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| I feel cold arms around me : and ice lips upon my cheek | Johnson, Lonnie; Blue Ghost Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63523A) De7537 AH158 |
| I'm snowbound in my cabin : and ice up around my door | Johnson, Lonnie; South Bound Backwater; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63524A) De7461 Sw S1225 |
| This winter babe : going to be ice and snow | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Ice and Snow Blues; Chicago, 28 Sept. 1931; (675671) BBB5626 BC4 |
| Baby please don't go back to New Orleans : and get your cold ice cream | Williams, Joe; Baby Please Don't Go; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962441) BBB6200 RCA INT1087 |
| Baby please don't go back to New Orleans : get your cold ice cream | Williams, Joe; Please Don't Go; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704841) BBB8969 RCA INT1087 |
| You've got a hatchet under your pillow baby : you got ice pick in your hand | Johnson, Lonnie; Man Killing Broad; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91339A) De7445 Sw S1225; |
| ??? crabs : and lemon ice | Smith, Trixie; Black Bottom Hop; New York, c. Dec. 1925; (23641) Pm12336 CC29 |
| I went with iceman Jackson : he sold me ice and coke | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; BoodleDeBum Bum; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4631 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| My ice don't seem : to melt away | Spivey, Victoria; My Handy Man; New York, 12 Sept. 1928; (401114B) OK8615 Sw S1240 |
| I'm going to build me a castle : out of ice and snow | Dickson, Pearl; Twelve Pound Daddy; Memphis, 12 Dec. 1927; (1453703) Co14286D Yz L1008 |
| I'm going to build me a castle : out of ice and snow | Gibson, Clifford; Ice and Snow Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571732) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| Just let the landlady know man : and she will put it on ice | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| I work for you in the winter : I work for you in the ice and snow | Black Boy Shine (Harold Holiday); Sugarland Blues; San Antonio, 20 Nov. 1936; (SA25511) Vo03417 BC7 |
| Now here I am people : out in the ice and snow | Carr, Leroy; It's Too Short; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164401) Vo02875 Co C30496 |
| Some folks need the ice : some folks need the snow | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Broke Man's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 8 July 1929; (15306A) Ge7008 Riv RM8803 |
| To that Texas town : where you never see the ice and snow | Jones, Maggie; Dallas Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1925; (1409523) Co14114D VJM VLP25 |
| I'd rather be on the North Pole : living in the ice and snow | Sykes, Roosevelt; Hard Luck Man Blues; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69404 ) Vi23320 Yz L1033 |
| I'm a poor black prisoner : working in the ice and snow | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Job Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203432) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| Now you know honey I was a poor man : sleeping out in the ice and snow | Townsend, Henry; Poor Man Blues; Chicago, 15 Nov. 1929; (403303A) Co14491D Yz L1030 |
| Now little mama : it was in the ice and snow | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Ice and Snow Blues; Chicago, 28 Sept. 1931; (675671) BBB5626 BC4 |
| You got me trucking : through the ice and snow | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Truckin' Thru' Traffic; Chicago, 18 Oct. 1938; (91525A) De7529 Say SDR192 |
| Walked out of my shoes : over this ice and snow | Blake, Blind; Georgia Bound; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15466) Pm12824 Bio BLP12037 |
| Because I'm sick and tired : of all this ice and snow | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Going Back to Memphis; Memphis, 5 June 1930; (62583 ) Vi23310 Jo SM3104 |
| I went in the water : walked through ice and snow | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Bessemer Bound Blues; New York, Jan. 1926; (23732) Pm12374 Mil MLP2001 |
| There was ice and snow now : laying outside your door | Bracey, Mississippi; You Scolded Me and Drove Me from Your Door; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404764B) OK8904 OJL17 |
| And *yesterday* ??? : *was filled with ice and snow* | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
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| And he spied the iceberg acoming : oh Lord had to bump | Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
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| You arms don't feel the same : your lips is icebox cold | Johnson, Lonnie; Something Fishy; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91345A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
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| But that baby : looked like her iceman | Blake, Blind; Low Down Loving Gal; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208875) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| I've cut out my iceman : I bought me a frigidaire | Gillum, Bill Jazz; I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town; Chicago, 30 July 1942; (074648 ) BBB9042 RCA INT1177 |
| I ain't no iceman : I ain't no iceman's son | Davenport, Charles Cow Cow ; I Ain't No Ice Man; New York, 8 May 1938; (63764A) De7462 AH158 |
| I ain't no iceman : no iceman's son | Jackson, Jim; I'm Wild About My Lovin'; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454161) ViV38505 His HLP32 |
| I don't need no iceman : I'm going to get me a frigidaire | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| Because sweet baby : I don't want no iceman hanging around | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| But I can keep you cool : until the iceman comes | Davenport, Charles Cow Cow ; I Ain't No Ice Man; New York, 8 May 1938; (63764A) De7462 AH158 |
| But I can keep you cool : till the iceman comes | Jackson, Jim; I'm Wild About My Lovin'; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454161) ViV38505 His HLP32 |
| I went with iceman Jackson : he sold me ice and coke | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; BoodleDeBum Bum; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4631 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
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| I ain't no iceman : I ain't no iceman's son | Davenport, Charles Cow Cow ; I Ain't No Ice Man; New York, 8 May 1938; (63764A) De7462 AH158 |
| I ain't no iceman : no iceman's son | Jackson, Jim; I'm Wild About My Lovin'; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454161) ViV38505 His HLP32 |
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| I'm the man that rolls : when icicles hanging on the tree | Johnson, Robert; I'm a Steady Rollin Man; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL378 ) ARC71267 OJL17 |
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| The women don't like her : they call her Ida Mae | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); No Matter How She Done It; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11210A) Vo1699 Yz L1039 |
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| I've got Cadillac ways : got some super ideas | Beaman, Lottie; Goin' Away Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14163A) Ge6624 OJL6 |
| I've got Cadillac ways : got some super ideas | Beaman, Lottie; Going Away Blues; Kansas City, early Nov. 1929; (KC604 ) Br7147 Yz L1018 |
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| So don't be no idle woman : don't be no sandfoot clown | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
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| And what I like about him : he just idolize me | Jones, Maggie; You May Go, But You'll Come Back Some Day; New York, 18 Dec. 1924; (1401922) Co14063D VJM VLP23 |
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| If I can't get you mama : I'm going to get somebody else | Akers, Garfield; Jumpin' and Shoutin' Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM777A) Vo1481 OJL8 |
| If you got any Battle Ax : please sir give me a chew | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| If you ain't got no water : set your bucket down | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| If you don't believe I love you : look what a fool I've been | Alexander, Texas; NinetyEight Degree Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402640A) OK8705 Yz L1004 |
| If she don't love me : she won't love nobody else | Alexander, Texas; NinetyEight Degree Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402640A) OK8705 Yz L1004 |
| If you don't want me baby : what makes you wine and cry | Amos, Blind Joe; C and O Blues; probably Chicago, c. July 1927; ( ) Vo1116 OJL17 |
| If you fool with that little woman : you'll have nowhere to go | Amos, Blind Joe; C and O Blues; probably Chicago, c. July 1927; ( ) Vo1116 OJL17 |
| If I don't get back then : I won't be back at all | Anderson, . . . (Walter Taylor); ThirtyEight and Plus; Richmond, Ind., 14 Feb. 1930; (16266B) Ge7157 Fwy FJ2801 |
| If you want to come to your baby : you can see me any time | Anderson, Jelly Roll; Free Woman Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 19 Apr. 1927; (12718B) Ge6135 Rt RL340 |
| If you take me back baby : I'll let you be my boss | Anderson, Jelly Roll; Free Woman Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 19 Apr. 1927; (12718B) Ge6135 Rt RL340 |
| If you think about that old black woman : Lord that led you off astray | Arnold, Kokomo; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9656A) De7156 CC25 |
| If you can't shake your shimmy : shake your yas yas yas | Arnold, Kokomo; The Twelves; Chicago, 18 Jan. 1935; (C9671A) De7083 Say SDR163 |
| If you feel like riding : and don't want to walk | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If you ain't coming back tell me right now : leave a dime for beer | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If you like your cool kind beer pretty mama : we can rush the can | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If you go to the butcher if you go to the butcher : to get you sausage grind your sausage grind | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If he can't get it in the front door : he don't want it behind | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If you want to boogiewoogie if you want to boogiewoogie : and haven't got the price haven't | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If they don't give you your money : go buy you a gatling gun | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
| If I don't carry you : mama I'm going to carry somebody else | Arnold, Kokomo; Stop Look and Listen; Chicago, 23 July 1935; (90201A) De7181 BC4 |
| If you obey your preacher : the good Lord is going to bless your soul | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
| If I don't get it : you know it's going to make me mad | Arnold, Kokomo; Set Down Gal; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91166A) De7361 OJL20 |
| If I don't leave here soon : my life won't never last | Arnold, Kokomo; Midnight Blues; New York, 11 May 1938; (63750A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| If your coming don't bring sunshine : it sure God will bring rain | Arnold, Kokomo; Midnight Blues; New York, 11 May 1938; (63750A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| If I ask for a favor : don't turn me don't turn me down | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| If I mistreat you : I don't mean no harm | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| If all these tuni : was brought to a test | Baker, Willie; Sweet Patunia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (14897) Ge6751 His HLP22 |
| If I get what I want : you can have the rest | Baker, Willie; Sweet Patunia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (14897) Ge6751 His HLP22 |
| If you hit my dog : sure going to kick your cat | Barefoot Bill; From Now On; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493572) Co14481D OJL14 |
| If I should die : in the state of Arkansas | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| If you want a good woman : go to the Larkin Dam | Barner, Wiley; If You Want a Good WomanGet One Long and Tall; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug.1927; (GEX804A) Ge6261 Rt RL313 |
