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| Now this dark cloud is rising : and it's thundering all around | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
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| Dark clouds above me : clouds all around poor me | Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487A) OK8692 Bio BLPC4 |
| Dark clouds above me : clouds all around poor me | Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487A) OK8692 Bio BLPC4 |
| Don't the clouds look lonesome : across the deep blue sea | Carr, Leroy; Alabama Woman Blues; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6091B) Vo1549 RBF RF1 |
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CLOUDY...........8
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| Because every day : is a cloudy day for me | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| Now it's dark and cloudy : don't need no light | McCoy, Joe; Beat It Right; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7246 ) Vo1643 Pal PL101 |
| The weather's getting cloudy Lord : how these *birdies sing* | Johnson, Margaret; When a 'Gator Holler, Folk Say It's a Sign of Rain; New York, 20 Oct. 1926; (368461) Vi20333 Fwy FJ2801 |
| My brains is cloudy : my soul is upside down | Johnson, Lonnie; Devil's Got the Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63518A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| It's cloudy outdoors : as can be | Smith, Bessie; Shipwreck Blues; New York, 11 June 1931; (1515973) Co14663D Co CL858 |
| Tell me cloudy weather : the sun refuse to shine | Stokes, Frank; Shiney Town Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555911) ViV38589 RBF RF202 |
| Oh it looks mighty cloudy : and I believe it's going to rain | Carr, Leroy; Take a Walk Around the Corner; New York, 14 Aug. 1934; (15604 ) Vo02986 Co C30496 |
| It seems cloudy brown : I believe it's going to rain | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Cloudy Sky Blues; Atlanta, 25 Mar. 1927; (1437582) Co14205D CC36 |
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CLOVER...........1
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| Mama says to papa : you sure ain't clover | Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants a Cookie; Chicago, 2 Jan. 1930; (C5070 ) Vo1561 Yz L1036 |
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| A woman can still make a man : act like a clown | Blake, Blind; Walkin' Across the Country; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208682) Pm12754 Bio BLP12031 |
| Because when I gets mad : I acts just like a clown | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Peach Orchard Mama; Chicago, c. Aug. 1929; (214002) Pm12801 Riv RLP12125 |
| Most times when I get hungry : I'm like a [drunk] man acting a clown | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| Oh the black cat told the white one : let's go across town and clown | Burse, Charlie; Boodie Bum Bum; Chicago, 7 Nov. 1934; (C7921) OK8956 Jo SM3104 |
| And you take all my money and drink it up : and come home and wants to fuss and clown | Johnson, Lonnie; I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63519A) De7509 Sw S1225 |
| Now you Saturday night women : you love to ape and clown | Johnson, Robert; Stop Breakin' Down Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3991) Vo04002 Co C30034 |
| Yeah all you do is drink moonshine : and clown all over town | Washboard Sam; Low Down Woman; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07618 ) BBB7048 BC10 |
| From four until late : she give us a nogood bunching clown | Johnson, Robert; From Four Until Late; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL3791) ARC70956 Co C30034 |
| She's so evil : baby you know you can't clown | Red Nelson (Nelson Wilborn); Sweetest Thing Born; Chicago, 6 Feb. 1936; (90605A) De7155 Cor CP58 |
| I've got mine on Jazzbo : that Memphis clarinet clown | Smith, Bessie; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418192) Co14133D Co CL856 |
| The people looked at me : like they thought that I was a country clown | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Crazy with the Blues; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1937; (91150A) De7348 Cor CP58 |
| But since you been running out with your girl friend : you just a plain old everyday clown | Johnson, Lonnie; Something Fishy; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91345A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
| You going to quit me baby : for a hardworking clown | Blake, Blind; No Dough Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205591) Pm12723 Bio BLP12031 |
| If you want to see : the women that may clown | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1937; (91152A) De7292 BC4 |
| I may look green : but I ain't no clown | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Hot Papa Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22072) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| Get out in the street : and act like a sandfoot clown | McTell, Blind Willie; Your Time to Worry; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9957A) De7117 Rt RL324 |
