CRIES............1
Then he looks at me and cries mama : I mean your sweet old girl	Waters, Ethel; Ethel Sings 'Em; New York, c. June 1923; (B) BS14154 Bio BLP12022
CRIME............17
The way she follow me around : Lordy it's going to be a crime	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Eagle Eyed Mama; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210953) Pm12739 Rt RL301
If love is a crime then I'm guilty : but there's nothing I can do	Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts Over You; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91346A) De7397 Sw S1225
Gal you stole my love : and you know that it was a crime	Washboard Sam; You Stole My Love; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703821) BBB9018 RCA LPV577
It's a crime to take a chance : when you know you can get by	Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192
It's a crime on taking a chance on losing her : ooo well well when you drive her from your door	Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192
And she thinks soap and water : is a doggone crime	Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581
And she thinks soap and water : is a doggone crime	Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581
And she thinks soap and water : is a doggone crime	Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581
The way we whip it : it's a hanging crime	Big Bill (Broonzy); Eagle Riding Papa; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (95951) Ba0712 Yz L1011
Ain't robbed no train : ain't done no hanging crime	Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Slave to the Blues; New York, Jan. 1926; (23692) Pm12332 Mil MLP2001
And her crime was so evil : nobody will go her bail	Barefoot Bill; Big Rock Jail; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493562) Co14481D Rt RL313
He was charged with murder : but stealing was his crime	Pope, Jenny; Tennessee Workhouse Blues; Memphis, c. Feb. 1930; (MEM758B) Vo1522 His HLP15
My crime my crime : I really can't understand	Barefoot Bill; My Crime Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (1493522) Co14510D OJL14
So if I live in Chicago : murder's going to be my crime	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lonesome House Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200762) Pm12593 Mil MLP2007
Got me accused for murder : and stealing was my crime	Sykes, Roosevelt; Skeet and Garret; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403312A) OK8749 Yz L1033
My crime my crime : I really can't understand	Barefoot Bill; My Crime Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (1493522) Co14510D OJL14
Yeah the Good Book do tell you : ooo that crime do not pay	Washboard Sam; I'm On My Way Blues; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07621 ) BBB7096 BC10
CRIME*...........2
I used to try to love you baby : aloving you *in crime*	Lofton, Willie; My Mean Baby Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9387A) De7076 Rt RL314
*I said to the electrocutor* : *awful lousy crime*	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; 'Lectric Chair Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203642) Pm12608 Bio BLP12015
CRIMES...........1
Put so many crimes against you loving baby : take a millionaire to go your bail	Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310
CRIMINAL.........2
And old Molly she come creeping : like a criminal to be hung	Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8
Say I know I am a criminal : but I always want to be free	Jordan, Charley; Raidin' Squad Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5840 ) Vo1528 Yz L1030
CRIPPLE..........1
Way down yonder : on Cripple Creek	McTell, Blind Willie; Kind Mama; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1929; (1493192) Co14657D Yz L1037
CRIPPLED.........1
She's humpbacked bowlegged : crippled and blind	Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18
CROCHET..........1
I got a brown across town : she crochet all the time	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, 14 Mar. 1927; (80524B) OK8455 RBF RF1
CROCHETING.......3
Baby if you don't quit crocheting : you going lose your mind	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, 14 Mar. 1927; (80524B) OK8455 RBF RF1
Baby if you don't quit crocheting : you going to lose your mind	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004
Mama if you don't quit crocheting : you going to lose your mind	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000
CROCHETS.........2
I got a gal across town : she crochets all the time	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004
I got a girl across town : she crochets all the time	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000
CROOK............2
I met her at a *sociable* : she acts just like a crook	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013
Well you are nothing but a crook : may around you now you know death may creep	Wheatstraw, Peetie; False Hearted Woman; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90963A) De7243 Say SDR192
CROOKED..........14
She act like an angel in the daytime : crooked as the devil at night	Fuller, Blind Boy; Crooked Woman Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1940; (26619A) Vo05527 Rt RL318
It's bad to have a crooked woman : she'll keep you living in sin	Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Crooked Woman Blues; Atlanta, 10 Nov. 1927; (1451981) Co14280D CC36
Because you can get a crooked daddy : most anywhere	Smith, Bessie; Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down; New York, 5 Apr. 1924; (816702) Co14025D Co CL855
A crooked man's worse : than crooked dice	Crawford, Rosetta; My Man Jumped Salty on Me; New York, 1 Feb. 1939; (64972A) De7567 Cor CP58
But she just as crooked : as she can be	Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103
Because women these days is so doggone crooked : till they make a 'foreday creep	Reynolds, Blind Joe; Outside Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1443) Pm12927 OJL8