| If you want a good woman : get one long and tall | Barner, Wiley; If You Want a Good WomanGet One Long and Tall; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug.1927; (GEX804A) Ge6261 Rt RL313 |
| If I find my baby : we are going to have some fun | Batts, Will; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1933; (137291) Vo02531 Yz L1021 |
| If you didn't want me : don't you dog me around | Baxter, Jim (Andrew and Jim Baxter); Bamalong Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 9 Aug. 1927; (397842) Vi20962 Rt RL318 |
| If you see me stealing : please don't tell on me | Bell, Anna; Every Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (172A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| If you take a peep in my back yard : better take a look at mine | Bell, Anna; Every Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (172A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| If you be in a gym : and want to reduce | Bell, Anna; Shake It, Black Bottom; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (175 ) QRSR7009 His HLP21 |
| If that were me : and me was it | Bell, Anna; I Don't Care Who Gets What I Don't Want; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (176A) QRS R7009 His HLP21 |
| If the river was brandy : and I was a duck | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| If you see me stealing : don't tell on me | Big Bill (Broonzy); Eagle Riding Papa; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (95951) Ba0712 Yz L1011 |
| If you got money in the bank : don't let your woman draw it out | Big Bill (Broonzy); The Banker's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17281) Ch16327 Yz L1011 |
| If you got a good bullcow : better feed him every day | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| If I call around pretty mama : will you let me park | Bird, John (Mae Glover); Gas Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15396A) Ge7040 Yz L1009 |
| If you catch me out drinking : I'm not drinking just to keep from crying | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| If you ain't never had the blues : you just can't understand | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Back Door Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Nov. 1931; (18221) Ch16361 Yz L1019 |
| If the blues don't kill me : they will drill me through and through | Blake, Blind; Blake's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30602) Pm12442 Bio BLP12023 |
| If you only let me : see my baby one more time | Blake, Blind; Black Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (43621) Pm12464 Bio BLP12003 |
| If you keep on dogging me : no telling what I'll do | Blake, Blind; Doggin' Me Mama Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1928; (205173) Pm12673 Bio BLP12037 |
| If you keep on dogging daddy : I sure ain't going to treat you right | Blake, Blind; Doggin' Me Mama Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1928; (205173) Pm12673 Bio BLP12037 |
| If you see me reeling : mama go hide in your trunk | Blake, Blind; Bootleg Rum Dum Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205661) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| If she thinks she can quit me : she really have lost her mind | Blake, Blind; Search Warrant Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208713) Pm12737 Bio BLP12023 |
| If you quit me baby : it will be my death | Blake, Blind; Doing a Stretch; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15249A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023 |
| If I had played the dead row : I would come out ahead | Blake, Blind; Playing Policy Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1930; (L6471) Pm13035 Bio BLP12003 |
| If you don't want me : it's cinch I don't want you | Blind Percy; Fourteenth Street Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201802) Pm12584 Rt RL327 |
| If I could holler : like a mountain jack | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Patunia; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (43091) Pm12459 Yz L1017 |
| If you want to learn : you got to pay | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| If you do it once : you'll do it twice | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| If I ask him for a dime : he gives me a ten dollar bill | Bogan, Lucille; Black Angel Blues; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6847A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| If my black angel would leave me : I believe that I would die | Bogan, Lucille; Black Angel Blues; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6847A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| If he don't ride that T and N O : he sure ain't satisfied | Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135491) Ba32845 Rt RL317 |
| If you go in Boogie Alley : you better take you fortyfour | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| If you buy my barbecue : it just won't don't don't don't | Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017 |
| If my man : he could only win my money back | Bogan, Lucille; Skin Game Blues; New York, 8 Mar. 1935; (170141) Ba33448 Rt RL317 |
| If I don't get no better mama : believe I'm going I'm going | Bracey, Ishman; TroubleHearted Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454601) Vi21691 Yz L1007 |
| If you want to hear : preacher curse | Brown, Hi Henry; Preacher Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11477A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
| If you want to be : a goodtime man | Bunn, Teddy; Pattin' Dat Cat; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597401) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
| If you wants your man : keep him out of Birmingham | Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| If you want your brown : better stay aside | Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| If you mistreat my woman : I'm going to make you jump in the deep blue sea | Campbell, Bob; Shotgun Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154841) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| If you will stop and listen : I will tell you a thing or two | Carr, Leroy; Naptown Blues; Chicago, 17 June 1929; (C3267 ) Vo1400 Yz L1036 |
| If you want some loving : you want it cheap | Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants to Knock a Jug; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C7223A) Vo1651 Yz L1036 |
| If you see my baby : tell her to hurry home | Carr, Leroy; Hold Them Puppies; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL63) Vo02751 Yz L1036 |
| If you got to get drunk baby : mama please just let me be | Carr, Leroy; Barrel House Woman No. 2; New York, 15 Aug. 1934; (156332) Vo02820 Yz L1019 |
| If you don't come back to me : hot spring water won't help you none | Carr, Leroy; You Left Me Crying; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164182) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| If you don't : some other woman is going to tow your man away | Carr, Leroy; Good Woman Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164271) Vo03296 Yz L1019 |
| If you want to leave me : you can go | Carr, Leroy; You've Got Me Grieving; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164302) Vo03349 Bio BLPC9 |
| If somebody finds me : when I'm dead and gone | Carr, Leroy; Suicide Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164421) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| If you don't go get it : you ain't got no sense | Carter, George; Hot Jelly Roll Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1929; (211542) Pm12750 Yz L1012 |
| If you don't believe : my jellyroll will do | Carter, George; Hot Jelly Roll Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1929; (211542) Pm12750 Yz L1012 |
| If I don't do to suit you : I'm really going to let you go | Chatman, Bo; Tellin' You 'Bout It; San Antonio, 26 Mar. 1934; (826161) BBB5629 Yz L1014 |
| If I don't love to suit you : you can get you another man | Chatman, Bo; Tellin' You 'Bout It; San Antonio, 26 Mar. 1934; (826161) BBB5629 Yz L1014 |
| If you lose your good girl : there's no use acrying | Chatman, Lonnie; It's a Pain to Me; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15452) Pm13143 Bio BLP12041 |
| If you ever have trouble : man I want you to do the same | Chatman, Lonnie; It's a Pain to Me; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15452) Pm13143 Bio BLP12041 |
| If you be my customer : I'll let you have it on a easy plan | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Grinder Man Blues; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535921) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| If you want to see me baby : you better see me while you can | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Grinder Man Blues; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535921) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| If you want some fun : and a real nice time | Church, Blind Clyde; Number Nine Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (56307) Vi23271 Rt RL329 |
| If you ever been down mama : you know just how I feel | Clark, Lonnie; Broke Down Engine; Richmond, Ind., 21 Sept. 1929; (15660) Pm12871 Rt RL340 |
| If you want me to love you mama : have to do like Jesse James | Clark, Lonnie; Broke Down Engine; Richmond, Ind., 21 Sept. 1929; (15660) Pm12871 Rt RL340 |
| If he don't come to see me : you can count the days I'm gone | Clayton, Jennie; State of Tennessee Blues; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403132) Vi21185 Rt RL322 |
| If you don't want no trouble : please don't you worry my man | Clayton, Jennie; State of Tennessee Blues; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403132) Vi21185 Rt RL322 |
| If my man could holler : like the Bob Lee Junior blows | Clayton, Jennie; Bob Lee Junior Blues; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403142) Vi21412 Fwy FA2953 |
| If the blues overtake me : jump overboard and drown | Cole, James; Mistreated the Only Friend You Had; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18324) Ch16718 Rt RL311 |
| If you ever been down mama : you know just how [I, a prisoner] feel | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| If the fishes in the water had my blues : they'd die | Coleman, Jaybird; No More Good Water; Birmingham, Ala., c. 11 Aug. 1927; (GEX800) Ge6276 OJL14 |
| If you ever been down : you know just how I feel | Coleman, Lonnie; Old Rock Island Blues; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482582) Co14440D RBF RF15 |
| If I go home : about half past ten | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; It's a Fight Like That; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4630 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| If you don't want me daddy : please tell me what to do | Cox, Ida; Lonesome Blues; Chicago, Aug. 1925; (22461) Pm12307 BYG529073 |
| If he didn't want me : he didn't have to lie | Crawford, Rosetta; My Man Jumped Salty on Me; New York, 1 Feb. 1939; (64972A) De7567 Cor CP58 |
| If I get lucky mama : with my train fare home | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; If I Get Lucky; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648761) BBB8858 RBF RF202 |
| If they flag my train : I'm sure going to let them ride | Daniels, Julius; My Mama Was a Sailor; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379312) Vi20658 Rt RL326 |
| If anybody asks you : who composed this song | Daniels, Julius; My Mama Was a Sailor; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379312) Vi20658 Rt RL326 |
| If whiskey don't kill me : I'm doomed to lose my mind | Darby, Blind; Built Right on the Ground; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675841) Vi23311 Yz L1003 |
| If that ain't stealing : boys I'd like to know | Davis, Madlyn; Too Black Bad; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (20909?) Pm12703 Yz L1039 |
| If I ever leave Chicago : going to ride that Sunshine Special again | Davis, Walter; L and N Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (768021) BBB5143 RCA INT1085 |
| If you don't bring my baby : swear I'll break all the laws | Davis, Walter; Santa Claus; Chicago, 28 July 1935; (914341) BBB6125 Yz L1025 |
| If the woman that you were loving : would mistreat you both night and day | Davis, Walter; Moonlight Is My Spread; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962341) BBB6167 RCA INT1085 |
| If you let me get in your saddle : and just try me one time | Davis, Walter; Let Me in Your Saddle; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405111) BBB8282 RCA INT1085 |
