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Oh! they say some people long agoWere searching for a diff'rent tune,One that they could croon As only they can.They only had the rhythm soThey started swaying to and fro.They didn't know just what they hadAnd that is how the blues really began:They heard the breeze in the treesSinging weird melodiesAnd they made that The start of the blues.And from a jail came the wailOf a down hearted frail,And they played that As part of the blues.From a whippoorwill out on a hill,They took a new note,Pushed it through a horn'til it was born into a blue note.And then they nursed it, rehearsed it,And gave out the newsThat the south land Gave birth to the blues! Aus Songtexte Mania