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DANCE*...........1
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| He *must dance* in the basement : was seen in my bedroom | Little Son Joe; Black Cat Swing; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (C40981) OK06707 BC1 |
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DANCED...........3
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| She jumped up : and danced with who she pleased | Williamson, Sonny Boy; SusieQ ; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308501) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| I grabbed my baby : I danced till the clock struck twelve | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Big Night Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1929; (214022) Pm12801 Riv RLP12125 |
| My man danced with a gal : her dress was too tight | Wallace, Minnie; Dirty Butter; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555712) ViV38547 Rt RL322 |
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DANCES...........1
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| When she dances : she don't move her head | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Memphis, 12 May 1930; (599172) ViV38599 Jo SM3104 |
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| Mean old jailor : taking away my dancing shoes | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lock Step Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208152) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
| No dancing prancing : until the break of day | Smith, Mamie; Jenny's Ball; New York, 19 Feb. 1931; (404852A) OK8915 Sw S1240 |
| Well now my baby have changed her way of dancing : oh she don't twostep no more | Williamson, Sonny Boy; My Baby Made a Change; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064022 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| When the people found who I was dancing with : I guess they laughing still | Washboard Sam; Out with the Wrong Woman; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01883 ) BBB6794 BC10 |
| Strut your stuff : you dancing fool | Smith, Trixie; Black Bottom Hop; New York, c. Dec. 1925; (23641) Pm12336 CC29 |
| Hey get your partner : put on your dancing shoes | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
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DANGER...........1
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| Women crying danger : but I ain't raising my hand | Florence, Nellie ; Jacksonville Blues ; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461741) Co14342D OJL6 |
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DANGEROUS........4
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| Old Tommy scratched pussy : in a dangerous place | Chatman, Bo; Pussy Cat Blues; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026131) BBB6735 Yz L1034 |
| I'm redhot : and dangerous as can be | Jones, Maggie; Dangerous Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404893) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| You running so quick and dangerous : that I won't have no woman at all | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| Then my eyes start to jumping : then I'm dangerous as a doggone lion | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
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DANIEL...........1
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| Feel just like Daniel : when they throwed him in that lion's den | Stevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2 |
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DANIELS..........1
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| Tell them Julius Daniels : done been here and gone | Daniels, Julius; My Mama Was a Sailor; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379312) Vi20658 Rt RL326 |
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DARE.............3
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| The day you dare to quit me : baby that's the day you die | Blake, Blind; Early Morning Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30571) Pm12387 Bio BLP12031 |
| Old death wagon : don't you dare stop at my door | Moore, Monette; Black Hearse Blues; New York, c. Jan. 1925; (31777) Ajax17093 VJM VLP40 |
| But here's a thing I got to say : just quit me if you dare | Smith, Laura; Don't You Leave Me Here; New York, c. Mar. 1927; (71302) Ba1977 VJM VLP40 |
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DARED............1
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| Last night he started an argument : he dared poor me to grunt | Memphis Minnie; It's Hard to Please My Man; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3170A) OK05728 BC1 |
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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 |
| Oh she's a dark brownskin : we always call her chocolate drop | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| I get wicked lonesome sometimes : in a dark room by myself | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| Mr gasman : will you please come around after dark | Glover, Mae; Gas Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15396A) Ge7040 Yz L1009 |
| Cold and dark all around me : no one to go my bail | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Cell Bound Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1924; (100012) Pm12257 Mil MLP2001 |
| Baby it's dark babe dark at midnight : and the moon shine down like day | Rachel, James Yank; Gravel Road Woman; New York, 6 Feb. 1934; (147932) Vo02649 OJL21 |
| She done stole my man away : and blowed back dark smoke on me | Memphis Minnie; Chickasaw Train Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9382 ) De7019 Cor CP58 |
| Said the sun going down now : black dark caught me here | Bracey, Mississippi; Cherry Ball; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404765B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Coalblack dark : baby when I'm gone | Thompson, Edward; West Virginia Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2416A) Pm13018 Yz L1006 |
| Stood down in the street : one cold dark stormy night | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Pneumonia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15669) Pm12880 Mil MLP2013 |
| You better quit your bad habits : digging in every dark hole | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Cave Man Blues; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (599622) ViV38605 Mel MLP7324; |
| When your way gets dark : baby turn your lights up high | Patton, Charley; When Your Way Gets Dark; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L491) Pm12998 Yz L1020 |
| I ain't black but I'm darkcomplexioned : look like He ought to forgive me too | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6404A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| See that woman : all dressed in dark | Bell, Ed; She's a Fool Gal; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (1510382) Co14595D Rt RL325 |
| Get in Dark Town : to break them down | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| Down in dark town : night and day | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| The night is dark and dreary : I can't see what to do | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Night Time Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22111) Pm12303 Mil MLP2001 |
| 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 |
| Baby it's dark babe dark at midnight : and the moon shine down like day | Rachel, James Yank; Gravel Road Woman; New York, 6 Feb. 1934; (147932) Vo02649 OJL21 |
| Well it's dark and dreary : no matter where I go | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| She got them real dark eyes : now real curly hair | Big Bill (Broonzy); Keep Your Hands Off Her; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962301) BB B6188 RBF RF16 |
| Watch the roads dark as night mama : and you liable to see me prowl | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6405A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| I got stones in my passway : and my road seem dark as night | Johnson, Robert; Stone in My Passway; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL3772) ARC71267 Co CL1654 |
| She's aslipping and astalling : in some dark alley | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| Crying I ain't going down : that dark road by myself | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| And I know my woman : if I feel her in the dark | Campbell, Bob; Starvation Farm Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155032) Vo02798 Fly LP103 |