| If I don't never see you no more : please drop me a post card | Davis, Walter; Call Your Name; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405231) BBB8470 Yz L1025 |
| If I really loved you baby : I would not tell you no lies | Davis, Walter; Please Don't Mistreat Me; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493231) BBB8664 Yz L1025 |
| If I ever did you wrong : I won't do that no more | Davis, Walter; Don't You Want to Go; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (0704481) BBB9027 RCA INT1085 |
| If you want to make a good woman : have to get on *Hospital* Avenue | Day, Texas Bill; Elm Street Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495382) Co14514D Fly LP103 |
| If I can't carry you : I carry someone else | Delaney, Mattie; Down the Big Road Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM785 ) Vo1480 Yz L1009 |
| If you don't take me back daddy : sure going to lose your mind | Delaney, Mattie; Down the Big Road Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM785 ) Vo1480 Yz L1009 |
| If you are *loving* me : I don't want no partnership man | Dickson, Pearl; Twelve Pound Daddy; Memphis, 12 Dec. 1927; (1453703) Co14286D Yz L1008 |
| If you good men : want to keep her out of town at night | Dickson, Tom; Labor Blues; Memphis, 27 Feb. 1928; (400360A) OK8570 Yz L1008; |
| If I could get you back : mama I wouldn't need nothing more | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Broke Man's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 8 July 1929; (15306A) Ge7008 Riv RM8803 |
| If I could lose these weary blues : that's on my mind | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Maybe It's the Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16222) Ge7190 Riv RM8803 |
| If I only had someone : just to drive my tears away | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Maybe It's the Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16222) Ge7190 Riv RM8803 |
| If I don't satisfy you : I'll break my backbone trying | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Gee, But It's Hard; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16225) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| If I hadn't've sewed you up : everything would fell out | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1930; (100482) Or8033 Yz L1035 |
| If I hadn't sewed you up : everything would fell out | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17276B) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
| If you want to : you can pull off your underwear | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Come On In; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1931; (L7192) Pm13104 Riv RM8803 |
| If I wake up at night : and I wants to eat | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); If You Want Me to Love You; New York, 5 Feb. 1932; (11242A) Vo1682 Yz L1039 |
| If I have to wait tonight : I'm going to pack my trunk and go | Easton, Amos; I'm Waitin' On You; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11503A) Vo1719 His HLP31 |
| If you don't want me baby : just leave me alone | Easton, Amos; I'm Waitin' On You; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11503A) Vo1719 His HLP31 |
| If you meant : to treat me right | Easton, Amos; I'm Waitin' On You; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11503A) Vo1719 His HLP31 |
| If you catch my jumper : hanging outside your wall | Estes, Sleepy John; The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1929; (555811) ViV38549 RBF RF8 |
| If the train don't hurry : going to be some walking done | Estes, Sleepy John; Diving Duck Blues; Memphis, 26 Sept. 1929; (555962) ViV38549 RBF RF8 |
| If you be my woman : you can have them all | Estes, Sleepy John; Stack O' Dollars; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625472) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| If I hadn't've had my pistol : think I would run myself | Estes, Sleepy John; My Black Gal Blues; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625482) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| If you don't quit betting : boys them dice won't pass | Estes, Sleepy John; Someday Baby Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90096A) Ch50068 Br87.504 |
| If you don't stop tomorrow : then ??? will be my goal | Estes, Sleepy John; Married Woman Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90175A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
| If I had alistened : what my mother said | Evans, Joe; New Huntsville Jail; New York, 20 May 1931; (106512) Or8080 His HLP8002 |
| If she beats me wiggling : she got to wobble some | Florence, Nellie ; Jacksonville Blues ; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461741) Co14342D OJL6 |
| If you will love me mama : you'd never treat me wrong | Fox, John D.; The Worried Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 Dec. 1927; (GEX1011A) Ge6352 OJL10 |
| If you see my pigmeat mama : tell her to hurry home | Fuller, Blind Boy; Stealing BoHog; New York, 7 Sept. 1937; (216272) ARC80165 BC11 |
| If you should find someone to love you : someone to treat you right | Gibson, Clifford; Beat You Doing It; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (482A) QRSR7087 Yz L1027 |
| If you mistreat a good woman : she'll turn her back on you | Gibson, Clifford; Whiskey Moan Blues; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (483A) QRSR7087 Yz L1006 |
| If your woman loves you : she'll stand by you to the end | Gibson, Clifford; Whiskey Moan Blues; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (483A) QRSR7087 Yz L1006 |
| If you get a jealoushearted woman : be careful what you do | Gibson, Clifford; Whiskey Moan Blues; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (483A) QRSR7087 Yz L1006 |
| If you got a good woman partner : you'd better treat her right | Gibson, Clifford; Don't Put That Thing On Me; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571742) ViV38572 Yz L1006 |
| If I see this ain't no place for me : I'm going back where I belong | Gibson, Clifford; Drayman Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571752) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| If I keep on atrying : I'll be bound to win | Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| If you never no more see me : you'll miss me when I go | Gibson, Clifford; Levee Camp Moan; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577542) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
| If your husband should knock : tell him you're cooking and he can't come in | Gibson, Clifford; Keep Your Windows Pinned; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57757) ViV38612 Yz L1006 |
| If you call that leaving : make the best out of life you can | Gibson, Clifford; Brooklyn Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577591) Vi23255 Yz L1027 |
| If you don't treat me no better : I ain't going to be your man no more | Gillum, Bill Jazz; You Drink Too Much Whiskey; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070445 ) BBB9004 RCA INT1177 |
| If you don't want to tell your mother : that you soon will be coming home | Gillum, Bill Jazz; You Drink Too Much Whiskey; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070445 ) BBB9004 RCA INT1177 |
| If you want me to love you : you hum like a honeybee | Glover, Mae; Shake It Daddy; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15392) Ge6964 OJL6 |
| If I don't get my pigmeat : Lord I'd rather be dead | Glover, Mae; Pig Meat Mama; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15393) Ge6948 Rt RL319 |
| If you come back home baby : tell you what I'll do | Glover, Mae; I Ain't Giving Nobody None; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15395A) Ge6948 Her H201 |
| If I can't find my baby : I'll run away and hide | Grant, Bobby; Lonesome Atlanta Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1927; (202122) Pm12595 Yz L1009 |
| If I can't find my baby : I'll be so kind to meet | Grant, Bobby; Lonesome Atlanta Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1927; (202122) Pm12595 Yz L1009 |
| If I *just tell her* in her face baby : *that will* | Graves, Blind Roosevelt; New York Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15640A) Pm12820 His HLP15 |
| If you ain't got no money : they going to put you out | Green, Lil; Why Don't You Do Right; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641301) BBB8714 RCA LPV574 |
| If you had prepared : twenty years ago | Green, Lil; Why Don't You Do Right; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641301) BBB8714 RCA LPV574 |
| If you love me : you will soon find out | Green, Lil; Love Me; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641311) BBB8714 RCA LPV574 |
| If I didn't love you : I'd get somebody else | Green, Lil; If I Didn't Love You; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0647281) BBB8865 RCA LPV574 |
| If I didn't love you : I'd get somebody else | Green, Lil; If I Didn't Love You; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0647281) BBB8865 RCA LPV574 |
| If I didn't love you : I would get somebody else | Green, Lil; If I Didn't Love You; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0647281) BBB8865 RCA LPV574 |
| If I didn't love you : I'd get somebody else | Green, Lil; If I Didn't Love You; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0647281) BBB8865 RCA LPV574 |
| If you don't like my loving : what make you keep on worrying me | Harris, Otis; Waking Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476081) Co14428D Fly LP103 |
| If you got a good cigarette : just give me a smoke | Harris, William; Hot Time Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Oct. 1928; (14323) Ge6707 OJL5 |
| If you just listen closely : tell you just what I mean | Harris, Willie; Lonesome Midnight Dream; Chicago, c. mid Mar. 1930; (C5551 ) Br7149 Rt RL340 |
| If you don't believe I can yoyo : watch me wind my string | Hart, Hattie; Memphis Yo Yo Blues; Memphis, 4 Oct. 1929; (563452) ViV38558 Rt RL322 |
| If your daddy can't yoyo : you better learn him how | Hart, Hattie; Memphis Yo Yo Blues; Memphis, 4 Oct. 1929; (563452) ViV38558 Rt RL322 |
| If you feel my stinger : you want to until you die | Hart, Hattie; Coldest Stuff in Town; New York, 14 Sept. 1934; (15952 ) Vo02821 Yz L1021 |
| If you get one old woman : you better get you five or six | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Awful Fix Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200341) Pm12539 Yz L1004 |
| If I call you : don't you hesitate | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Voice Throwin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15219) Pm12802 Yz L1010 |
| If you quit me daddy : I'm going to leave this town | Henderson, Bertha; Let Your Love Come Down; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205622) Pm12655 Bio BLP12037 |
| If it weren't for *mortar* : and for storebought hair | Henderson, Katherine; St. Louis Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (236A) QRSR7024 His HLP21 |
| If you ain't got nothing : please tell me so | Henderson, Rosa; Get It Fixed; New York, c. Apr. 1925; ( ) Vo1177 His HLP15 |
| If you don't want me : it's a cinch I don't want you | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Barbecue Blues; Atlanta, 25 Mar. 1927; (1437571) Co14205D CC36 |
| If I mistreat you gal : I sure don't mean no harm | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Motherless Chile Blues; Atlanta, 5 Nov. 1927; (1451341) Co14299D RBF RF15 |
| If the blues overtake me : going to rock on away from here | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Motherless Chile Blues; Atlanta, 5 Nov. 1927; (1451341) Co14299D RBF RF15 |
| If you got a good woman : here's the lesson I'll give to you | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Atlanta Moan; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510542) Co14591D Yz L1026 |
| If you take my woman : I won't get mad with you | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Atlanta Moan; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510542) Co14591D Yz L1026 |
| If I catch you stealing : regret the day you's born | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Kid Man Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9457A) OK8273 Bio BLPC6 |
| If you get to there : you can get your water on | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Pratt City Blues; Chicago, 23 Nov. 1926; (9950A) OK8420 Sw S1240 |
