(V)                         They heard the breeze    in the trees Singing weird melodies And they made that   the start of the blues.     (V)                  And  from  a jail    came the wail Of a down-hearted frail And they played that    as part of the blues.           Bridge:             From a whippoorwill out on a hill They took a new note    Pushed it through a horn til it was born Into a new note.   (V)                       And  then they nursed it rehearsed it G+                  And gave out  the news That the southland    gave birth to the blues.            Repeat Bridge:                                   (Repeat last verse) Last  time:                                                      -                            That the southland      gave birth to the blues.