| You don't need no man baby : don't know you in the dark when he feel | Chatman, Bo; Old Devil; San Antonio, 22 Oct. 1938; (0278781) BBB8093 Yz L1007 |
| Know I can tell my little woman : if I feel her in the dark | Estes, Sleepy John; Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90097A) Ch50068 Sw S1219 |
| I can tell my rider : if I feel her in the dark | Fuller, Blind Boy; Pistol Snapper Blues; New York, 5 Apr. 1938; (226741) Vo04106 BC11 |
| Black Minnie Black Minnie : girl you stays in the dark | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| I can tell my rider : if I feel her in the dark | Patton, Charley; Banty Rooster Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15217) Pm12792 Yz L1020 |
| I can tell my baby : if I see her in the dark | Rhodes, Walter; The Crowing Rooster; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453582) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| But you a loving *cold* creature : in the dark | Smith, Bessie; Take Me for a Buggy Ride; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525792) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| Now this dark cloud is rising : and it's thundering all around | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
| Mmm : chained down in this dark cell by myself | McTell, Blind Willie; Death Cell Blues; New York, 19 Sept. 1933; (140491) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| Can't go down : this dark road by myself | Patton, Charley; Down the Dirt Road Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15215) Pm12854 Yz L1020 |
| I stroll through dark places : threatening to do my part | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| And I'm going downtown : going to stay around there till dark | Stokes, Frank; Downtown Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418221) Vi21272 BC5 |
| This fence will make a high yellow girl turn dark : it make a weakeyed man go blind | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
| When it rained five days : and the skies turned dark as night | Smith, Bessie; Back Water Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434911) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| And he put me in the cellar : it was dark as it could be | Patton, Charley; High Sheriff Blues; New York, 30 Jan. 1934; (147252) Vo02680 Yz L1020 |
| It was dark and stormy : and the sun shining bright like day | unknown artist (possibly Skip James); Throw Me Down; place unknown, c. Oct. 1928; (209981) Pm unissued Bio BLP12029 |
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DARK*............1
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| It rained five days : *and all lay dark* with me | Walker, Uncle Bud; Look Here Mama Blues; Atlanta, 30 July 1928; (402008A) OK8828 Yz L1018 |
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DARKEST..........1
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| Let me in your darkest corner woman : hide me from your man | Bracey, Ishman; Left Alone Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418432) Vi21349 Rt RL330 |
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DARKNESS.........1
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| In the darkness : I just weep and moan | Jones, Maggie; Thunderstorm Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1924; (1401752) Co14050D VJM VLP23 |
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DARKSKIN.........1
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| One is a Statesboro darkskin : she'll really turn your damper down | McTell, Blind Willie; Three Women Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471852) ViV38001 Yz L1005 |
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DARKY............2
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| I seen another darky : trying to change my woman's mind | Collins, Chasey; Walking Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962481) BBB6261 Rt RL316 |
| Say go away darky : to that door around the line | Estes, Sleepy John; Drop Down; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93009A) De7766 Sw S1220 |
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| Darling that's all right : most any old way you do | Ledbetter, Huddie; New Black Snake Moan; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166912) Ba33360 Co C30035 |
| Darling tell me what's the matter : don't like no black snake nohow | Ledbetter, Huddie; New Black Snake Moan; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166912) Ba33360 Co C30035 |
| Ask you to forgive me : darling if you please | Bracey, Ishman; Left Alone Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418432) Vi21349 Rt RL330 |
| Since we are just two babies : darling why can't we agree | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Two of a Kind; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640011) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| Going to call my name : darling and I'll be gone | Owens, Big Boy George; Kentucky Blues; Richmond, Ind., Oct. 1926; (12571) Ge6006 Yz L1018 |
| Because my man's on the Wabash : darling and I don't mind dying | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Rough and Tumble Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22102) Pm12311 Mil MLP2001 |
| Say anything darling : don't say we're through | Green, Lil; Give Your Mama One Smile; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591501) BBB8640 RCA LPV574 |
| But darling after all I done : you wouldn't treat me right | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Don't Mean Me No Good; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535911) BBB8615 RCA730.581 |
| Come on here darling : let's go and talk | Davis, Walter; Sweet Sixteen; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854841) BBB5931 RCA INT1085 |
| It'll be too late darling : your man will be gone | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; How Long How Long; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207881) Pm12685 Bio BLP12015 |
| You been gone so long darling : wear you off of my mind | Day, Will; Sunrise Blues; New Orleans, 25 Apr. 1928; (1461912) Co14318D Yz L1032 |
| Black snake mama : done run my darling home | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; That Black Snake Moan; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30672) Pm12407 Mil MLP2013 |
| Lord that black snake mama : done run my darling home | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Moan; Chicago, 14 Mar. 1927; (80523B) OK8455 Fwy FJ2802 |
| That old black snake mama : done run my darling home | Ledbetter, Huddie; New Black Snake Moan; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166912) Ba33360 Co C30035 |
| I got a letter from my darling : said hurry home | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| I got a letter from my darling : said how long you been gone | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| I got a letter from my darling : said hurry home | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| I got a letter from my darling : didn't have a single dime | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| Well I would ask of you my darling : just so quiet so soft and low | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
| 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 |
| Tell me now what's the matter : now darling something must abe going on wrong | Spruell, Freddie; Way Back Down Home; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9909A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| Now and it's please please please darling : honey please don't take my life | Carr, Leroy; My Woman's Gone Wrong; New York, 14 Aug. 1934; (156261) Vo02950 Co C30496 |
| When I spent down to my last dime : she said darling I know you're not through | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| Now that's only this darling : ooo will you love me baby when I'm old | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
| Good as I have been to you darling : now I can't get the things I need | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Change My Mind Blues; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| All my love I have for you darling : swear it can't be turned around | McClennan, Tommy; My Little Girl; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044988 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