He follows right behind me : every crooked turn I make	Smith, Clara; Done Sold My Soul to the Devil; New York, 30 Sept. 1924; (1400763) Co14041D VJM VLP17
Now if you wants to get crooked : I'm going to give you my fist	McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005
You get crooked : your southern can belong to me	McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005
You wants to get crooked : I'll even give you my fist	McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037
You get crooked : your southern can belongs to me	McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037
Says some men you know they're straight : some crooked as a barrel of snakes	Chatman, Bo; Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026191) BBB8159 Yz L1014
A crooked man's worse : than crooked dice	Crawford, Rosetta; My Man Jumped Salty on Me; New York, 1 Feb. 1939; (64972A) De7567 Cor CP58
I wouldn't have been singing : these crooked woman blues	Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Crooked Woman Blues; Atlanta, 10 Nov. 1927; (1451981) Co14280D CC36
CROOKS...........1
I ain't got many crooks in my bag : as the dyingest snake can crawl	Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003
CROP.............2
Go somewhere : settle down and make a crop	Estes, Sleepy John; Floating Bridge; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62465A) De7442 RBF RF8
Now it used to be the time : get a corn crop in March	Estes, Sleepy John; Time Is Drawing Near; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93005A) De7789 Sw S1220;
CROP*............1
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
CROPS............1
All my crops a failure : couldn't raise a doggone thing	Johnson, Alec; Miss Meal Cramp Blues; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473792) Co14446D CC3
CROSS............28
That's a bowlegged woman : crazy about a crosseyed man	Blake, Blind; Blake's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30602) Pm12442 Bio BLP12023
She got a crankshaft motion : she got a crosstown swing	Davis, Walter; Sweet Sixteen; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854841) BBB5931 RCA INT1085
Nero : make me a soldier with a cross	MacFarland, Barrel House Buck; I Got to Go Blues; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1934; (C9321 ) De7013 OJL20
I need a quickfilling dentist : because I'm mean and cross	Bryant, Laura; Dentist Chair BluesPart 1; Long Island City, c. Jan. 1929; (322A) QRSR7055 His HLP21
Sluefoot Mose and crosseyed Joe : didn't go in at all	McTell, Blind Willie; Razor Ball; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502582) Co14551D Yz L1037
Mama said last night : don't let a black cat cross your trail	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Got the Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24711) Pm12354 Bio BLP12000
I let a black cat cross me : I walked right through a funeral line	Miles, Lizzie; Shootin' Star Blues; New York, 4 Jan. 1928; (77082) Ba7025 VJM VLP40
When a man's got money : the blues don't cross his mind	Gibson, Clifford; Blues Without a Dime; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57756 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027
The high sheriff took the couple : and doublecross ten	McTell, Blind Willie; Razor Ball; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502582) Co14551D Yz L1037
Waiting for a chance : to doublecross you	Spivey, Victoria; Don't Trust Nobody Blues; Chicago, 20 Mar. 1931; (VO150 ) Vo1640 Spi LP2001
I'm going : where the Drummond cross the Yellow Dog	Collins, Sam; Yellow Dog Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12738) Ge6146 OJL10
Old Hannah Brown : from cross town	Smith, Bessie; Gimme a Pigfoot; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525782) OK8949 Co CL856
When I cross : the MasonDixon Line	Jones, Maggie; North Bound Blues; New York, 16 Apr. 1925; (1405342) Co14092D VJM VLP23
So now I'm cross : and man I'm feeling mad	Wallace, Sippie; Lazy Man Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80839B) OK8470 CC32
Let me tell you : what the what the Red Cross people will do	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
You know I can't go down the hill : but I've got to go to the Red Cross store	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
Go to the Red Cross in the morning babe : go up there at night	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
Want me to tell the Red Cross : stop off day and night	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
Because I can't go down the hill : you know I go to the Red Cross store	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
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
They asked me I go down to the Red Cross store : to get them to give me something to eat	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
Because I can't take you down the hill : but I'll show you to the Red Cross store	Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325
Says I found that woman : where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog	Arnold, Kokomo; Long and Tall; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7306 CC25
I'm going : where the Southern cross the Dog	Patton, Charley; Green River Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L443) Pm12972 Yz L1020
Let you do anything : but nail me on the cross	Anderson, Jelly Roll; Free Woman Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 19 Apr. 1927; (12718B) Ge6135 Rt RL340
I said I'm going up the country : where the ??? cross the dog	Rachel, James Yank; Sweet Mama; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (62550) Vi23318 Rt RL329
Well I got to ride this new highway : Lord and I'm going to cross the Gulf of Mexico	Williamson, Sonny Boy; Project Highway; Aurora, Ill., 11 Nov. 1937; (016525 ) BBB7302 RCA INT1175
I want to cross the river : go down the other side	Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Wolf River Blues; Memphis, 24 Nov. 1930; (64709 ) Vi23272 OJL19