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| When a man gets the blues : he catches a freight train and rides | Smith, Clara; Freight Train Blues; New York, 30 Sept. 1924; (1400643) Co14041D VJM VLP17 |
| But when a man gets the : he catches a freight train and rides | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17671) Pm12211 CC29 |
| He catches every rat : run across my floor | Memphis Minnie; Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13861) Vo03581 Pal PL101 |
| House catches fire : ain't no water around | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Southern Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16122) Pm12083 BYG529.078 |
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| Catching all my game fish : and grinding up their bones | Chatman, Bo; Old Devil; San Antonio, 22 Oct. 1938; (0278781) BBB8093 Yz L1007 |
| Catching my goggleeyed perches : and they barbecuing the bones | Johnson, Robert; Dead Shrimp Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26282) ARC70481 Co C30034 |
| Catching the juice : from the too black bad | Nelson, Romeo; Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' that Thing; Chicago, 9 Oct. 1929; (C4629 ) Vo1447 OJL15 |
| Hear me cough : catching cold | Carr, Leroy; Gettin' All Wet; Chicago, 13 Aug. 1929; (C4034 ) Vo1423 Yz L1036 |
| You had no business : catching that white man's hen | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); Gettin' Ready for Trial; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404682C) OK8856 OJL4 |
| Since I been here in Chicago : I been catching a plenty hell | Arnold, Kokomo; Red Beans and Rice; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91162A) De7347 BC4 |
| Says I been catching the devil : ever since my good gal been gone | Arnold, Kokomo; Rocky Road Blues; Chicago, 23 Oct. 1937; (91300A) De7449 CC25 |
| You can ??? telling : I'm catching hell | Memphis Minnie; Goin' Back to Texas; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487092) Co14455D OJL21 |
| Now you got me here now : and I'm catching hell | Williams, Joe; Mr. Devil Blues; Memphis, c. 24 Sept. 1929; (M196 ) Vo1457 Rt RL321 |
| I've got those all night blues : feel like catching some old train and flying | Smith, Clara; All Night Blues; New York, 27 July 1923; (811533) CoA3966 VJM VLP15 |
| All night blues : feel like catching some disease and dying | Smith, Clara; All Night Blues; New York, 27 July 1923; (811533) CoA3966 VJM VLP15 |
| I feel like catching : a airplane and flying | Smith, Clara; Deep Blue Sea Blues; New York, 19 Aug. 1924; (819313) Co14034D VJM VLP17 |
| She's catching hunkies : both night and day | Arnold, Kokomo; Busy Bootin'; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9923A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| They catching all my perches : grinding up the bone | Temple, Johnnie; Louise Louise Blues; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (90981A) De7244 Cor CP58 |
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CATFISH..........4
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| Catfish told the *jackfish* : ??? now *I bet she going to build* | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King Spider Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90174A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
| Says I'd rather be a catfish : down in the Gulf of Mexico | Arnold, Kokomo; Slop Jar Blues; Chicago, 5 Feb. 1935; (C9776A) De7092 Say SDR163 |
| I swim deep pretty mama : just like a catfish loaded down | Harris, Otis; You'll Like My Loving; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476092) Co14428D Yz L1032 |
| Well if I were a catfish mama : I said swimming deep down in the deep blue sea | Petway, Robert; Catfish Blues; Chicago, 28 Mar. 1941; (0594761) BBB8838 Yz L1038 |
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| When me and my baby start to loving : we wants to fight like cats and dogs | Harris, Otis; You'll Like My Loving; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476092) Co14428D Yz L1032 |
| You have seen a lots of cats : and you going to see a lots of more | Memphis Minnie; Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13861) Vo03581 Pal PL101 |
| Says the old cats and the kittens : is sitting in the sun | Chatman, Bo; Pussy Cat Blues; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026131) BBB6735 Yz L1034 |
| Says the old cats coughed : and the kittens all run | Chatman, Bo; Pussy Cat Blues; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026131) BBB6735 Yz L1034 |
| I got oneeyed cats : everywhere I go | Memphis Minnie; Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13861) Vo03581 Pal PL101 |
| You let these cats : make a fool of you | Williamson, Sonny Boy; She Don't Love Me That Way; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070146 ) BB340701 BC3 |
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| Caught me *commentating* : yes I love you *sky high* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| Caught you and your good gal : having a fight | Smith, Bessie; I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406301) Co14090D Co CL855 |
| Caught a taxicab : she's out across town somewhere | Washboard Sam; Diggin' My Potatoes; Chicago, 15 May 1939; (034797 ) BBB8211 BC10 |
| I said the woman I'm loving : caught the train and gone | Bracey, Ishman; Left Alone Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418432) Vi21349 Rt RL330 |
| Stuck a match : caught a man in his bed | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; It's a Fight Like That; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4630 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| ??? *upped* and come here : caught me in a barrel | Evans, Joe; Shook It This Morning Blues; New York, 21 May 1931; (106652) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| The day I went uptown : caught you looking well | Fuller, Blind Boy; You've Got Something There; Memphis, 12 July 1939; (MEM1021) Vo05083 BC11 |
| Yes I went to the depot : caught a train aflying | Ledbetter, Huddie; Death Letter BluesPart 1; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (166951) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| I hit the highway : caught me a truck | Memphis Minnie; In My Girlish Days; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37641) OK06410 BC1 |
