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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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| I says go on home mama : you gots: *ruses* all in your back | Harrison, Smoky; Hop Head Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L791) Pm12920 Rt RL340 |
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GOTTEN...........8
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| Hitler cutting the world : gotten disturbed | Edwards, Frank; We Got to Get Together; Chicago, 28 May 1941; (C38121) OK06393 BC6 |
| Uncle Sam better decide : and gotten blood in his eye | Edwards, Frank; We Got to Get Together; Chicago, 28 May 1941; (C38121) OK06393 BC6 |
| She said get away from me man : I swear you done gotten too old | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shotgun Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064023 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| Life have gotten miserable : seem like no more happiness to be made | Doyle, Little Buddy; Hard Scufflin' Blues; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM171) OK05771 Rt RL329 |
| If I hadn't took the seven Lord : I wouldn't have gotten none | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| If I hadn't took the seven Lord : I wouldn't have gotten none | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| Made me come back *about* : I gotten more than one | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| Now my song's gotten tight : they won't treat me right | Stokes, Frank; Stomp that Thing; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454262) Vi21738 Rt RL308 |
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GOT].............2
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| [She's, got] a long tall woman : tall like a cherry tree | Patton, Charley; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15220) Pm12854 Yz L1020 |
| I'm going to play them straight across : man you know [I'm playing, I got] them straight down | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
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GOVERNMENT.......7
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| Everything is sold : by the government rule | Chatman, Bo; Sales Tax; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826351) BBB5453 Yz L1014 |
| Now on the farm : they all have joined the government loan | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| Now the government give you three years chance : and you could have something of your own | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| Now the government furnish you a milkcow : a rooster and some portion of hen | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| Now the government give us a school in Brownsville : boy you know I think that's very nice | Estes, Sleepy John; Working Man Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649261) BBB8950 RBF RF8 |
| I asked the government : to knock some days off my time | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| You know I didn't go to the army : but I am using this government money anyhow | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
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| Now the governor he fought : for the plant of plenty corn and wheat | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| I wrote to the governor : please turn me aloose | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| It'll take the Governor of Georgia : to judge one of these women I like | McTell, Blind Willie; Three Women Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471852) ViV38001 Yz L1005 |
| I went to the governor : to buy one of his bands | Wilber, Bill (Joe Wilbur McCoy); Greyhound Blues; Chicago, 22 July 1935; (90199A) Ch50053 Rt RL334 |
| I can't get parole : wish *like* the governor would quit my time | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
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GOWN.............6
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| Wear your patent leather slippers : mama put out your morning gown | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Death Valley Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648741) BBB8858 RCA LPV518 |
| She was standing in the kitchen : in her morning gown | Ledbetter, Huddie; C. C. Rider; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16686 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| I was took all of my clothes : and walk the streets in my morning gown | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Hard Dallas Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210182) Pm12708 Bio BLP12004 |
| Get up on the table : pull off that gown | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1930; (100482) Or8033 Yz L1035 |
| Get up on this table : pull off that gown | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17276B) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
| Get your nightshirt mama : and your gown | White, Washington; Shake 'Em On Down; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19971) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
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| *Low cut* shoes : and their evening gowns | James, Jesse; Southern Casey Jones; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90761A) De7213 AH158 |
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GO]..............1
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| Reason I call him cat man : he don't [come, go] around in the day | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Cat Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15673) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
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GRAB.............35
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| Grab your gal : fall in line | Blake, Blind; Too Tight; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30592) Pm12431 Bio BLP12031 |
| Grab me mama : hold me tight | Blake, Blind; Wabash Rag; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201542) Pm12597 Yz L1016 |
| Grab me mama : make me cry | Blake, Blind; Wabash Rag; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201542) Pm12597 Yz L1016 |
| Grab another man : and went across the hall | Bracey, Mississippi; Stered Gal; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404766B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Grab your gal : fall in line | Howell, Peg Leg; Too Tight Blues; Atlanta, 1 Nov. 1927; (1450621) Co14298D Rt RL316 |
| Grab a pick and shovel : and roll from sun to sun | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Chock House Blues; Chicago, c. May or June 1926; (25582) Pm12373 Mil MLP2007 |
| Grab your mama : and hold her tight | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| Grab your daddy : and make him cry | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| I make a jumbo elephant : grab an airplane and sail | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Jungle Man Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210452) Pm12721 Bio BLP12042 |
