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CHASING..........2
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| I've been chasing pigmeat : since I was nine days old | Smith, Trixie; No Good Man; New York, 14 June 1939; (65815A) De7617 AH158 |
| Ain't no need of you chasing women : brother if you really haven't got the cash | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11012) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
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CHASTIZING.......1
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| I'm sick and tired : chastizing you | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
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CHATTANOOGA......1
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| I'm going to Chattanooga : get my hambone fixed | Bird, Billy; Alabama BluesPart 2; Atlanta, 29 Oct. 1928; (1473261) Co14418D His HLP5 |
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CHATTING.........1
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| I was chatting with a girl : in the wrong place | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
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CHAUFFEUR........5
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| Hop on boys : I got the best chauffeur in town | Memphis Minnie; Garage Fire Blues; Chicago, 9 Sept. 1930; (C6083 ) Vo1601 Rt RL307 |
| Oh Lord Lord : wonder where is my chauffeur now | Memphis Minnie; Garage Fire Blues; Chicago, 9 Sept. 1930; (C6083 ) Vo1601 Rt RL307 |
| Won't you be my chauffeur : I want someone to drive me I want someone to drive me downtown | Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37651) OK06788 BC1 |
| You know I'm going to steal me a pistol : shoot my chauffeur down | Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37651) OK06788 BC1 |
| Going to let my chauffeur : drive me around the drive me around the world | Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37651) OK06788 BC1 |
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CHAUFFEURING.....1
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| I'm going back to chauffeuring : I've been *done it* for three years | Thomas, Jesse Babyface; Blue Goose Blues; Dallas, 10 Aug. 1929; (553262) ViV38555 Yz L1032 |
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CHAWED...........1
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| Oh I know she want it hard babe : sure don't want it chawed | Patton, Charley; Love My Stuff; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14746 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
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CHEAP............9
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| Cheap cigar : and a magazine | Howell, Peg Leg; Coal Man Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431162) Co14194D RBF RF202 |
| And there ain't no more : cheap like mine in town | Bogan, Lucille; Coffee Grindin' Blues; Chicago, 10 May 1929; (C3461 ) Br7083 His HLP15 |
| I'm not a cheap woman : I sell about every day | unknown artist (Noah Lewis); Selling the Jelly; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64738 ) Vi23319 OJL19 |
| I'm selling it cheap : because I got good stuff | Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017 |
| If you want some loving : you want it cheap | Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants to Knock a Jug; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C7223A) Vo1651 Yz L1036 |
| Found my groceries and my stove : where they are selling cheap | Memphis Minnie; Lonesome Shark Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3166A) OK05728 BC1 |
| I got a store on the corner : selling stuff cheap | Bogan, Lucille; They Ain't Walking No More; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5549 ) Br7163 Yz L1017 |
| Listen all you prize fighters : don't play him too cheap | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
| Listen all you prize fighters : don't play him too cheap | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
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CHEAT............6
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| *She can cheat murder* : | Smith, Clara; Mean Papa, Turn in Your Key; New York, 17 Apr. 1924; (816972) Co14022D VJM VLP16 |
| But you just cheat : away a beautiful home | Smith, Clara; Mean Papa, Turn in Your Key; New York, 17 Apr. 1924; (816972) Co14022D VJM VLP16 |
| There is no way to cheat him : I'm so dissatisfied | Howell, Peg Leg; Low Down Rounder Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1928; (1461611) Co14320D RBF RF1 |
| Ain't you getting tired : of [trying to cheat, cheating] on your papa hon' | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; Callin' Corrine; New York, 19 May 1939; (65608A) De7619 AH158 |
| I mean my man and my best friend : won't cheat in West End anymore | Henderson, Katherine; West End Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (235A) QRSR7024 His HLP21 |
| You promised me once : you wouldn't cheat anymore | Johnson, Margaret; If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All of the Time; New York, 19 Oct. 1923; (71972B) OK8107 Sw S1240; |
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CHEATER..........4
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| Now I'm going to be a robber and a cheater : I'm going to take that to be my game | Arnold, Kokomo; Broke Man Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91332A) De7417 CC25 |
| Just because you were a cheater : I won't give up the game | Gibson, Clifford; Ice and Snow Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571732) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| Call me a hotshot liar and a cheater : because I'm from Tennessee | McTell, Blind Willie; Come On Around to My House Mama; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493022) Co14484D Rt RL324 |
| You may call me a cheater : pretty boy I'll real treat you | McTell, Blind Willie; Talking to Myself; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502572) Co14551D Yz L1005 |
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CHEATERS.........1
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| And all them are cheaters : sounds just the same | Bogan, Lucille; Jim Tampa Blues; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46722) Pm12504 Yz L1017 |
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CHEATING.........3
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| I'm a backbiting mama : looking for a cheating man | Jones, Maggie; I'm a Back Bitin' Mama; New York, 17 Sept. 1925; (1409514) Co14127D VJM VLP25 |
| You must think that I am blind : you been cheating me all the time | Smith, Bessie; I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406301) Co14090D Co CL855 |
| Said I'm bound to get a letter : from that cheating brown of mine | Black, Lewis; Rock Island Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453613) Co14429D His HLP5 |
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CHEATING]........1
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| Ain't you getting tired : of [trying to cheat, cheating] on your papa hon' | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; Callin' Corrine; New York, 19 May 1939; (65608A) De7619 AH158 |
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CHECK............13
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| Check up on my loving : but you sure can't get it all | Lucas, Jane; Where Did You Stay Last Night; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17277A) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
| Check all your razors : and your guns | Smith, Bessie; Gimme a Pigfoot; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525782) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| Check all your razors : and your guns | Smith, Bessie; Gimme a Pigfoot; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525782) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| *rent* check now | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| Says I believe I got to have my daughter : checkacheck checked | Newbern, Hambone Willie; She Could ToodleOo; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402295A) OK8740 Rt RL323 |
