Chet Atkins - Birth Of The Blues lyrics

OH! THEY SAY SOME PEOPLE LONG AGO WERE SEARCHING FOR A DIFF'RENT TUNE ONE THAT THEY COULD CROON AS ONLY THEY CAN THEY ONLY HAD THE RHYTHM SO THEY STARTED SWAYING TO AND FRO THEY DIDN`T KNOW JUST WHAT THEY HAD AND THAT IS HOW THE BLUES REALLY BEGAN: 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 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 NEWS THAT THE SOUTHLAND GAVE BIRTH TO THE BLUES!