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*TIGER*..........1
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| You go through the *barrel* : and you ride like a *tiger* | Collins, Sam; Do That Thing; Richmond, Ind., c. 17 Sept. 1927; (13050A) Ge6307 OJL10 |
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*TILL............4
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| *Till they* kill that fireman : break that engineer's neck | Bell, Ed; Mean Conductor Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48201) Pm12546 Yz L1006 |
| I didn't *roll in here* : *till Lord sometime* last night | Butler, Sam; Some Screamed High Yellow; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (26772) Pm12423 Yz L1016 |
| I love you girl great God : *till my bluebird talk* | Thomas, Henry; Don't Ease Me In; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
| I have a loving brown : I did never miss it *till her gone* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Competition Bed Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207492) Pm12728 Rt RL306 |
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*TILTY...........1
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| I used to live with a woman : they called her *Tilty Til* | Campbell, Gene; Robbin' and Stealin' Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5704B) Br7170 His HLP2 |
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*TIM.............1
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| Old *Tim Lepson* : *get stoned on gin* | Estes, Sleepy John; Tell Me About It; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93008A) De7766 Sw S1220 |
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*TIMES*..........1
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| *Times* way downtown : spread the news | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
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*TIRED...........1
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| She *tired even* her daddy : I ain't even had you home | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); Pinebluff Arkansas; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19962) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
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*TO..............12
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| *To much you daddy* : to be going away | White, Washington; Shake 'Em On Down; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19971) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
| I ain't got nobody on the outside : *to play in the field* | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| Keep on talking : *to the will* | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Airy Man Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1924; (18512) Pm12219 Yz L1029 |
| *Pull a number of* women : *to their* mighty few men | Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310 |
| Another one sitting there : *to kick back eight* | Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398212) Vi21076 Rt RL326 |
| ??? : *to give his dollar fun* | Shade, Will; A Black Woman Is Like a Black Snake; Memphis, 11 Sept. 1928; (470102) ViV38015 Rt RL322 |
| You prance around : *to be up trip* | Wallace, Minnie; Field Mouse Stomp; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1141) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| I begun ??? *to worry* : that's just what I should | Cannon, Gus; Last Chance Blues; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4337 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Black gal she took meth : gave my brown *to her* death | Estes, Sleepy John; My Black Gal Blues; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625482) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| *I told* when I staying all night long baby : mama it's done come *to pass* | Shade, Will; She Stays Out All Night Long; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418911) Vi unissued RCA INT1175 |
| It's hard it's hard : it's hard *to get out of this* town | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
| Just like a lemon : is ??? *to me* | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Go Away Woman; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15541) Pm13152 Bio BLP12041 |
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*TOBY*...........1
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| And when my *Toby* tells me : ooo well I'm going to cut in with some good Jane | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Cut Out Blues; Chicago, 9 Apr. 1936; (C13551) Vo03444 Say SDR191 |
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*TODAY*..........1
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| I had to *ask* ??? : ??? *today* | Butler, Sam; Some Screamed High Yellow; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (26772) Pm12423 Yz L1016 |
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*TOED............1
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| Then get you a pair of them *keen*toed shoes : and one of them old *peat*back soldier coats | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
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*TOO*............1
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| *Ain't yellow evil* : ??? *too* | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Voice Throwin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15219) Pm12802 Yz L1010 |
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*TORN*...........1
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| People you could not blame me : when all I gots been *torn* | Sykes, Roosevelt; All My Money Gone Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402452A) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
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*TORRO*..........1
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| He's got *torro* hair : he's a coffeecolored brown | Smith, Clara; Kansas City Man Blues; New York, 2 Oct. 1923; (812226) Co12D VJM VLP15 |
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*TOWN*...........1
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| First you get over *town* : | Smith, Trixie; Black Bottom Hop; New York, c. Dec. 1925; (23641) Pm12336 CC29 |
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*TOWNIE*.........1
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| You treat your *townie* : like a woman you ain't never seen | Bogan, Lucille; Jim Tampa Blues; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46722) Pm12504 Yz L1017 |
