Chet Atkins
birth of the blues remastered
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!
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- Chet Atkins: RCA Country Legends
- Guitar Legend - The RCA Years (Remastered)
- Quality Music 100 (100 Original Recordings Remastered)
- Guitar Legend: The RCA Years
- All I Want for Christmas Is You (Remastered)
- Merry Christmas! (110 Classic Christmas Songs Remastered)
- Star Bright (Christmas Recordings Remastered)
- The Essential: Chet Atkins
- Merry Christmas (45 Original Christmas Songs) [Remastered]
- Jingle Bells Jazz (45 Classical Christmas Tracks)...
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- All I Want for Christmas, Vol. 1 (40 Original Classic...
- Christmas in Jazz (55 Christmas Jazz Versions) [Remastered]
- Silent Night (50 Classics Jazz Christmas Songs) [Remastered]
- Christmas With Chet Atkins (Remastered)
- A Jazzy Christmas (Remastered)
- The Best Of Chet Atkins & Friends