| Says I believe I got to have my daughter : checkacheck checked | Newbern, Hambone Willie; She Could ToodleOo; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402295A) OK8740 Rt RL323 |
| I don't want no foolishness : about my Red Cross check | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| I'll just ??? your carriage : and I'll check your line | Moore, Rosie Mae; School Girl Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418322) Vi21408 OJL17 |
| You know I work hard baby : and I brung you home my check | Carr, Leroy; BrokenHearted Man; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164251) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| I'm going to pay the boss : and get my checkcard today | Carr, Leroy; Longing for My Sugar; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164341) Vo02875 Yz L1036 |
| She can stand in Melford : man and put the check on me | Chatman, Bo; The Ins and Outs of My Girl; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026141) BBB7213 Yz L1014 |
| I'm going heist your hood mama : I'm bound to check your oil | Johnson, Robert; Terraplane Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25861) ARC70356 Co CL1654 |
| So you bring me all your money : when they pay your check | Edwards, Susie; Construction Gang; New York, 12 Sept. 1924; (72817B) OK8163 Sw S1240 |
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CHECK:...........1
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| When I get my pay check: I give you my last dime | Chatman, Bo; Arrangement for MeBlues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476471) BBB8397 Yz L1014 |
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CHECKED..........1
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| Says I believe I got to have my daughter : checkacheck checked | Newbern, Hambone Willie; She Could ToodleOo; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402295A) OK8740 Rt RL323 |
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CHECKS...........1
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| Some draw checks babe : some draw nothing at all | Brown, Hi Henry; Nut Factory Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11506A) Vo1692 Yz L1003 |
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CHEEK............1
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| I feel cold arms around me : and ice lips upon my cheek | Johnson, Lonnie; Blue Ghost Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63523A) De7537 AH158 |
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CHEEKS...........1
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| She got great big eyes : rosy cheeks | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
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CHEEPING.........1
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| Blackbird cheeping : in a tree | Bunn, Teddy; Pattin' Dat Cat; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597401) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
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CHEER............1
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| Well now I got cheer : I had good luck | Hollins, Tony; Stamp Blues; Chicago, 3 June 1941; (C38431) OK06351 BC5 |
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CHEER:...........1
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| We have that good Dr Cheer: and it just come now | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
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CHEESE...........3
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| Aunt Louise : she bought blue goose cheese | Bunn, Teddy; Pattin' Dat Cat; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597401) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
| Didn't have nothing : but a limburger cheese | Sykes, Roosevelt; We Can Sell that Thing; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4502) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
| And had the nerve to ask me : ooo well well if I liked limburger cheese | Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
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CHERRY...........16
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| Cherry ball quit me : she quit me in a calm good way | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| [She's, got] a long tall woman : tall like a cherry tree | Patton, Charley; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15220) Pm12854 Yz L1020 |
| I can ask her for whiskey : she gives me cherry wine | Wilber, Bill (Joe Wilbur McCoy); My Babe My Babe; Chicago, 22 July 1935; (90198A) Ch50053 OJL8 |
| I'm going to give my baby : no more cherry ball | Bracey, Mississippi; Cherry Ball; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404765B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Ain't going to give you : no more cherry ball | McCoy, Joe; Cherry Ball Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5864A) Vo1535 Pal PL101 |
| I love my moonshine whiskey : and I love my cherry wine | Davis, Walter; Sloppy Drunk Again; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854791) BBB5879 OJL20 |
| I love my cherry ball : better than I love myself | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Those ??? like my good whiskey : and they drink my cherry wine | Johnson, Mary; Barrel House Flat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1762) Pm12996 CC37 |
| I warned little old cherry ball : she was *falling out cold* | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Because the people don't know she's here : but she lives on Cherry Street | Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| When you go to Helena : stop on Cherry Street | Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018 ) De7102 Mam S3803 |
| He's the tallest man : walks on Cherry Street | Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018 ) De7102 Mam S3803 |
| I've got a dreamyeyed woman : lives down on Cherry Street | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Hambone Willie's DreamyEyed Woman's Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402305B) OK8693 OJL17 |
| Now you think you going to do me : like you done poor Cherry Red | Johnson, Tommy; Big Road Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418372) Vi21279 Rt RL330 |
| I'm going to ride and ramble : till cherry come back to me | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| I want you talk babytalk to me : and then suck my tongue cherry red | Jones, Little Hat; Cross the Water Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404199B) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
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CHEVROLET........2
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| I told her I'd buy her a Chevrolet : say but she wanted a VEight Ford | Williamson, Sonny Boy; You Give an Account; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (020846 ) BBB7756 BC3; |
| Carmen got a little Six Buick : big Six Chevrolet car | Patton, Charley; 34 Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (147391) Vo02651 Yz L1020 |
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CHEVY............1
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| Now I got a little old Chevy : Lord number is fortyfour | Wiggins, James Boodle It; FortyFour Blues; Richmond, Ind., 12 Oct. 1929; (15768A) Pm12860 OJL15 |
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CHEW.............5
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| If you got any Battle Ax : please sir give me a chew | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| He sells as fast : a hog can chew his corn | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| I chew my bacca : and I spit my juice | Johnson, Lonnie; Low Land Moan; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1927; (82043A) OK8677 CC30 |
| My baby loves my baby : like a cow loves to chew her cud | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Piney Woods Money Mama; Chicago, c. Mar. 1928; (204082) Pm12650 Mil MLP2004 |
| I'm going to chew my bacca : I'm going to spit my juice | Shade, Will; What's the Matter; Memphis, 17 Sept. 1929; (555302) ViV38551 Jo SM3104 |