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CAN'T]...........1
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| Take me back mama : I [won't, can't] be bad no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Dream Blues; Chicago, c. June 1927; (45772) Pm12510 Bio BLP12015 |
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CANAN'S..........3
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| I wished I was back : at old Jim Canan's | Wilkins, Robert; Old Jim Canan's; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX117 ) Vo unissued Yz L1018 |
| Going to and fro : to old Jim Canan's | Wilkins, Robert; Old Jim Canan's; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX117 ) Vo unissued Yz L1018 |
| That's the reason why : I wished I was back at Jim Canan's | Wilkins, Robert; Old Jim Canan's; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX117 ) Vo unissued Yz L1018 |
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CANDLE...........1
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| But I'd rather be in Memphis : reading by a candle light | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Bessemer Bound Blues; New York, Jan. 1926; (23732) Pm12374 Mil MLP2001 |
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CANDY............18
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| She always takes : a candy stick to bed | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| You know you're as sweet : as a candy doll | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| He'll leave a big candy stick : in your hand | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| Now it's chocolate candy : till my dying day | Johnson, Lem; Candy Blues; New York, 19 May 1942; (70761A) De7895 Br87.504 |
| If you try his candy : good friend of mine | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| He puts candy in my hand : and he calls me his candy doll | Waters, Ethel; Ethel Sings 'Em; New York, c. June 1923; (B) BS14154 Bio BLP12022 |
| He got a stick of candy : just nine inch long | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| The same old candy : is going to carry me away | Johnson, Lem; Candy Blues; New York, 19 May 1942; (70761A) De7895 Br87.504 |
| He puts candy in my hand : and he calls me his candy doll | Waters, Ethel; Ethel Sings 'Em; New York, c. June 1923; (B) BS14154 Bio BLP12022 |
| He sold some candy : to sister bad | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| His stick candy : don't melt away | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| That good sweet candy man's : in town | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| I taken my baby : to the candy stand | Chatman, Bo; My Baby; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476521) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| She got stuck : on the candy man | Chatman, Bo; My Baby; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476521) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| I taken my baby : to the candy stand | Chatman, Bo; My Baby; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476521) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| She got a fool : about the candy man | Chatman, Bo; My Baby; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476521) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| Don't stand close : to the candy man | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| Sweet man sweet man : what makes you candy taste so hard | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Man, Sweet Man; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155062) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
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CANDY'S..........1
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| Some day son : candy's going to be the death of you | Johnson, Lem; Candy Blues; New York, 19 May 1942; (70761A) De7895 Br87.504 |
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CANE.............3
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| Three pickaninnies : eating sugarcane | Bunn, Teddy; It's Sweet Like So; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597391) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
| Hand me down my suitcase : *reach* my walking cane | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
| Babe they go out and take money : from a man walking with a walking cane | Jordan, Charley; Gasoline Blues; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6164 ) Vo1551 Yz L1030 |
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CANES............1
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| Taking these old men's money : when they walking on walking canes | Reynolds, Blind Joe; Nehi Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1462) Pm12927 OJL11 |
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CANNED...........20
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| Canned heat don't kill me : crying babe I'll never die | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| Canned heat ain't no good boy : keep you with *sin* ??? on your mind | Petties, Arthur; Good Boy Blues; Chicago, c. 2 July 1930; (C5921B) Br7182 Yz L1038 |
| Canned heat is just like morphine : it crawls all through your bones | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| I woked up up this morning : crying canned heat around my bed | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| Crying mama mama mama : crying canned heat killing me | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| Crying canned heat mama : sure Lord killing me | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| Crying mama mama mama : you know canned heat killing me | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| You don't want no more canned heat : when the judge give you your time | Petties, Arthur; Good Boy Blues; Chicago, c. 2 July 1930; (C5921B) Br7182 Yz L1038 |
| It must have been : this new canned city beer | Beaman, Lottie; Goin' Away Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14163A) Ge6624 OJL6 |
| It must have been : this new canned city beer | Beaman, Lottie; Going Away Blues; Kansas City, early Nov. 1929; (KC604 ) Br7147 Yz L1018 |
| Before a woman spend fifty cents on corn liquor : she'll buy that bottle of canned heat on the sly | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| And the womens down on Beale Street : crying for that old canned heat every day | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| She spent a dime for neckbones : and ninety cents for that old canned heat | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| If she don't drink that old corn liquor : then your partner must drink the old canned heat | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| She's only hustling them people : to get that stuff they call that old canned heat | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| Takes alcorub : to take these canned heat blues | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| Run here somebody : take these canned heat blues | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
