Song Description
Snippets from the archives interpreted by songstress, Ruthie Gregor, recorded at 90 years young in 2009!
| Song Length |
2:36 |
Genre |
Pop - Standards, Pop - Classic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Endearing |
Subject |
Happiness, Pride |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
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 till it was worn into a blue note
And then they nursed it, rehearsed it
And gave out the news
That the Southland gave birth to the blues