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EXCITE...........1
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| She said money don't excite me : and that we all know well | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; BoodleDeBum Bum; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4631 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
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EXCITED..........1
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| Well well then I'm going to tell them don't get excited : ooo same ??? *bit* I was singing about | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Project Highway; Aurora, Ill., 11 Nov. 1937; (016525 ) BBB7302 RCA INT1175 |
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EXCITEMENT.......1
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| There's been much excitement : and more to be | Smith, Bessie; The Yellow Dog Blues; New York, 6 May 1925; (1405862) Co14075D Co CL857 |
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EXCUSE...........9
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| Excuse me woman : I won't say that no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Booster Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24741) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| Excuse me mama : for knocking on your door | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
| Excuse me mama : for knocking at your room | Reed, Willie; Dreaming Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476002) Co14407D Yz L1004 |
| Now Lucy came home : with a big excuse | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; It's a Fight Like That; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4630 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| Got a song to sing you : and it's no excuse | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); We Sure Got Hard Times Now; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502731) Co14558D CC36 |
| You ain't got no excuse now pullets : ain't nothing in your way | Memphis Minnie; Plymouth Rock Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5831 ) Vo1631 BC13 |
| I said excuse me Mr : I don't mean no harm | Thomas, George; Don't Kill Him in Here; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L182) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| She'd often say excuse me a minute : I've got to step around here | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| Say excuse me mama : I don't mean no harm | Burse, Charlie; Tappin' that Thing; Richmond, Ind., 3 Aug. 1932; (18648) Ch16654 Rt RL307 |
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EXCUSED..........1
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| Lord : I beg to be excused | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Those Dogs of Mine; Chicago, c. Mar. 1924; (17031) Pm12215 BYG529.078 |
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EXHAUST..........2
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| I put in new tubes : hide the exhaust | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1930; (100482) Or8033 Yz L1035 |
| I put in new tubes : tightened up the exhaust | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17276B) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
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EXIT.............1
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| Just make your exit *smiling please* : there's no use getting sore | Martin, Daisy; What You Was You Used to Be; New York, c. late July 1923; (52381) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
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EXPECT...........8
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| Now I done some last winter : don't expect to do it no more | McClennan, Tommy; It's a Cryin' Pity; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064891 ) BBB9005 Rt RL305 |
| He told me he had a hole in his side : I don't expect he would do | Richardson, Mooch; Burying Ground Blues; Memphis, 23 Mar. 1928; (400375A) OK8576 Mam S3803 |
| Have to be riding it so long : I expect you dead and gone | Jordan, Luke; My Gal's Done Quit Me; New York, 18 Nov. 1929; (577031) ViV38564 Rt RL318 |
| Now there is something : you say that you expect | Edwards, Joe; Construction Gang; New York, 12 Sept. 1924; (72817B) OK8163 Sw S1240 |
| How do you expect : for us to get along | Green, Lil; If I Didn't Love You; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0647281) BBB8865 RCA LPV574 |
| Well look ahere : what you expect for me to do | Memphis Minnie; I'm Talking About You; Memphis, 20 Feb. 1930; (MEM772A) Vo1476 Pal PL101 |
| Well look ahere : what you expect for me to do | Memphis Minnie; I'm Talking About YouNo. 2; Chicago, c. 14 July 1930; (C6010A) Vo1556 His HLP2 |
| Tell me men : what do you expect for us poor women to do | Memphis Minnie; Man You Won't Give Me No Money; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13882) Vo03474 BC1 |
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EXPECTING........2
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| I'm expecting a call from Miss *Laza* : I've got to hear from her right away | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| You know I'm expecting a call from Miss *Laza* : you know some of my people might be dead | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
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EXPECTS..........1
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| When a dumb man tries to gamble : he expects to lose | Gibson, Clifford; HardHeaded Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577552) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
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EXPENSIVE........3
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| And I'd tell her : exactly when to buy that expensive drink | Johnson, Alec; Next Week Sometime; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473822) Co14416D CC3 |
| A Packard is too expensive : Ford will take you where you want to go | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; D B Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208211) Pm12712 Bio BLP12015 |
| My jelly too expensive : you know I can't give it away | unknown artist (Noah Lewis); Selling the Jelly; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64738 ) Vi23319 OJL19 |
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EXPERIENCE.......2
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| Now from my experience : I give you your advice | Gibson, Clifford; Don't Put That Thing On Me; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571742) ViV38572 Yz L1006 |
| That's why I'm singing : these old experience blues | Willis, Ruth Mary; Experience Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519061) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
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EXPLAIN..........16
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| Explain why you left me : and tell me why you went away | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| Now gang around girls and boys : explain my sonnet to you | Hull, Papa Harvey; Gang of Brownskin Women; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12689) Ge6122 Yz L1001 |