| I had to *take these canned beans* : most too fast | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); Bed Slats; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80760B) OK8543 His HLP4 |
| And if you keep on using canned heat mama : you soon get to the place you just can't leave it | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| I woke up up this morning : with canned heat on my mind | Johnson, Tommy; Canned Heat Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454622) ViV38535 His HLP31 |
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CANNON...........1
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| I'm going to get in a cannon : and let them blow me out to sea | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dynamite Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210961) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
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| Now she's long and she's tall : shaped just like a cannonball | Arnold, Kokomo; Long and Tall; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7306 CC25 |
| I'm long and tall : like a cannonball | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| I seen that mean old twister coming : just like a cannonball | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| I got a gal : got movements like a cannonball | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Round and Round; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64732 ) Vi23256 Jo SM3104 |
| I'm long and tall : like a cannonball | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| Before she even left me : says she riding that Cannonball | McTell, Blind Willie; My Baby's Gone; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140382) Vo02668 Yz L1037 |
| Because when I leave town : I'm going to ride that Cannonball | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Baby Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203381) Pm12670 Bio BLP12004 |
| Tell your mama caught the local : you catch the Cannonball | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| I'm going to the station : meet the Cannonball | Collins, Sam; Riverside Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12740) Ge6167 OJL10 |
| Went to the station : meet the Cannonball | Collins, Sam; I'm Sitting on Top of the World; New York, 8 Oct. 1931; (108422) Ba32395 OJL10 |
| I'm going to ride that train : that they call the Cannonball | McCoy, Charlie; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404726A) OK8863 RBF RF14 |
| He left here riding : left on the Cannonball | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Four Day Honory Scat; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22131) Pm12303 Mil MLP2001 |
| Lord if I miss the TwoNineteen : I'm surely can't catch the Cannonball | Richardson, Mooch; T and T Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (400213B) OK8554 Mam S3803 |
| I'm going down to the station : catch that West Cannonball | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Sunshine Blues; Chicago, 9 June 1927; (386581) Vi20781 Rt RL322 |
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CANNONBALLS......1
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| The coal I'm burning : everybody says it's cannonballs | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
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CANNOT...........22
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| I done everything : cannot get along with you | MacFarland, Barrel House Buck; I Got to Go Blues; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1934; (C9321 ) De7013 OJL20 |
| While I lay in my bed : and cannot go to sleep | Carr, Leroy; Midnight Hour Blues; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11499A) Vo1703 Co C30496 |
| Now you got to be *deep* born blind : and cannot see | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Maybe I'll Loan You a Dime; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640031) BBB8784 RCA730.581 |
| Well all the money gone : ooo well and my friends cannot be found | Williams, Joe; I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076641) BBB7065 RCA INT1087 |
| I cannot do right baby : when you won't do right yourself | Arnold, Kokomo; Milk Cow Blues; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9428B) De7026 BC4 |
| Times has got so hard : that I cannot find a job | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Hard Time Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Nov. 1931; (18220) Ch16361 Yz L1019 |
| There's one thing in this world : I cannot understand | Blake, Blind; Blake's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30602) Pm12442 Bio BLP12023 |
| One thing about these women : I cannot understand | Coleman, Lonnie; Old Rock Island Blues; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482582) Co14440D RBF RF15 |
| I cannot shun the devil : he stay right by my side | Howell, Peg Leg; Low Down Rounder Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1928; (1461611) Co14320D RBF RF1 |
| Lord I'm going away : honey I cannot stay | Kyle, Charlie; Kyle's Worried Blues; Memphis, 1 Sept. 1928; (454682) Vi21707 Yz L1018 |
| Lord I'm so heartbroken girls : I cannot cry at all | Moore, Rosie Mae; Stranger Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418332) Vi21408 OJL6 |
| You know I love you : and I cannot let you be | Smith, Bessie Mae; Sugar Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6167 ) Vo1559 His HLP2 |
| That I got *these stones on the hammer* : and I cannot pull it through | Welsh, Nolan; Dying Pickpocket Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210983) Pm12759 Yz L1028 |
| Pennsylvania women : think that old man cannot do | Smith, Six Cylinder; Pennsylvania Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2142) Pm12968 Yz L1004 |
| They do a whole lot of funny things : us men really cannot understand | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); I Can't Stand It; Memphis, 17 Sept. 1929; (555291) ViV38551 Rt RL322 |
| Here we are on our way to the holdover : and we cannot hesitate | Jordan, Charley; Raidin' Squad Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5840 ) Vo1528 Yz L1030 |
| If I ever find a way to leave him : if we cannot agree | Martin, Daisy; Feelin' Blue; New York, c. late July 1923; (52371) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
| Say that woman told me last night : that you cannot even stand Mr Ford's ways | Campbell, Bob; Starvation Farm Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155032) Vo02798 Fly LP103 |
| We'll just call partners : so you cannot get sold for slaves | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
| When it storms on the ocean : you cannot see the sky | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| But when you think of your loving : I know that you cannot behave | Moore, Alice; Lonesome Dream Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1702) Pm13107 CC37 |
| You cannot eat and sleep : on mirth and glee | Smith, Mamie; Jenny's Ball; New York, 19 Feb. 1931; (404852A) OK8915 Sw S1240 |