| Monkey got his tail : caught up on the streetcar line honey | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Honey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO126 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031 |
| Woman I love : caught that Southern train | Weaver, Curley; Oh Lawdy Mama; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9940A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| But my faro done come here baby : caught the train and gone | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Hitch Me to Your Buggy and Drive Me Like a Mule; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403232) Vi21134 OJL21 |
| She walked down in the yard : caught the longest train she seen | Wilkins, Robert; Long Train Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M191 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| Been working all day : and I ain't caught a one | Bogan, Lucille; Tricks Ain't Working No More; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6848A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| Come right back home : and caught her shaking that thing | Hurt, Mississippi John; Got the Blues Can't Be Satisfied; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401484B) OK8724 Bio BLPC4 |
| For she went and caught that Big Four : she beat it back to Tennessee | Jordan, Charley; Big Four Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5837 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| And one time done come and caught me : baby with my B V Ds | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| Been trouble : since I have jumped and caught my head | Shaw, Allen (Hattie Hart); Moanin' the Blues; New York, 18 Sept. 1934; (159781) Vo02844 Yz L1002 |
| Because my baby caught a plane : that was up the way bound | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Up the Way Bound; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25471) Pm12375 Yz L1029 |
| My brownie caught a passenger : left me a mule to ride | King David; Sweet Potato Blues; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404666B) OK8901 Rt RL311 |
| My brownie caught me : this morning soon | Thompson, Edward; West Virginia Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2416A) Pm13018 Yz L1006 |
| Said the sun going down now : black dark caught me here | Bracey, Mississippi; Cherry Ball; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404765B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| But if she gets long winded player : she's sure to get caught | Carr, Leroy; It's Too Short; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164401) Vo02875 Co C30496 |
| My girl caught a passenger : I caught the mamlish blinds | Bell, Ed; Mean Conductor Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48201) Pm12546 Yz L1006 |
| Lord my girl caught the train : and she left me a mule to ride | Big Bill (Broonzy); Grandma's Farm; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (96001) Pe187 Yz L1035 |
| My loving babe : had caught that train and gone | McCoy, Charlie; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404726A) OK8863 RBF RF14 |
| Times have caught me : living on pork and beans | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| Because now you know your little girl : ooo well well now have caught the train and gone | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Letter Writing Blues; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1935; (C944A) Vo02978 Say SDR191 |
| He caught the Frisco he caught the Frisco : and I just can't keep from crying | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Man, Sweet Man; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155062) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| And I know he was a rambler : when he caught that train to ride | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Man, Sweet Man; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155062) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| I had a good man : he caught the train and gone | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| He caught the Frisco he caught the Frisco : and I just can't keep from crying | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Man, Sweet Man; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155062) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| He caught that red shirt mama : trying to flag a train | Byrd, John; Billy Goat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2892) Pm12997 Yz L1001 |
| I caught her boogiewoogying : down on the floor | Arnold, Kokomo; Busy Bootin'; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9923A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| My girl caught a passenger : I caught the mamlish blinds | Bell, Ed; Mean Conductor Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48201) Pm12546 Yz L1006 |
| Tell you my man caught the local : I caught on behind | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| I caught a stranger in my house : and I busted his head with a club | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L10992) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
| I caught you standing out yonder : in the piney woods | Bogan, Lucille; Tired as I Can Be; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155051) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| *Should I caught the wire* : trying to get along with you | Butler, Sam; Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| I caught you around the corner : telling that same lie twice | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); I See My Great Mistake; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535951) BBB8645 RCA730.581 |
| But I caught a preacher : in the potato field | Davis, Madlyn; Too Black Bad; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (20909?) Pm12703 Yz L1039 |
| I caught a pretty little animal : it was striped black and white | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Black Skunk Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483602) Co14573D CC36 |
| I never felt the least bit uneasy : till I caught that penitentiary bound train | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| She caught the rumbling : I caught the falling down | Lewis, Furry; Falling Down Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 OJL21 |
