they took the tune and the words right from the mocking birds
that's how a song was born
and then the soft evening breeze huffed through the willow trees that's how a song was born
the tinklin' rain from the sky became a lullaby and the blues must've come from a sigh
and when two hearts beat in time bluebells began to chime
that's how a song was born
they took a reek jungle beat
and brought it to Basin Street and that's how jazz was born and someone played a whale
all up and down the scale and that's how jazz was born..
they simply played what they liked as long as it would fit
if it just had a beat that was it
and when a heart gave a scream
they took it as a theme and that's how jazz was born....
[00:24.84]they took the tune and the words [00:27.74]right from the mocking birds [00:30.19] [00:30.70]that's how a song was born [00:33.74] [00:34.62]and then the soft evening breeze [00:38.14]huffed through the willow trees [00:40.28]that's how a song was born [00:44.06] [00:44.75]the tinklin' rain from the sky [00:48.02]became a lullaby [00:49.85]and the blues must've come from a sigh [00:53.45] [00:55.20]and when two hearts beat in time [00:57.47]bluebells began to chime [00:59.93] [01:00.53]that's how a song was born [01:03.87] [01:09.47]they took a reek jungle beat [01:11.97] [01:12.54]and brought it to Basin Street [01:15.69]and that's how jazz was born [01:19.65]and someone played a whale [01:22.43] [01:23.08]all up and down the scale [01:25.47]and that's how jazz was born.. [01:29.18] [01:29.81]they simply played what they liked [01:33.14]as long as it would fit [01:35.10] [01:35.85]if it just had a beat [01:37.86]that was it [01:39.18] [01:40.07]and when a heart gave a scream [01:42.90] [01:43.54]they took it as a theme [01:45.93]and that's how jazz was born....