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*TOYS*...........1
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| Well I ain't going to bring no *help* : and none of these ??? *toys* | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
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*TRAIN*..........1
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| You got the *train* : | Manning, Leola; The Blues Is All Wrong; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Apr. 1930; (K8089 ) Vo1529 Yz L1015 |
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*TREAT...........2
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| *Treat me in the days* : and my loving every night | Williams, Joe; I'm Getting Wild About Her; Chicago, 27 Mar. 1941; (0539901) BBB8774 BC6 |
| *Know* my mother *treat me* : catch that morning train | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
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*TREAT*..........1
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| If you don't treat me right mama : you can't *treat* nobody else | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
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*TRIXIE*.........1
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| So when a *trixie* be passing by : he will flap his little wings and crow | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
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*TROUBLING*......1
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| *Troubling* alligators : keeps doing that shivaree | Wilkins, Robert; Alabama Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M190 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
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*TRYING..........1
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| *Trying to ??? devilment* : as they can be | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
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*TURKEY'S........1
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| *Turkey's for some* : ??? *France* | Coleman, Lonnie; Wild About My Loving; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482592) Co14440D Rt RL318 |
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*TURKEY*.........1
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| For he's the bootlegging fellow : your *turkey* sure can swing | Johnson, T. C.; J. C. Johnson's Blues; Memphis, 16 Feb. 1928; (400250B) OK8838 Rt RL316 |
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*TURN............1
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| Have to *turn down* : before your old man go | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
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*TURNED*.........1
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| *Turned* on the right side of my pillow : my man had gone away | Smith, Bessie; Young Woman's Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428783) Co14179D Co CL857 |
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*TURNING.........1
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| I want your *turninggate* women : to please leave me alone | Arnold, Kokomo; I'll Be Up Some Day; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60515 ) De7172 Say SDR163 |
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*UPPED*..........1
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| ??? *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 |
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*USE.............1
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| Woman *use the jelly* : I like those oldtime | Alexander, Texas; Long Lonesome Day Blues; New York, 11 Aug. 1927; (81213A) OK8511 Rt RL315 |
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*VERY............1
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| Boy I ain't coming back here no more : with a *very win* | Carr, Leroy; Bo Bo Stomp; New York, 16 Aug. 1934; (156491) Vo02969 Co C30496 |
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*WALKING.........1
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| That would leave big fat Billiken : *walking along out there* | Johnson, Billiken; Frisco Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476062) Co14405D Rt RL312 |
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*WALLY*..........1
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| When you think I'm going : I'm standing right here with your *wally* on | Collins, Sam; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., c. 17 Sept. 1927; (13049A) Ge6379 OJL10 |
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*WALTER*.........1
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| I can get me a ticket : and stop by the *Walter* show | Carr, Leroy; Naptown Blues; Chicago, 17 June 1929; (C3267 ) Vo1400 Yz L1036 |
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*WANT*...........1
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| The moon *want* my baby : ??? mighty far away | Johnson, Louise; By the Moon and Stars; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4202) Pm13008 Mil MLP2018 |
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*WAR*............1
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| Going to be another *war* : don't need no mama nohow | Hull, Papa Harvey; Mama You Don't Know How; Chicago, c. May 1927; ( ) BP8030 Her H201 |
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*WAS.............1
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| And *yesterday* ??? : *was filled with ice and snow* | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
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*WATCH...........2
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| To keep papa's little gold *watchkey* : from doing that 'foreday creep | Harrison, Smoky; Hop Head Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L791) Pm12920 Rt RL340 |
| Well now I ain't no *farmer* : but I'll *watch your crop* the best I can | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Cocktail Man Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90173A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
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*WATCH*..........1
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| It takes midnight *watch* : the early rising sun | Alexander, Texas; Easy Rider Blues; Fort Worth, 30 Sept. 1934; (FW1138) Vo02856 Yz L1010 |