| So don't be no idle woman : don't be no sandfoot clown | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| One that will keep you when you're down : ooo well well and don't like to clown and fight | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
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CLUB.............2
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| 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 |
| Now the JumpSteady Club : they gave a ball | Waters, Ethel; At the New Jump Steady Ball; New York, c. May 1922; ( ) BS14128 Bio BLP12022 |
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CLUCKING.........1
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| I had so much chicken : till I heard her clucking in my sleep | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Third Street Woman Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647242) Vi23258 OJL11 |
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| So these brownskin women : can cluster around my throne | Alexander, Texas; Yellow Girl Blues; San Antonio, 9 Mar. 1928; (400442B) OK8801 His HLP31 |
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| Well it's that old coach : I'm going to sit right in it | Memphis Minnie; 'Frisco Town; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487102) Co14455D Yz L1008 |
| You're in that coach : I'm going to stay there in it | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Frisco Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 12 Oct. 1929; (15769A) Pm12860 OJL15 |
| Lord the fast mail train : honey was coach and nine | Byrd, John; Billy Goat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2892) Pm12997 Yz L1001 |
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| The train I ride : is eighteen coaches long | Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135491) Ba32845 Rt RL317 |
| Said the train I ride : it's eighteen coaches long | Howell, Peg Leg; Away from Home; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1929; (1482732) Co14535D Rt RL318 |
| Lord the train I ride : eighteen coaches long | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Right of Way Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (45152) Pm12510 Rt RL301 |
| The longest train I ever rode : was seventynine coaches long | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); California Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483582) Co14573D CC36 |
| Lord the train I ride : is sixteen coaches long | Lewis, Furry; Good Looking Girl Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1132 Rt RL329 |
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| ??? CoalOil Johnny : sure was aborn in hell | Stevens, Vol; Coal Oil Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418882) Vi21278 OJL4 |
| Coalblack woman : fry no meat for me | Thompson, Edward; Seven Sister Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2413) Pm12873 Yz L1006 |
| Coalblack dark : baby when I'm gone | Thompson, Edward; West Virginia Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2416A) Pm13018 Yz L1006 |
| She gets her water at *Fairman* : coal at *Shabama Mines* | Jones, Little Hat; Little Hat Blues; San Antonio, 21 June 1929; (402700A) OK8794 Yz L1032 |
| I got a coalblack mare : but Lord how that horse can run | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Black Pony Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648731) BBB8896 RCA LPV518 |
| She's a coalblack mare : she's got long black curly mane | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Black Pony Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648731) BBB8896 RCA LPV518 |
| Driving a coal wagon babe : give all my money to you | Dean, Joe; I'm So Glad I'm TwentyOne Years Old Today; Chicago, c. 7 Aug. 1930; (C5991 ) Vo1544 Yz L1028 |
| Then I get on my wagon : *then I'm a coaltraveling snow* | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| How he was a coal miner : from his hat down to his shoes | Smith, Trixie; Mining Camp Blues; New York, c. Feb. 1925; (20161) Pm12256 CC29 |
| Digging and ahauling : hauling that Birmingham coal | Smith, Trixie; Mining Camp Blues; New York, c. Feb. 1925; (20161) Pm12256 CC29 |
| Says a pick and a shovel : way down *Joe Brown's* coal mine | Daniels, Julius; NinetyNine Year Blues; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379322) Vi unissued Fwy FA2953 |
| *I ought to tell how much* for coal : thirtyfive cents a bag | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| I got a woman good little woman : she got coalblack curly hair | Bracey, Ishman; Woman Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2392) Pm12970 OJL2 |
| She got coalblack eyes : she got long black curly hair | Fuller, Blind Boy; Somebody's Been Talkin'; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26599A) Vo05527 Rt RL318 |