| If I ever lose these blues : never be worried again | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Lonesome Weary Blues; Chicago, 26 Nov. 1926; (9972A) OK8453 CC32 |
| If I going to take my razor and cut your late hours : you wouldn't think I be serving you right | Hill, King Solomon; Whoopee Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12521) Pm13116 Rt RL335 |
| If he kick out : of his own sweet home | Hill, Robert; I Had a Gal for the Last Fifteen Years; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026031) BBB6741 His HLP31 |
| If you don't come and get it : I'm going to burn it myself | Howell, Peg Leg; Coal Man Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431162) Co14194D RBF RF202 |
| If you ever go to Memphis : stop by Jessie's hall | Howell, Peg Leg; Doin' Wrong; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451842) Co14473D RBF RF11 |
| If you give me light sentence : I won't come here no more | Howell, Peg Leg; Ball and Chain Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1929; (1482702) Co14535D Rt RL318 |
| If you try his candy : good friend of mine | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| If I don't find something : this will end me in disgrace | Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487A) OK8692 Bio BLPC4 |
| If your man catch you : I don't mean no harm | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| If you ever come back : you got to drop that sack | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Drop that Sack; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21451) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| If you don't want me : why don't you tell me why | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Take Me Back Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22082) Pm12296 Bio BLP12042 |
| If you ain't got no money : the women got nothing for you to do | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Maxwell Street Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1925; (22882) Pm12320 Bio BLP12042 |
| If you miss me on the local : look for me on the gine | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Texas Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1925; (11031?) Pm12335 Yz L1029 |
| If brownskin's the best : I'll *play a teasing brown* | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Up the Way Bound; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25471) Pm12375 Yz L1029 |
| If you want to hear any more : you'll have to buy this song | Jackson, Jim; Hesitation Blues; Memphis, c. Feb. 1930; (MEM804 ) Vo1477 Her H205 |
| If it wasn't for powder : and this storebought hair | Jackson, Jim; St. Louis Blues; Memphis, c. Feb. 1930; (MEM805 ) Vo1477 Yz L1003 |
| If I ever get off : this killing floor | James, Skip; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7522) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| If you say you had money : you better be sure | James, Skip; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7522) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| If you see my rider : tell her carry on carry on | James, Skip; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7631) Pm13085 Bio BLP12029 |
| If I send for my baby : and she don't come | James, Skip; 2220 Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7651) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| If you haven't any hay : get on down the road | James, Skip; If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7661) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| If I go to Louisiana mama : Lord Lord they'll hang me sure | James, Skip; If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7661) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| If you haven't any hay : get on down the road | James, Skip; If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7661) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| If a man stay here : he stay most anywhere | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| If I had alistened : to my second mind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Corinna Blues; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25442) Pm12367 Mil MLP2004 |
| If you see Corinna : tell her to hurry home | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Corinna Blues; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25442) Pm12367 Mil MLP2004 |
| If I don't find *fourteen* : I'm going to jump overboard and drown | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Wartime Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30701) Pm12425 Rt RL301 |
| If I could shine my light : like a headlight on some train | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Wartime Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30701) Pm12425 Rt RL301 |
| If you jump this time baby : you won't jump no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Broke and Hungry; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (3076?) Pm12443 Mil MLP2007 |
| If you dog me around : I know you put me down | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Shuckin' Sugar; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30772) Pm12454 Mil MLP2007 |
| If you ever shift that habit : now I can't keep my business straight | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Booger Rooger Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30882) Pm12425 Bio BLP12015 |
| If you want your [lover, baby] : you better pin him to your side | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
| If she flag my train : papa Lemon's going to let her ride | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
| If my mind don't change : I'll never knock here no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
| If I don't leave Memphis : black water been all over poor me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Rising High Water Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (44915) Pm12487 Mil MLP2007 |
| If a man is worthy : she would make you a millionaire | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Right of Way Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (45152) Pm12510 Rt RL301 |
| If you got a sweet woman : you better love her while you can | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Struck Sorrow Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200392) Pm12541 Rt RL335 |
| If you take my rider : I can't get mad with you | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Rambler Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200402) Pm12541 Bio BLP12015 |
| If I leave Texas anymore : going to leave on that L and N | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Sunshine Special; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (20066?) Pm12593 Mil MLP2007 |
| If your heart ain't rock : sugar it must be marble stone | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lonesome House Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200762) Pm12593 Mil MLP2007 |
| If ever I get out of this trouble I'm in : man I won't be rowdy no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| If you get in trouble in Grossbeck : they going to send you to penitentiary flying | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| If you jump this time baby : you won't jump no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mean Jumper Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203802) Pm12631 Mil MLP2007 |
| If the fool starts aloving : man it just won't stop | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| If I could holler : just like a mountain jack | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; How Long How Long; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207881) Pm12685 Bio BLP12015 |
| If you take me back baby : I'll give you anything you need | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Christmas Eve Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208182) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| If I ever leave her : I must be going insane | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Eagle Eyed Mama; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210953) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
| If I had a piece of your jellyroll : honey I'd be satisfied | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| If I don't get a break soon : I'll fall dead front of this bakershop | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| If the cat man is got nine lives : he going to need them when I get through | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Cat Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15673) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| If I catch you here : I'm going to boot you through the door | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bootin' Me 'Bout; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15675) Pm12946 Mil MLP2004 |
| If I steal a pork chop : Lord I believe I'll pass away | Johnson, Alec; Miss Meal Cramp Blues; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473792) Co14446D CC3 |
| If I get my good chib : can get something good from you | Johnson, Edith North; Good Chib Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15559) Pm12864 CC37 |
| If you be my kid : I'll be your teddy bear | Johnson, Elizabeth; Be My Kid Blues; New York, 30 Oct. 1928; (401279B) OK8789 Her H201 |
| If she don't come back : I am going to starve | Johnson, James Stump; Barrel of Whiskey Blues; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706801) Vi23327 Yz L1033 |
| If we don't today : we will tomorrow night | Johnson, James Stump; Barrel of Whiskey Blues; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706801) Vi23327 Yz L1033 |
| If I get drunk : I sure don't care | Johnson, Lil; Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1929; (C3355 ) Vo1299 His HLP2 |
| If you don't like my sweet potato : what made you dig so deep | Johnson, Lil; You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Rollers Gone; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1929; (C3356 ) Vo1299 His HLP2 |
| If I was sentenced to be hung : and this ain't no lie | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
| If I could just see my baby : I would be willing to die | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
| If you got over fifteen grand : better split it ninetynine different ways | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| If you're a single man : you better drink and have your fun | Johnson, Lonnie; Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91340A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
| If some people was like me : they didn't have no money when times was good | Johnson, Lonnie; Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91340A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
| 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 |
| If you ain't got that rhythm : it don't mean a thing | Johnson, Lonnie; Mr. Johnson Swing; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63520A) De7509 Sw S1225 |
| If you were born with that rhythm : honest you can't never go wrong | Johnson, Lonnie; Mr. Johnson Swing; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63520A) De7509 Sw S1225 |
| If you want your usedtobe : then you better let me alone | Johnson, Lonnie; New Falling Rain Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63521A) De7461 Sw S1225 |
| If your best friend can't get your woman : he'll frame her for somebody else | Johnson, Lonnie; Crowin' Rooster Blues; Chicago, 7 Feb. 1941; (0592051) BBB8804 RCA LPV518; |
| If you don't believe I'm leaving daddy : count them days I'm gone | Johnson, Louise; All Night Long Blues; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L3981) Pm12992 OJL11 |
| If you women want a good time : stop by this barrelhouse flat of mine | Johnson, Mary; Barrel House Flat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1762) Pm12996 CC37 |
| If you want to see my man : you got to come to me | Johnson, Mary; Key to the Mountain Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1773) Pm12996 Jo SM3098 |
| If you women wants a good man : find one of your own | Johnson, Mary; Key to the Mountain Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1773) Pm12996 Jo SM3098 |
| If I can't find her in West Selma : she must be in East Monroe I know | Johnson, Robert; I Believe I'll Dust My Broom; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25811) ARC70481 Co C30034; |
