Oh they say some people long ago 哦，他们说有些人很久以前

Were searching for a different tune 正在寻找不同的调

One that they could croon as only they can 其中，他们可以轻哼，因为只有他们能

   

They heard the breeze in the trees 他们听到风在树梢

Singing weird melodies 演唱怪异的旋律

And they made that the start of the blues 而他们所做的蓝调开始

   

And from a jail came the wail 而从监狱出来的哀号

Of a down-hearted frail 向下善良体弱的

And they played that as part of the blues 和他们打，作为布鲁斯的一部分

   

From a whippoorwill out on a hill 从夜鹰出一座小山上

They took a new note 他们采取了新的笔记

Pushed it through a horn till it was worn into a blue note 通过喇叭推它，直到它被穿成蓝色音符

   

And then they nursed it, rehearsed it 然后他们调养它，它排练

and gave out the news 并给出了这一消息

That the Southland gave birth to the blues 该南国生下蓝调