[00:26.88]They took the tune and the words
[00:30.78]Right from the mocking birds
[00:33.90]That's how a song was born
[00:37.14]And when the soft evening breeze
[00:40.71]Huffed through the willow trees
[00:44.01]That's how a song was born
[00:47.61]When the tinklin' rain from the sky
[00:50.25]Became a lullaby
[00:52.38]And the blues must've come from a sigh
[00:55.32]From a sigh
[00:56.49]And when two hearts beat in time
[00:59.88]Bluebells began to chime
[01:02.37]That's how a song was born
[01:06.15]We took a reek jungle beat
[01:09.45]And brought it to Basin Street
[01:11.64]And that's how jazz was born
[01:15.87]And someone played a whale
[01:18.69]All up and down the scale
[01:20.19]And that's how jazz was born
[01:24.54]They simply played what they liked
[01:27.90]As long as it would fit
[01:30.15]If it just had a beat
[01:32.16]That was it
[01:34.02]And when a heart gave a scream
[01:37.14]They took it as a theme
[01:39.06]And that's how jazz was born