| If you mistreat me here babe : but you can't when I go home | Johnson, Robert; I Believe I'll Dust My Broom; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25811) ARC70481 Co C30034; |
| If I can't find her on Philippines Island : she must be in Ethiopia somewhere | Johnson, Robert; I Believe I'll Dust My Broom; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25811) ARC70481 Co C30034; |
| If I send for my baby : and she don't come | Johnson, Robert; 3220 Blues; San Antonio, 26 Nov. 1936; (SA26161) ARC70460 Co CL1654 |
| If you cry about a nickel : you die about a dime | Johnson, Robert; Last Fair Deal Gone Down; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26311) ARC70460 Co CL1654 |
| If I had possession : over Judgment Day | Johnson, Robert; If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26331) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| If today was Christmas Eve : and tomorrow was Christmas Day | Johnson, Robert; Hell Hound on My Trail; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3942) ARC70956 Co CL1654 |
| If your man gets personal : want to have your fun | Johnson, Robert; Traveling Riverside Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL4002) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| If you see my milkcow baby now : please drive her home | Johnson, Robert; Milkcow's Calf Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL4033) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| If I don't carry you : going to carry somebody else | Johnson, Tommy; Big Road Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418372) Vi21279 Rt RL330 |
| If I meet my good gal : then baby won't be back at all | Johnson, Tommy; ByeBye Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418381) Vi21409 Yz L1007 |
| If you want to live easy : pack your clothes with mine | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2302) Pm13000 Yz L1007 |
| If I call you mama : going to sure Lord call your name | Johnson, Tommy; Black Mare Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2452) Pm13000 Yz L1007 |
| If I had good luck Lord : like I once have had | Jones, Bo; Leavenworth Prison Blues; Dallas, c. Nov. 1929; (DAL461 ) Vo1452 Rt RL327 |
| If the blues overtake me : rock away from there | Jones, Coley; Sweet Mama Blues; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1925; (1453443) Co14290D Rt RL312 |
| If I don't love you pretty mama : I will pray to die | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| If you take my man : sure going to wake up dead | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| If somebody finds me : when I'm dead and gone | Jones, Maggie; Suicide Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404903) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| If you stay out all night : and come home at four | Jones, Maggie; I'm a Back Bitin' Mama; New York, 17 Sept. 1925; (1409514) Co14127D VJM VLP25 |
| If you see a blind man : on the street | Jones, Maggie; Never Drive a Beggar from Your Door; New York, 18 Sept. 1925; (1409653) Co14127D VJM VLP25 |
| If you start telling her : he's got the stuff | Jones, Maggie; Never Tell a Woman Friend; New York, 29 Sept. 1925; (1410572) Co14102D VJM VLP25 |
| If your good man can please you : don't tell a soul | Jones, Maggie; Never Tell a Woman Friend; New York, 29 Sept. 1925; (1410572) Co14102D VJM VLP25 |
| If he's got a little something : not like the rest | Jones, Maggie; Never Tell a Woman Friend; New York, 29 Sept. 1925; (1410572) Co14102D VJM VLP25 |
| If you be my little old baby : you sure can have them all | Jordan, Charley; Stack O' Dollars Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5834 ) Vo1557 Yz L1018 |
| If you want to hear : that elephant laugh | Jordan, Charley; Keep It Clean; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5836 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| If you want to go to heaven : when you D I E | Jordan, Charley; Keep It Clean; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5836 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| If you want to get the rabbits : out the L O G | Jordan, Charley; Keep It Clean; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5836 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| If I can't make you love me : then I don't care what you do | Jordan, Charley; Big Four Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5837 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| If you ask for a glass of water : she give you a glass of gasoline | Jordan, Charley; Gasoline Blues; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6164 ) Vo1551 Yz L1030 |
| If you want to hear : that elephant grunt | Jordan, Charley; Keep It CleanNo. 2; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO141 ) Vo1611 Yz L1003 |
| If you keep it dirty : and I keep it clean | Jordan, Charley; Keep It CleanNo. 2; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO141 ) Vo1611 Yz L1003 |
| If the men were asking for hair : you would have a hard time in this world | Jordan, Charley; Tight Haired Mama Blues; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO144) Vo1645 OJL20 |
| If you put your dirty black hands on me : I'm going to put you back in jail | Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310 |
| If I don't get no better : I want you to come and rub my head | Kelly, Jack; Cold Iron Bed; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13722 ) Ba32934 OJL4 |
| If I don't see you tomorrow : I'll see you tomorrow night | Kelly, Jack; Cold Iron Bed; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13722 ) Ba32934 OJL4 |
| If it don't [change the, strike that deep] water : swear it won't land | Kelly, Jack; Betty Sue Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1431) Vo unissued OJL19 |
| If you take me back baby : I'll tell you just what I'll do | Kelly, Jack; Flower Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1441) Vo unissued OJL21 |
| If the blues overtake me : I'll jump overboard and drown | Kyle, Charlie; Kyle's Worried Blues; Memphis, 1 Sept. 1928; (454682) Vi21707 Yz L1018 |
| If you mistreat me again : baby you will surely die | Kyle, Charlie; Kyle's Worried Blues; Memphis, 1 Sept. 1928; (454682) Vi21707 Yz L1018 |
| If my woman kills me now : Lord I'll pray to die | Lacy, Rubin; Mississippi Jail House Groan; Chicago, Mar. 1928; (204192) Pm12629 OJL8 |
| If Alberta hear your calling : what you want Alberta to do | Ledbetter, Huddie; Alberta; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16692 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| If you speak one word babe : you can give my heart some ease | Ledbetter, Huddie; Death Letter BluesPart 2; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (166961) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| If you can't tell me : that going to be your ruin | Ledbetter, Huddie; Red River Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (16704 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| If you don't believe it's pigmeat : come in and you won't regret | Ledbetter, Huddie; Pig Meat Papa; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171812) ARC60455 His HLP4 |
| If you don't believe this pigmeat : mama from my head on down | Ledbetter, Huddie; Pig Meat Papa; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171812) ARC60455 His HLP4 |
| If you got you a bullcow : *feed her morning grass* | Ledbetter, Huddie; Bull Cow; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (17182 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| If you got you a bullcow : *feed her in the grove* | Ledbetter, Huddie; Bull Cow; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (17182 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| If you got you a bullcow : lead her with a long line | Ledbetter, Huddie; Bull Cow; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (17182 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| If you want to do this dance : Macon cutout | Leecan, Bobby; Macon Georgia CutOut; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| If the river was whiskey : I'd stay drunk all the time | Lewis, Furry; Mr. Furry's Blues; probably New York, 28 May 1927; ( ) Vo1115 Rt RL323 |
| If you mistreat me : mistreat a motherless child | Lewis, Furry; Big Chief Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 Yz L1002 |
| If they don't kill you : hell you mighty rough | Lewis, Furry; Falling Down Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 OJL21 |
| If I ever see her : I never turn around | Lewis, Furry; Falling Down Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 OJL21 |
| If I had alistened : to what my mother said | Lewis, Furry; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| If you want to go to Nashville : man and ain't got no fare | Lewis, Furry; Furry's Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454241) ViV38519 Rt RL333 |
| If you follow me baby : I'll turn your money green | Lewis, Furry; I Will Turn Your Money Green; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454252) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| If the river was whiskey : baby and I was a duck | Lewis, Furry; I Will Turn Your Money Green; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454252) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| If your heart ain't iron : it must be marble stone | Lewis, Furry; Mistreatin' Mama; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454282) ViV38519 Rt RL323 |
| If the one more suit me : I'm going to let the nineteen go | Lewis, Furry; Mistreatin' Mama; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454282) ViV38519 Rt RL323 |
| If you don't want me honey : let's take and in hand | Lewis, Furry; Dry Land Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454291) Vi23345 Yz L1021 |
| If you *mistreat your* ??? : you must be *Nashville* bound | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); Viola Lee Blues; Memphis, 20 Sept. 1928; (47066?) ViV38523 OJL21 |
| If I catch you with a man : going to be too tight | Lincoln, Charley; Jealous Hearted Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451032) Co14305D RBF RF9 |
| If I don't do to suit you honey : I'll break my backbone trying | Lincoln, Charley; My Wife Drove Me From the Door; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451061) Co14305D RBF RF202 |
| If I listened at my mother : in farther day | Lincoln, Charley; Chain Gang Trouble; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451082) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| If I ever get back home : oh baby to stay | Lincoln, Charley; Chain Gang Trouble; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451082) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| If you don't want me mama : why don't you tell me so | Linthecome, Joe; Pretty Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1929; (15906A) Ge7131 Rt RL326 |
| If you don't like my peaches : don't you shake my tree | Linthecome, Joe; Pretty Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1929; (15906A) Ge7131 Rt RL326 |
| If I change my mind Jane : I'll change my mind once again | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Change My Mind Blues; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| If you going to mistreat it : no pussy will be found | Lucas, Jane; Pussy Cat Blues; New York, 15 Sept. 1930; (100312) Ba32138 Yz L1035 |
| If I can't get no liquor : drink that good garden gin | Lucas, Jane; Pussy Cat Blues; New York, 15 Sept. 1930; (100312) Ba32138 Yz L1035 |
| If you got a good pussy : folks don't give it away | Lucas, Jane; Pussy Cat Blues; New York, 15 Sept. 1930; (100312) Ba32138 Yz L1035 |
| If you don't want to fix it : tell me and I'll be moving on | Lucas, Jane; Fix It; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17278A) Ch16215 Riv RM8803 |
| If you ask him for any money : say I ain't got none to lend | Lucas, Jane; Double Trouble Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17285) Ch16289 Yz L1035 |
| If I catch you : in my bed | Lucas, Jane; Leave My Man Alone; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17286) Ch16289 Yz L1035 |
| If you buy your ticket : swear 'fore God that man'll let you ride | McClennan, Tommy; New Highway No. 51; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044986 ) BBB8499 RBF RF202 |
| If I ever meet that Greyhound bus : on that Highway FiftyOne road | McClennan, Tommy; New Highway No. 51; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044986 ) BBB8499 RBF RF202 |