| But I caught her twotiming me : and I swear I turn her damper down | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| I caught three : in my cornfield | McCoy, Joe; Preachers Blues; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7247 ) Vo1643 BC13 |
| I caught a freight train special : and my mama caught a passenger behind | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| Lord I quit my kidman : because I caught him in a lie | Moore, Alice; Kid Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1712) Pm13107 CC37 |
| I caught two : in my watermelon field | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Come Along Little Children; Richmond, Ind., 3 Aug. 1932; (18656) Ch16654 Rt RL307 |
| I caught you : with your goodtime vamp | Smith, Bessie; I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406301) Co14090D Co CL855 |
| I caught the first train : and went back home aflying | Smith, Clara; Death Letter Blues New York, 15 Oct. 1924; (1401081) Co14045D VJM VLP17 |
| I caught about eleven : in the watermelon field | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| I caught him by the head : man kicked him out the door | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| I caught about eleven : in the watermelon field | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| I caught him by the head : man kicked him out the door | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| I caught another mule : kicking in my stall | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); Bed Slats; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80760B) OK8543 His HLP4 |
| I caught a preacher : in my watermelon field | Wallace, Minnie; Dirty Butter; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555712) ViV38547 Rt RL322 |
| Never found a bruised one : till I caught them in my bed | Washboard Sam; Diggin' My Potatoes; Chicago, 15 May 1939; (034797 ) BBB8211 BC10 |
| You caught me with a woman : I caught you with a man | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Tell your mama caught the local : you catch the Cannonball | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| I caught a freight train special : and my mama caught a passenger behind | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| Tell you my man caught the local : I caught on behind | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| Oh that must have been the train : that my good man caught | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| I'm by the riverside : my man caught the transfer boat | Lee, Bertha; Mind Reader Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (147361) Vo02650 OJL17 |
| Says my gal she caught the Southern : and the fireman he rang the bell | Arnold, Kokomo; Southern Railroad Blues; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9921A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| Says my gal she caught the Southern : and I know she done put me down | Arnold, Kokomo; Southern Railroad Blues; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9921A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| Oh she left me this morning : and she caught that M and O | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629072) ViV38618 RCA INT1085 |
| Shook that thing : till she caught the flu | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; I Don't Know; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| She left me this morning : she caught that Seminole | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Seminole Blues; Aurora, Ill., 11 Oct. 1937; (014333 ) BBB7315 Yz L1039 |
| I seen the brown I love : when she caught that lowdown train | Thompson, Edward; Showers of Rain Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2411A) Pm13018 Yz L1006 |
| Mama she caught the Southern : my daddy rode the blinds | Virgial, Otto; Little Girl in Rome; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962401) BBB6213 Mam S3802 |
| She caught the rumbling : I caught the falling down | Lewis, Furry; Falling Down Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 OJL21 |
| She caught the rheumatism : in her feet | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); The Duck YasYasYas; Chicago, c. 16 May 1929; (C3485 ) Vo1277 Yz L1039 |
| Ace of spades caught the jack : and the [ten, king] of spades caught the ten | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King of Spades; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1082B) Vo03066 Say SDR191 |
| Ace of spades caught the jack : and the [ten, king] of spades caught the ten | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King of Spades; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1082B) Vo03066 Say SDR191 |
| They caught some wind of this : Lord in a dive | Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman); House Dance Blues; Memphis, 22 Sept. 1929; (M184 ) Br7137 OJL20 |
| Old Uncle Bud liked to caught me : kissing his wife | Arnold, Kokomo; Salty Dog; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7267 Rt RL318 |
| Uncle ??? caught me : kissing his wife | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Salty Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1924; (1893?) Pm12236 Yz L1029 |
| My wife caught me easing : way across that Richland Road | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Chinch Bug Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200641) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
| New year caught me with *marked money* : man I was doing just fine | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Happy New Year Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208192) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| And you caught your loverman : when you can't keep him at home | Memphis Minnie; It's Hard to Be Mistreated; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (C16711) Vo03474 BC1 |
| You never miss your good gal : till you caught your train and gone | Stokes, Frank; Bedtime Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418251) Vi21272 Rt RL308 |
| You never miss your friend : till you caught your train and gone | Stokes, Frank; What's the Matter Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418261) ViV38531 Yz L1002 |
| You caught me with a woman : I caught you with a man | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Oh yes woman : you've caught the old coon at last | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Caught the Old Coon at Last; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704371) BBB8974 RCA730.581 |