| Turn over and grab the pillow : where you great gal used to lay | Barner, Wiley; If You Want a Good WomanGet One Long and Tall; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug.1927; (GEX804A) Ge6261 Rt RL313 |
| I did grab the pillow : where my baby used to lay | Williams, Joe; Rootin' Ground Hog; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076621) BBB7065 RCA INT1087 |
| I make a *sea tick* catch a freight train : I make a flea grab the mail | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Jungle Man Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210452) Pm12721 Bio BLP12042 |
| Uncle Sam wasn't no woman : but didn't he grab your man | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| Because their husbands'll grab you : and beat you ragged as a cedar tree | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| I'll grab you mama : and turn you every way but loose | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| I'll grab you woman : and turn you every way but loose | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| You just grab a train : and try old Naptown some | Carr, Leroy; Naptown Blues; Chicago, 17 June 1929; (C3267 ) Vo1400 Yz L1036 |
| Now you ought to see me grab the pillows : where my baby used to lay | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Early in the Morning; Aurora, Ill., 11 Nov. 1937; (016524 ) BBB7302 RCA INT1175 |
| When she grab you and shake you : you bound to fall | Bell, Ed; Carry It Right Back Home; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (1510372) Co14595D Rt RL325 |
| She grab her daddy : she run anywhere | Wilber, Bill (Joe Wilbur McCoy); Greyhound Blues; Chicago, 22 July 1935; (90199A) Ch50053 Rt RL334 |
| Only way you'll get it : have to grab your lemon | Barefoot Bill; She's Got a Nice Line; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1930; (1503021) Co14544D Rt RL325 |
| I'm going to grab me a freight train : ride until it stops | Blake, Blind; Stonewall Street Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30811) Pm12431 Bio BLP12031 |
| Going to grab me a gun : kill my baby | Hurt, Mississippi John; Nobody's Dirty Business; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (400223B) OK8560 Bio BLPC4 |
| Going to grab my gun : going to kill old Suzie | Hurt, Mississippi John; Nobody's Dirty Business; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (400223B) OK8560 Bio BLPC4 |
| I'm going to grab me a train : beat it on up the line | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Up the Way Bound; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25471) Pm12375 Yz L1029 |
| I'm going to grab my sugar : papa don't care what you do | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Got the Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24711) Pm12354 Bio BLP12000 |
| I'm going to grab that train : travel far down the road | Linthecome, Joe; Pretty Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1929; (15906A) Ge7131 Rt RL326 |
| I'm going to grab me a train : ride the lonesome rail | McTell, Blind Willie; Stole Rider Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403092) Vi21124 Yz L1037 |
| I'm going to grab me a train : I'm going back to Baltimore | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
| I'm going to grab me a freight train : ride until it stops | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Through Train Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205442) Pm12685 Yz L1039 |
| I'm going to grab me a picket : off of my back fence | Wiley, Geeshie (Elvie Thomas); Over to My House; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2651) Pm12977 Yz L1018 |
| I'm going to grab me a train : ride it till it stops | Willis, Ruth Mary; Man of My Own; New York, 17 Jan. 1933; (129201) Ba32687 Yz L1026 |
| Because their husbands will grab you : and beat you ragged with a cedar tree | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| Now you grab your girl : you hold her tight | Leecan, Bobby; Macon Georgia CutOut; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| Now you grab your partner : large or small | Wilson, Leola B.; Scoop It; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26074) Pm12379 His HLP1 |
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| Grabbed my gal : around the waist | Bracey, Mississippi; Stered Gal; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404766B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Grabbed me a sister : to convert her soul | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| Said grandpa Johnson : grabbed sister Kate | Arnold, Kokomo; Shake That Thing; Chicago, 9 July 1936; (90795A) De7212 CC25 |
| Now grandpa Johnson : grabbed sister Kate | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shake That Thing; Chicago, c. May 1925; (2120?) Pm12281 Yz L1029 |
| The devil came : and grabbed my hand | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| Blues grabbed mama's child : and it tore me all upside down | Johnson, Robert; Preachin' Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26321) ARC70460 Co C30034 |
| Blues grabbed mama's child : and it tore me all upside down | Johnson, Robert; Preachin' Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26322) ARC70460 Co C30034 |
| Blues grabbed me at midnight : didn't turn me loose till day | McTell, Blind Willie; Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403101) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| Charlie grabbed his girl : and he *crow forked* in | McTell, Blind Willie; Razor Ball; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502582) Co14551D Yz L1037 |
| Said I grabbed a train : I went home aflying | Beaman, Lottie; Wayward Girl Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14161A) Ge6607 OJL6 |
| Lord I grabbed up my suitcase : I *dropped it on the floor* | Big Bill (Broonzy); Mr. Conductor Man; Richmond, Ind., 9 Feb. 1932; (18392) Ch16426 Yz L1035 |
| I grabbed my suitcase : I took on up the road | House, Son; My Black MamaPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4092) Pm13042 OJL2 |
| I grabbed the wildcat in the collar : and asked the tiger what he had to say | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Jungle Man Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210452) Pm12721 Bio BLP12042 |
| 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 |
| I grabbed my coat and hat : down the road I'll start | Martin, Carl; Badly Mistreated Man; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C8812) OK8961 Yz L1016 |
| Police grabbed me : right by my arm | Cannon, Gus; Feather Bed; Memphis, 9 Sept. 1928; (470022) ViV38515 Fwy FA2953 |
| Now she grabbed that stick : and she broke that Harlem's back | Byrd, John; Billy Goat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2892) Pm12997 Yz L1001 |
| Well she grabbed my baby and spanked him : I tried to make her leave him alone | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; That Crawlin' Baby Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15671) Pm12880 Mil MLP2013 |
| Oh she broke my heart : when she grabbed that B and O | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
