paul whiteman & his orchestra - the birth of the blues lyrics

oooh*ooh*ooh*ooh
breeze in the trees
singing weird melodies
and they made that the sound 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 the whippoorwill out on a hill
they took a new note
pushed it through a h*rn
till it was worn into a blue note
and then they nursed it, rehe*rs*d it
and gave out the news
that the southland gave birth to the blue*blue*blues