| If you're going to have a woman : love her with a thrill | McClennan, Tommy; Love with a Feeling; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537401) BBB8689 Rt RL305 |
| If you didn't love me Elsie : why didn't you tell me so | McClennan, Tommy; Elsie Blues; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053743 ) BBB8725 Rt RL305 |
| If your good man don't see you : I'll try to see you tomorrow night | McClennan, Tommy; Elsie Blues; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053743 ) BBB8725 Rt RL305 |
| If I can't see you today : we may get together tomorrow night | McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305 |
| If I hadn't been in my whiskey too : it's liable to cause our fussing and fight | McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305 |
| If you mistreat poor Tommy : I swear it's coming back home to you | McClennan, Tommy; I'm a Guitar King; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064890 ) BBB8957 RBF RF1 |
| If you don't find me on the M and O : you'll find me somewhere on that Santa Fe | McClennan, Tommy; Bluebird Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074107 ) BBB9037 RCA LPV518 |
| If I can't see you today : it'll be all right tomorrow night | McClennan, Tommy; Bluebird Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074107 ) BBB9037 RCA LPV518 |
| If you even go abegging : everyone will turn you down | McClure, Matthew; Prisoner's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18798) Ch18514 Riv RM8819 |
| If they be good all day : they will do wrong at night | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| If it keeps on raining : levee's going to break | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| If it keeps on raining : levee's going to break | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| If you ask her about it : have to reckon with her man | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| If I ain't gone to heaven : you know I gone to hell | McCoy, Joe; Someday I'll Be in the Clay; Chicago, 13 Aug. 1932; (C9290) De7008 Rt RL329 |
| If you can take it baby : it'll be all right | McCoy, Joe; You Got to MovePart 1; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9380 ) De7038 BC1 |
| If he haven't got any money : there is no friend to be found | McCoy, Robert Lee; Tough Luck; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076551) BBB7115 Rt RL321 |
| If you do good in the day : you'll go and do wrong at night | McCoy, Robert Lee; Friar's Point Blues; Chicago, 5 June 1940; (93037A) De7819 Rt RL319 |
| If you don't want me : hey [please] don't dog me around | McCoy, William; Central Tracks Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476111) Co14453D Yz L1018 |
| If I had alistened : to what my mama said | McFadden, Charlie Specks; Groceries on the Shelf:; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1551) Pm12928 Riv RM8819 |
| If you see my girl : hurry home | Macon, Ed; Wringing that Thing; Atlanta, 12 Mar. 1929; (402289A) OK8676 Mel MLP7324 |
| If you go down in Black Bottom : put your money in your shoes | McPhail, Black Bottom; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11512A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| If my love don't change : there's going to be some riding done | McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| If you go uptown : have me arrested and have me put in jail | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| If you give me my baby : Lord I won't worry you no more | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519051) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| If you's a real hot mama : drive away daddy's weeping spell | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519051) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| If you give me my baby : Lord I won't worry you no more | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140362) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| If he takes the blues : he come on back to town | McTell, Blind Willie; Weary Hearted Blues; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140671) Vo02568 Rt RL324 |
| If I catch you mama : down in the heart of town | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| If he lands with either hand : he'll sure put you to the seat | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
| If I ever find a way to leave him : if we cannot agree | Martin, Daisy; Feelin' Blue; New York, c. late July 1923; (52371) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
| If you see 'male : you're going to take some more | Mason, Moses; Molly Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (202832) Pm12605 OJL8 |
| If my holler boys : trouble your mind | Mason, Moses; Molly Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (202832) Pm12605 OJL8 |
| If you going to bed : you can call | Mason, Moses; Shrimp Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203023) Pm12605 Rt RL325 |
| If your heart feel troubled : you can call | Mason, Moses; Shrimp Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203023) Pm12605 Rt RL325 |
| If you was sick : I wouldn't worry you | Memphis Minnie; 'Frisco Town; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487102) Co14455D Yz L1008 |
| If you tell me this is something : that you ain't never had | Memphis Minnie; 'Frisco Town; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487102) Co14455D Yz L1008 |
| If you don't mind : you will lose your life | Memphis Minnie; I'm Going Back Home; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59992 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| If you're going to the mill : you get to there crying | Memphis Minnie; What's the Matter with the Mill; Chicago, c. 15 Oct. 1930; (C6442 ) Vo1550 BC13 |
| If you go to North Memphis Cafe to eat : you'll go back again | Memphis Minnie; North Memphis Blues; Chicago, c. 15 Oct. 1930; (C6443 ) Vo1550 BC13 |
| If you see my cow : tell her hurry home | Memphis Minnie; Soo Cow Soo; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1931; (VO151A) Vo1658 Yz L1021 |
| If you see my cow : drive her to the barn | Memphis Minnie; Soo Cow Soo; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1931; (VO151A) Vo1658 Yz L1021 |
| If only : could get my good man back | Memphis Minnie; Where Is My Good Man; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11216A) Vo1698 OJL6 |
| If the Lord was to take him : I wouldn't be stung by nobody else | Memphis Minnie; Stinging Snake Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10691) Vo02711 Pal PL101 |
| If you listen to me good people : I'll tell you what it's all about | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
| If you do : *I'm ??? to pin a* doggone can | Memphis Minnie; You Can't Give It Away; Chicago, 10 Jan. 1935; (C9644A) De7048 Pal PL101 |
| If he hits you with that left duke : same as a kick from a Texas mule | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| If it wasn't for that cat : I wouldn't know what I would do | Memphis Minnie; Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13861) Vo03581 Pal PL101 |
| If I keep every dime of my money : sure got to come under my rule | Memphis Minnie; Man You Won't Give Me No Money; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13882) Vo03474 BC1 |
| If you catch that midnight train : I might ride that midnight train too | Memphis Minnie; My Baby Don't Want Me No More; Chicago, 17 June 1937; (C19361) Vo03894 BC1 |
| If I don't find the one I love : I don't want nobody else | Memphis Minnie; Boy Friend Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3168A) OK05670 BC1 |
| If I don't find my baby : you going to have some trouble out of me | Memphis Minnie; Boy Friend Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3168A) OK05670 BC1 |
| If you treat me bad : mama to hell you surely go | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); Mississippi Moan; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2011) Vo03166 Yz L1009 |
| If you don't want me mama : now let your daddy be | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good; New Orleans, 10 Aug. 1935; (944211) BBB6072 CC35 |
| If my man don't have me : he won't have nobody else | Moore, Alice; Black and Evil Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15447) Pm12819 CC37 |
| If my man hadn't abeen in the *jug* : he would help with my bond | Moore, Alice; Prison Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15448) Pm12868 CC37 |
| If my babe don't have me : he won't have nobody there | Moore, Alice; Black Evil Blues; Chicago, 18 Aug. 1934; (C9317A) De7028 OJL20 |
| If I mistreat you mama : I sure don't mean no harm | Moore, Kid Prince; Honey Dripping Papa; New York, 11 Apr. 1936; (189992) ARC60956 Rt RL340 |
| If I could holler : like that mountain jack | Moore, Kid Prince; Honey Dripping Papa; New York, 11 Apr. 1936; (189992) ARC60956 Rt RL340 |
| If I feel tomorrow : like I feel today | Moore, Rosie Mae; Stranger Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418332) Vi21408 OJL6 |
| If they miss *airy* movement : it sure is their last | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Round and Round; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64732 ) Vi23256 Jo SM3104 |
| If I had swings : and a carpet bag | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You Got Me Rollin'; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647412) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| If you don't see my body : all you can do is moan | Oden, Jimmy; Going Down Slow; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1941; (0704091) BBB8889 RBF RF16 |
| If he lose his office now : he's running from town to town | Patton, Charley; Tom Rushen Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15222A) Pm12877 Yz L1020 |
| If I leave you this morning : don't say dad how do you feel | Patton, Charley; Heart Like Railroad Steel; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L501) Pm12953 Her H201 |
| If your woman mistreat you : *better off in your lap* | Patton, Charley; Heart Like Railroad Steel; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L501) Pm12953 Her H201 |
| If I get back there : I ain't going to never be bad no more | Patton, Charley; Rattlesnake Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L632) Pm12924 Yz L1020 |
| If I leave here this morning : never say daddy how do you feel | Patton, Charley; Rattlesnake Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L632) Pm12924 Yz L1020 |
| If I was a bird mama : I would build a nest in the heart of town | Patton, Charley; Bird Nest Bound; Grafton, Wis., c. 28 May 1930; (L4331) Pm13070 Yz L1020 |
| If you got a good bullcow : you ought to keep your bull bull at home | Patton, Charley; Jersey Bull Blues; New York, 30 Jan. 1934; (14723 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
| If he halts you don't stop : you will likely be knocked out | Patton, Charley; Revenue Man Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14747 ) Vo02931 Yz L1020 |
| If they see you with a bottle : they will almost break your neck | Patton, Charley; Revenue Man Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14747 ) Vo02931 Yz L1020 |
| If I don't find my rider : I'm going to walk on across the way | Perkins, Gertrude; No Easy Rider Blues; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1927; (1453401) Co14313D Fwy FJ2802 |
| If the man across town : may get my rider's place | Perkins, Gertrude; No Easy Rider Blues; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1927; (1453401) Co14313D Fwy FJ2802 |
| If you do Bertha Lee : something sure is going on wrong | Petway, Robert; Bertha Lee Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741081) BBB9008 RBF RF14 |
| If you don't Bertha Lee : oh babe I sure can't sleep | Petway, Robert; Bertha Lee Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741081) BBB9008 RBF RF14 |
| If you do Bertha Lee : please lay my money down | Petway, Robert; Bertha Lee Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741081) BBB9008 RBF RF14 |
| If you don't stop picking cotton now baby : I believe you sure going to lose you mind | Petway, Robert; Cotton Pickin' Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741151) BBB9036 Rt RL314 |
| If you don't stop picking now baby : I believe you going to lose your mind | Petway, Robert; Cotton Pickin' Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741151) BBB9036 Rt RL314 |
| If I find my sweet mama : baby I believe we're going to have some fun | Pickett, Charlie; Down the Highway; New York, 3 Aug. 1937; (62488A) De7707 RBF RF202 |