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*WATER...........1
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| Running all the way from Frisco Texas : *right cross* the Atlantic on the other *water course* | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); 80 Highway Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649211) BBB8927 BC7 |
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*WATER*..........2
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| ??? : and it takes me *Water* Street | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13713) Ba32934 Rt RL329 |
| I believe to my soul pretty mama : she's *water* bound | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
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*WAY.............2
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| But she's *way on south* now darling babe : Alabama bound | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| So long I traveled : the *way side and more* | McCoy, Joe; Going Back Home; Chicago, 16 Aug. 1934; (C9300A) De7087 Yz L1007 |
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*WE..............1
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| I'm going to telephone you : *we all* jump and shout | Alexander, Texas; Easy Rider Blues; Fort Worth, 30 Sept. 1934; (FW1138) Vo02856 Yz L1010 |
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*WELL............1
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| *Well I didn't have a nickel* : wouldn't pay me no fine | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); Gettin' Ready for Trial; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404682C) OK8856 OJL4 |
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*WENT............1
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| *Went to my gal* : *on a Saturday night* | Bunn, Teddy; It's Sweet Like So; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597391) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
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*WEREN'T*........1
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| She was doggone sorry : *weren't* king corn *here* | Stokes, Frank; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200451) Pm12552 OJL21; |
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*WHAT............1
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| *What takes : to get a day's help for mine* | Lincoln, Charley; Jealous Hearted Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451032) Co14305D RBF RF9 |
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*WHAT*...........1
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| I looked over in the corner : my poor grandma *what* had them too | Henry, Hound Head; Low Down Hound Blues; Chicago, 17 Oct. 1928; (C2451 ) Vo1288 His HLP2 |
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*WHEEZE*.........1
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| I drink so much coffee : the grounds are in my *wheeze* | Glover, Mae; I Ain't Giving Nobody None; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15395A) Ge6948 Her H201 |
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*WHEN............7
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| *When it's through* baby : *something* churches tone | McMullen, Fred; Wait and Listen; New York, 16 Jan. 1933; (129131) Ba32690 Yz L1012 |
| *When you're there* you going to stay now : you can't stay nowhere | Petties, Arthur; Out on Santa FeBlues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419072) Vi21282 Rt RL314 |
| *When I look down* : I'd find my oldtime man | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Army Camp Harmony Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21361) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| *When you through* : | Spaulding, Henry; Cairo Blues; Chicago, c. 6 May 1929; (C3449 ) Br7085 Yz L1003 |
| *When I get low* : let's go down in the alley | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Throw Me in the Alley; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9351 ) De7018 Say SDR191 |
| Because the current's much stronger : *when they send it straight out on the line* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; 'Lectric Chair Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203642) Pm12608 Bio BLP12015 |
| I couldn't talk to the desk sergeant : tell him *when and* where it took place | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Maxwell Street Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1925; (22882) Pm12320 Bio BLP12042 |
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*WHITE...........1
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| The racket that I am now in : Lord it make *white slavery* | Davis, Walter; Travelin' this Lonesome Road; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854801) BBB5982 RCA INT1175 |
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*WILL............1
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| A black gal *will tell you* an old hay wagon : she's getting by just the same | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); Black Gal Swing; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (064918 ) BBB8852 BC7 |
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*WITH............4
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| *With food in my craw* : I goes there for *spending place* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Saturday Night Spender Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212012) Pm12771 Rt RL335 |
| *Hobbling along* : *with my gait* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Beggin' Back; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (30164) Pm12394 Bio BLP12000 |
| *Sad and long* : *with how to win my part* | Johnson, Joe (Memphis Minnie); I'm Going Back Home; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59992 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| You wouldn't have no time *with mano* : to pass the time away | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sleepless Nights Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11519A) Vo1727 Yz L1030 |
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*WOMEN*..........1
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| ??? *women* : ??? *side* | Anderson, . . . (Walter Taylor); ThirtyEight and Plus; Richmond, Ind., 14 Feb. 1930; (16266B) Ge7157 Fwy FJ2801 |