| Come here honey : explain yourself to me | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| Come here honey : explain this thing to me | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| Come here honey come here : explain this thing to me | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| But I'll never be downhearted : if I can explain these blues | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| My eagleeyed woman : is got ways I can't explain | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Eagle Eyed Mama; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210953) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
| I'll explain why I need you : and want you back today | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| Whole world would be forgived me : if I could just explain | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| Now look ahere mama : let me explain you this | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| Now explain it to me : tell me would you like to go | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Come into my arms sweet woman : and please explain yourself to me | Johnson, Lonnie; New Falling Rain Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63521A) De7461 Sw S1225 |
| There's no need to explain : because they really wouldn't understand | Green, Lil; Country Boy Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641341) BBB8754 RCA LPV574 |
| I have made up my mind : to explain to you in every way | Oden, Jimmy; I Have Made Up My Mind; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18795) Ch16540 Riv RM8819 |
| I have told you that I would explain it to you : how it's done | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Now listen would you explain it to me : and tell me did you know | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
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EXPLAINING.......1
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| I'm explaining all I know how : and nothing more can I do | Oden, Jimmy; I Have Made Up My Mind; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18795) Ch16540 Riv RM8819 |
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EXPRESSMAN.......2
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| I said expressman expressman Lord : you have parked your wagon wrong | Rachel, James Yank; Expressman Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (59934 ) Vi23318 Fwy FA2953 |
| I said expressman expressman Lord : you have parked your wagon wrong | Rachel, James Yank; Expressman Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (59934 ) Vi23318 Fwy FA2953 |
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EXTRA............1
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| The little boy's hollering extra : people did you read the news | Jones, Bo; Leavenworth Prison Blues; Dallas, c. Nov. 1929; (DAL461 ) Vo1452 Rt RL327 |
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EXTRACT..........2
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| Extract of lemon : and ginger ale | Waters, Ethel; At the New Jump Steady Ball; New York, c. May 1922; ( ) BS14128 Bio BLP12022 |
| Extract of lemon : with ginger ale | Waters, Ethel; At the New Jump Steady Ball; New York, c. May 1922; ( ) BS14128 Bio BLP12022 |
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EYE..............24
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| I don't trust the tomcat : he's got such an evil eye | Spruell, Freddie; Tom Cat Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207272) Pm12665 His HLP17 |
| A goodlooking woman : winked her eye at me | Carter, George; Hot Jelly Roll Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1929; (211542) Pm12750 Yz L1012 |
| She said daddy who is it please : with tears standing in her eye | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Me, Myself, and I; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640041) BBB8784 RCA730.581 |
| Uncle Sam better decide : and gotten blood in his eye | Edwards, Frank; We Got to Get Together; Chicago, 28 May 1941; (C38121) OK06393 BC6 |
| A hand on the trigger : got his eye on the hog | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| A hand on the trigger : got his eye on the hog | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| She could wink a mean eye : Lord she learned me to sing the blues | Washboard Sam; She Belongs to the Devil; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644841) BBB8937 RCA LPV577 |
| I got my eye on my shotgun : the other one is on your trunk | Moore, Rosie Mae; Staggering Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418302) Vi21280 Rt RL310 |
| But my eye is at the ??? : in the basement blues | Smith, Clara; Basement Blues; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400521) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
| With blood in my eye : and malice in my heart | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| Black my eye for supper : then you're pleasing me | Smith, Trixie; You've Got to Beat Me to Keep Me; New York, c. Feb. 1925; (20152) Pm12256 CC29 |
| Hey hey baby : I got blood in my eye for you | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; Atlanta, 25 Oct. 1931; (4050231) Co14660D Mam S3804 |
| Now that last cruel papa : he blacked my eye | Waters, Ethel; You Can't Do What My Last Man Did; New York, c. June 1923; (A) BS14151 Bio BLP12022 |
| I got one eye on my pistol : and the other on your trunk | Blake, Blind; Early Morning Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30571) Pm12387 Bio BLP12031 |
| I got one eye on my pistol : and the other on your trunk | Blake, Blind; Early Morning Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30572) Pm12387 Bio BLP12037 |
| Now her dogs are swollen : and she got one eye | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| When my right eye winks : on my knees I begin to crawl | Johnson, Lonnie; New Black Snake BluesPart 1; New York, 13 Oct. 1928; (401222A) OK8626 Spi LP2001 |
| The gravedigger : looked me in the eye | Hite, Mattie; Graveyard Dream Blues; New York, c. mid Nov. 1923; (70413) Pat032014 VJM VLP40 |
| When the train rolled up to the station : I looked her in the eye | Johnson, Robert; Love in Vain; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL402?) Vo04630 Co C30034 |
| When the train rolled up to the station : and I looked her in the eye | Johnson, Robert; Love in Vain; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL402?) Vo04630 His HLP31 |
| Look me in the eye : I think I can make you understand | Washboard Sam; Lover's Lane Blues; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703811) BBB9007 BC10 |
| Insurance man turned around : and he looked me in the eye | Washboard Walter; Insurance Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2832) Pm12954 Her H205 |
| Soo cow : don't you buck your eye | Chatman, Bo; Sue Cow; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026241) BBB6695 OJL18 |
| I'm going to black your eye : you can tell your man | Gibson, Clifford; Tired of Being Mistreated Part 1; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (484A) QRSR7079 Yz L1027 |
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EYE*.............2
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| Treat my slippers : with some *hog eye* lard | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| Well she's got something on the under : weep just like a *pool hall eye* | Kelly, Jack; Men Fooler Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM151 ) Vo05312 OJL19 |