| If you don't believe I love you : look what a fool I've been | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 RBF RF1 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a whole I'm in | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 RBF RF1 |
| If he do : he sure don't feel my care | Pope, Jenny; Doggin' Me Around Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M194 ) Vo1438 His HLP1 |
| If a man don't never study : oh you would never have no books | Rachel, James Yank; Little Sarah; Memphis, 26 Sept. 1929; (555972) ViV38595 Rt RL310 |
| If you don't see me tomorrow : you won't have no man at all | Rachel, James Yank; Sweet Mama; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (62550) Vi23318 Rt RL329 |
| If I can't tell my future : I will tell my past | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078 |
| If I don't run into daddy : somebody'll have to bury me | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078 |
| If anybody asks you : who wrote this lonesome song | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078 |
| If he beats me ragging : he's got to rag it some | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Southern Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16122) Pm12083 BYG529.078 |
| If crying do any good : I'd cry my poor self away | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Army Camp Harmony Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21361) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| If I had wings : I'd fly all over the land | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Army Camp Harmony Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21361) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| If I could break these chains : and let my worried heart go free | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Slave to the Blues; New York, Jan. 1926; (23692) Pm12332 Mil MLP2001 |
| If you'll play : that thing for me | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Down in the Basement; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26271) Pm12395 Jo SM3098 |
| If I would marry him : I needn't to work no more | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Misery Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47071) Pm12508 Fwy FJ2802 |
| If you don't believe : cocaine is good | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); Cocaine Habit Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (599332) ViV38620 BC2 |
| If you can't stay with me mother : it must have been your time to leave from here | Red Nelson (Nelson Wilborn); Crying Mother Blues; Chicago, 4 Feb. 1936; (90597A) De7171 Br87.504 |
| If you can't do like I tell you : mama go on your nogood way | Red Nelson (Nelson Wilborn); Sweetest Thing Born; Chicago, 6 Feb. 1936; (90605A) De7155 Cor CP58 |
| If I can't be your sweeper : let me be your broom | Reed, Willie; Dreaming Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476002) Co14407D Yz L1004 |
| If I don't treat you better : I'll break my neck atrying | Reed, Willie; Texas Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476011) Co14407D Yz L1010 |
| If you can't do my rolling mama : you can't spend my change | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Third Street Woman Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647242) Vi23258 OJL11 |
| If I don't get me no good brown : I ain't coming back in this town at all | Richardson, Mooch; T and T Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (400213B) OK8554 Mam S3803 |
| If I win any money : sure going to bring it home | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| If you can't go now : please ma'am tell me when you could | Roland, Walter; Early in the Morning No. 2; New York, 31 July 1934; (154952) Ba33343 Yz L1017 |
| If your man is doublecrossing : don't you start to running around | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| If you don't believe I love you : look what a fool I've been | Shade, Will; Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a hole I'm in | Shade, Will; Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| If your woman says she don't drink corn liquor : don't think she's nice and sweet | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| If she don't drink that old corn liquor : then your partner must drink the old canned heat | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| If you should ever let him get there baby : he'll give you more trouble than the day is long | Shade, Will; Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (555981) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| If I gets on Beale Street : then mama things will come to pass | Shade, Will; I Can Beat You Plenty; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (55599 ) ViV38586 Rt RL337 |
| If you don't talk to me soon : baby I don't know what I'm going to do | Short, Jaydee; Telephone Arguin' Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. 1 June 1930; (L4561) Pm13043 OJL11 |
| If that granddaddy crawls : boy you sure be in my shape some old day | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| If he don't want me : he had no right to stall | Smith, Bessie; Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down; New York, 5 Apr. 1924; (816702) Co14025D Co CL855 |
| If you go down there : you have no time to lose | Smith, Bessie; Nashville Women's Blues; New York, 26 May 1925; (1406252) Co14090D Co CL855 |
| If the train go and leave : you got a mule to ride | Smith, Bessie; J. C. Holmes Blues; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406292) Co14095D Co CL855 |
| If you want me to love you : *keep much* | Smith, Bessie; One and Two Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428762) Co14172D Co CL857 |
| If you must be a rat : here's the fact | Smith, Bessie; One and Two Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428762) Co14172D Co CL857 |
| If Gabriel knowed : how you could blow | Smith, Bessie; Trombone Cholly; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (1435753) Co14232D Co CL858 |
| If it wasn't for the poor man : Mr rich man what would you do | Smith, Bessie; Poor Man's Blues; New York, 24 Aug. 1928; (1468951) Co14399D Co CL856 |
| If this place gets raided : it's me and my gin | Smith, Bessie; Me and My Gin; New York, 25 Aug. 1928; (1468973) Co14384D Co CL856 |
| If the jury finds them guilty : the judge'll go their bail | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| If you make your own bed hard : that's the way it lies | Smith, Bessie; Do Your Duty; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525772) OK8945 Co CL856 |
| If I'm tired of sleeping by myself : you too dumb to realize | Smith, Bessie; Do Your Duty; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525772) OK8945 Co CL856 |
| If you take me back sweet daddy : I'll treat you so nice and kind | Smith, Bessie Mae; Sugar Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6167 ) Vo1559 His HLP2 |
| If you see my sugar : tell him to hurry home | Smith, Bessie Mae; Sugar Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6167 ) Vo1559 His HLP2 |
| If you don't want me baby : please tell me the reason why | Smith, Bessie Mae; Sugar Man BluesPart 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6168 ) Vo1559 His HLP2 |
| If you don't give me all your sugar : you won't give it to no one else | Smith, Bessie Mae; Sugar Man BluesPart 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6168 ) Vo1559 His HLP2 |
| If you *don't know* : between each drink | Smith, Clara; Hot Papa; New York, 11 Jan. 1924; (814773) Co14006D VJM VLP16 |
| If you were trying : to play me for a fool | Smith, Clara; Hot Papa; New York, 11 Jan. 1924; (814773) Co14006D VJM VLP16 |
| If the wind keeps on ablowing : I won't be left to tell the tale | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| If I must leave this good world : I want to leave it brave and bold | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| If I find her with my John : I'll slice and I'll cut and send her to her grave | Smith, Clara; My John Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404931) Co14077D CC32 |
| If you have to have jelly : you won't have to steal | Smith, Eithel; Jelly Roll Mill; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18804) Ch16613 Riv RM8819 |
| If you come home : and your mama can't be found | Smith, Ivy; Sad and Blue; Chicago, c. Jan. 1927; (40891) Pm12447 His HLP2 |
| If I hear from my baby : I'll act the fool and go howling back south again | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6405A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| If seven sisters can't do anything in Louisiana : bet you'll have to go to New Orleans | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Seven Sisters BluesPart 2; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO169A) Vo1641 Yz L1031 |
| If you ain't coming back sweet papa : leave a dime for gin | Smith, Laura; Don't You Leave Me Here; New York, c. Mar. 1927; (71302) Ba1977 VJM VLP40 |
| If you buy your ticket : papa you better buy two | Smith, Laura; Don't You Leave Me Here; New York, c. Mar. 1927; (71302) Ba1977 VJM VLP40 |
| If I had wings baby : just like a morning dove | Smith, Six Cylinder; Oh Oh Lonesome Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2131) Pm12968 Yz L1004 |
| If I win any money : won't be back at all | Smith, Six Cylinder; Pennsylvania Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2142) Pm12968 Yz L1004 |
| If you love a man : he'll treat you like a dog | Smith, Trixie; I Don't Know and I Don't Care Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17661) Pm12208 CC29 |
| If you don't : he'll hop around you like a frog | Smith, Trixie; I Don't Know and I Don't Care Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17661) Pm12208 CC29 |
| If you catch me stealing : I don't mean no harm | Smith, Trixie; Sorrowful Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17802) Pm12208 CC29 |
| If you don't likee me : I sure don't likee you | Smith, Trixie; Sorrowful Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17802) Pm12208 CC29 |
| If he don't bring it home : he's not to blame | Smith, Trixie; Ride Jockey Ride; New York, Dec. 1924; (1977?) Pm12245 CC29 |
| If I don't take my baby : I sure want to have nobody else | Spivey, Victoria; Arkansas Road Blues; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80768B) OK8481 Spi LP2001 |
| If you are tired : let mama grind awhile for you | Spivey, Victoria; Organ Grinder Blues; New York, 12 Sept. 1928; (401115A) OK unissued Spi LP2001 |
| If you are done : let mama grind awhile for you | Spivey, Victoria; Organ Grinder Blues; New York, 12 Sept. 1928; (401115C) OK8615 Sw S1240 |
| If my baby don't come back : I know I'll be doing time | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| If she leave there between nine and midnight : I'll overtake her just before day | Spruell, Freddie; 4A Highway; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85782 ) BBB5995 Mam S3802 |
| If I had my machine : I wouldn't worry about leaving town | Spruell, Freddie; 4A Highway; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85782 ) BBB5995 Mam S3802 |
| If I ever get killed baby : don't tell nobody how I died | Spruell, Freddie; Your Man Is Gone; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85784 ) BBB6025 Mam S3802 |
| If you buy the hot dogs : I got the buns | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| If I don't get no better treatment : go back here no more | Stevens, Vol; Beale Street Mess Around; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403201) Vi21066 Rt RL322 |
| If I had alistened : what my mother say | Stevens, Vol; Vol Stevens Blues; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403241) Vi21356 OJL21 |
| If you ever been been down : you know just how I feel | Stevens, Vol; Coal Oil Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418882) Vi21278 OJL4 |
| If I feel tomorrow : just like I feel right now | Stevens, Vol; Coal Oil Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418882) Vi21278 OJL4 |
| If I feel tomorrow : like I feel right now | Stevens, Vol; Papa Long Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418892) Vi21278 Rt RL322 |
| If I feel tomorrow : like I feel right now | Stevens, Vol; Papa Long Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418892) Vi21278 Rt RL322 |
| 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 just had alistened : to just what my mama said | Stokes, Frank; Sweet to Mama; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47731) Pm12531 Rt RL308 |
