can they only had the rhythm so they started swayin 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 hearted 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 then they nursed it yeah rehearsed it and then gave out the news that the southland 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 go rehearsed it and then gave out the news that the southland gave birth to the blues everybody they nursed it rehearsed it and gave out the news that that old southland gave birth the birth to the blues