| I don't need no coalman : stopping and hauling coal | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| But that brownskin gal : with her coalblack dreamy eyes | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Chocolate to the Bone; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1928; (146054?) Co14331D CC36 |
| I'm going to get me a job : keep coal in your cold kitchen range | Blake, Blind; No Dough Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205591) Pm12723 Bio BLP12031 |
| I was laying coal yard : strutting my stuff | King David; What's That Tastes Like Gravy; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404664A) OK8913 RBF RF6 |
| When I'm out on my wagon : try to sell a little coal | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80748A) OK8514 Rt RL310 |
| Get some money : if she have to sell a little coal | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| Says I load coal in the morning : and I cut corn late at night | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Leg Mama; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1935; (90314A) De7116 Say SDR163 |
| I got on my wagon : trying my best to sell my coal | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| I shake all of your ashes : then shovel you in some brand new coal | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hoppin' Toad Frog; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO166A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| I ain't got no coal : I ain't got no wood | Bogan, Lucille; My Man Is Boogan Me; New York, 31 July 1934; (154872) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| The train I ride : burn no coal at all | Cleveland, Big Boy; Goin' to Leave You Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 12 Apr. 1927; (12700) Ge6108 His HLP22 |
| Ain't going to cut no kindling : ain't going to pack no coal | Gibson, Clifford; Tired of Being Mistreated Part 1; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (484A) QRSR7079 Yz L1027 |
| The train I ride : don't burn no coal at all | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| But then I promised the good Lord : partner not to dig no coal | Jordan, Luke; Church Bells Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398192) Vi21076 RBF RF9 |
| My flour barrel was empty : swear I didn't have no coal | Martin, Carl; Let's Have a New Deal; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90294A) De7114 BC14 |
| I don't buy no wood : even buy no coal | Memphis Minnie; North Memphis Blues; Chicago, c. 15 Oct. 1930; (C6443 ) Vo1550 BC13 |
| This train I ride : it don't burn no coal | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); The Panama Limited; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59996 ) Vi23295 OJL5 |
| When I load this carload of coal captain : I sure ain't going load no more | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Leg Mama; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1935; (90314A) De7116 Say SDR163 |
| I'm a poor coal loader : I'm in the mine | James, Frank; Poor Coal Passer; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (018931) BBB7116 Yz L1015 |
| But I will shovel coal in your engine : till your train get me there | Big Bill (Broonzy); Mr. Conductor Man; Richmond, Ind., 9 Feb. 1932; (18392) Ch16426 Yz L1035 |
| Then I goed up to the coal pile : get me a friend to buy some coal | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| I hope when winter comes : they steal coal from her bin | Moore, Monette; Scandal Blues; New York, c. Jan. 1925; (31779) Ajax17093 VJM VLP40 |
| Shovel in the coal : see the wheels go around | Carr, Leroy; Memphis Town; Chicago, 2 Jan. 1930; (C5071 ) Vo1527 Yz L1036 |
| Bring the coal and kindling : make a fire for me | Edwards, Susie; Construction Gang; New York, 12 Sept. 1924; (72817B) OK8163 Sw S1240 |
| Then I goed up to the coal pile : get me a friend to buy some coal | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| I'll get a job in the coal yard : work in the rain and snow | Johnson, Lonnie; Baby Please Don't Leave Me No More; New York, 11 June 1929; (402441A) OK8754 CC30 |
| The coal I'm burning : everybody says it's cannonballs | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| Going up Coal River : coming down no more | Blind Percy; Coal River Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201382) Pm12584 Yz L1010 |
| Crying oh : look what that [policy wheel, coalfield, greyhound] have done to me | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
| She's a long tall woman : with coalblack curly hair | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Fat Mouth Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1927; (27693) Pm12422 Yz L1029 |
| Well I'm going to heat with gas mama : and not with coal | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| Furnish you wood : furnish you coal | Howell, Peg Leg; Coal Man Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431162) Co14194D RBF RF202 |