| If the blues get away from me mama : I'm going back home with you | Stokes, Frank; Beale Town Bound; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47752) Pm12576 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 |
| If Mr Crump don't like it : he ain't going to have it here | Stokes, Frank; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200451) Pm12552 OJL21; |
| If the blues don't quit me : I'll stay drunk every day | Stokes, Frank; Bedtime Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418251) Vi21272 Rt RL308 |
| If you mistreat me woman : you sure God lost your home | Stokes, Frank; Mistreatin' Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454191) Vi21672 Rt RL308 |
| If the blues get too heavy : he'll jump overboard and drown | Stokes, Frank; Nehi Mama Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454212) Vi21738 Rt RL308 |
| If you see my baby baby baby : tell her to hurry home | Stokes, Frank; How Long; Memphis, 30 Aug. 1928; (454551) ViV38512 BC6 |
| If you feel like : your good gal just quit you in the *long* | Stokes, Frank; Hunting Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212341) Pm12774 Rt RL333 |
| 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 |
| If you don't like my treatment : you sure can leave me alone | Stokes, Frank; Shiney Town Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555911) ViV38589 RBF RF202 |
| If you take my good gal : I give you trouble all the time | Stokes, Frank; Memphis Rounders Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (563062) Vi23411 Rt RL308 |
| If the blues overtake me : I ain't coming back at all | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); Court Street Blues; St. Louis, 25 Apr. 1927; (80749A) OK8514 Fly LP103 |
| If I don't go crazy : then I will lose my mind | Sykes, Roosevelt; Lost All I Had Blues; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403322A) OK8819 RBF RF12 |
| If you act right : you get your gravy free | Sykes, Roosevelt; 3 6 and 9; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4492) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
| If I didn't have good friends : I don't know what would become of me | Sykes, Roosevelt; Hard Luck Man Blues; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69404 ) Vi23320 Yz L1033 |
| If you ever been to Memphis : you stop down in Hollywood | Sykes, Roosevelt; Highway 61 Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18802) Ch16586 Yz L1033 |
| If you knew the man like I do : you would agree | Sylvester, Hannah; I Want My Sweet Daddy; New York, c. 21 Sept. 1923; (70329) Pat032007 VJM VLP40 |
| If you see my gal : tell her to hurry home | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); It's Tight Like That; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1 |
| If I keep this appetite : I'm going to taste it a little more | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C3594 ) Vo1426 Yz L1039 |
| If she don't strike deep water : I swear she'll never land | Temple, Johnnie; Louise Louise Blues; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (90981A) De7244 Cor CP58 |
| If you see my mama : before I do | Thomas, Henry; Cottonfield Blues; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1094 OJL3 |
| If she headed to the south : she's Alabama bound | Thomas, Henry; Cottonfield Blues; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1094 OJL3 |
| If you can't come Saturday night : you need not come at all | Thomas, Henry; Run, Mollie, Run; Chicago, 7 Oct. 1927; (C1222) Vo1141 OJL3 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a hole I'm in | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a fool I've been | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| If my ma don't want me : send me to my pa | Thomas, Henry; Texas Worried Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C2002 ) Vo1249 OJL3 |
| If my pa don't want me : send me to my girl | Thomas, Henry; Texas Worried Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C2002 ) Vo1249 OJL3 |
| If my girl don't want me : cast me in the sea | Thomas, Henry; Texas Worried Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C2002 ) Vo1249 OJL3 |
| If I never see you no more : do Lord remember me | Thomas, Henry; Charmin' Betsy; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4621 ) Vo1468 Rt RL315 |
| If she heads to the South great God : she's Alabama bound | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
| If that ain't enough : I will get you something else | Thomas, Hociel; Put It Where I Can Get It; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9474A) OK8258 Bio BLPC6 |
| If I lose : I'm going get some more | Thomas, Jesse Babyface; Blue Goose Blues; Dallas, 10 Aug. 1929; (553262) ViV38555 Yz L1032 |
| If I lose : won't be nothing lost | Thomas, Jesse Babyface; Blue Goose Blues; Dallas, 10 Aug. 1929; (553262) ViV38555 Yz L1032 |
| If you don't have no good woman : you'd be lonesome too | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); So Lonesome; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203342) Pm12637 Yz L1026 |
| If you ain't got a car : man a woman is hard to rule | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Hard to Rule Woman Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203353) Pm12670 Bio BLP12004 |
| If I don't go crazy : I'm sure going to lose my mind | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Sawmill Moan; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203372) Pm12616 Bio BLP12004 |
| If you want me woman : better buy you a pair of overalls | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Baby Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203381) Pm12670 Bio BLP12004 |
| If you get you one woman : you sure to get you two | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Baby Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203381) Pm12670 Bio BLP12004 |
| If the blues overtake me : I won't be back at all | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Ramblin' Mind Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203392) Pm12616 Bio BLP12004 |
| If you allow me a chance : I will gnaw your backbone half in two | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Back Gnawing Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203442) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| If your home in Louisiana : what you doing over here | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210204) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| If you find me tomorrow : you'll find me in the same old way | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Good Time Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210271) Pm12752 Bio BLP12004 |
| If you ever been mistreated : then you know how mistreated feels | Torey, George; Married Woman Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B642) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| If you love a married woman : you going to always have the blues | Torey, George; Married Woman Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B642) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| If I don't get over : these Lilly Kimball blues | Townsend, Sam; Lily Kimball Blues; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502592) Co14571D Yz L1021 |
| If you don't want me : please don't dog me around | Tucker, Bessie; Bessie's Moan; Memphis, 29 Aug. 1928; (454362) ViV38526 His HLP4 |
| If you don't want me mama : I said please sit here alone | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| If you know you don't want me mama : you won't even say | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| If you don't bring my baby : don't bring me a doggone thing | Turner, Buck; Christmas Time Blues; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61793A) De7387 Rt RL327 |
| If you bring her back to me : I'll never do her wrong | Turner, Buck; Christmas Time Blues; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61793A) De7387 Rt RL327 |
| If you don't want me : hold up your right hand | unknown artist (Kansas City Blues Strummers); String Band Blues; probably Chicago, c. late July 1926; ( ) Vo1048 Rt RL311 |
| If I only had me : ??? house of my own | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| If they ever get me into trouble : soon on my way to the pen | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| If I only had me : a shelter of my own | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| If you're worried mama : you know just how I feel | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); German Blues; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404677B) OK8856 OJL4 |
| If you start to fooling : I'll shoot with my gun | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); Gettin' Ready for Trial; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404682C) OK8856 OJL4 |
| If you don't want me : won't you please tell me so | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| If you be my babe : how happy I will be | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404782B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
| If I don't leave you : I would have to kill you dead | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); The World Is Going Wrong; Atlanta, 24 Oct. 1931; (4050091) Co14660D Mam S3804 |
| If you have a woman : and she don't do kind | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); The World Is Going Wrong; Atlanta, 24 Oct. 1931; (4050091) Co14660D Mam S3804 |
| If you don't want me : give me my money back | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; Atlanta, 25 Oct. 1931; (4050231) Co14660D Mam S3804 |
| If that river should happen to rise : won't have to move my things out | Walker, Aaron TBone; Trinity River Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495481) Co14506D Rt RL327 |
| If you ever been down : you know just how I feel | Wallace, Sippie; Have You Ever Been Down; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80838A) OK8499 Bio BLPC6 |
| If you get sleepy : there's a great big bed | Washboard Sam; Come On In; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01884 ) BBB6870 RBF RF16 |
| If you had good sense : you'd be down in misery | Washboard Sam; Big Woman; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01885 ) BBB6870 BC10 |
| If that don't beat the grocery boy : I know a way | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| If we have any babies : I want them all to look like me | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| If you want to keep breathing : don't give my loving away | Washboard Sam; Save It for Me; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020809 ) BBB7866 BC10 |
| If you belongs to me : you would eat hot dogs any time I say | Washboard Sam; Sophisticated Mama; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020814 ) BBB7780 BC2 |
| If you bother me about that woman : I'm going to put you in your grave | Washboard Sam; Yes I Got Your Woman; Chicago, 5 Aug. 1940; (049374 ) BBB8599 RBF RF16 |
| If you ain't a stone pony : ooo well hard times will bust your vest | Washboard Sam; Life Is Just a Book; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644771) BBB8909 RCA LPV577 |
| If you think you can boss me : and eat up my grub | Washboard Sam; I'm Not the Lad; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644781) BBB8878 RCA LPV577 |
| If I ever catch you squatting : around my nest again | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
| If I never find her : ooo Lord I'll be forever on her trail | Washboard Sam; Gonna Hit the Highway; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703771) BBB8997 RCA LPV577 |
| If you don't want to be my woman : we will still be friends | Washboard Sam; Lover's Lane Blues; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703811) BBB9007 BC10 |
| If you know your business : let him in | Waters, Ethel; Memphis Man; New York, c. Mar. 1923; (5641) BS14146 Bio BLP12022 |
| If I could holler : like a mountain jack | Weaver, Curley; Sweet Patunia; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473042) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| If I mistreat you : I sure don't mean no harm | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| If I ask for a favor : don't turn me don't turn me down | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| If I tell you you can't go out : you say I'm acting mean | Weaver, Curley; Two Faced Woman; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9941A) Ch50065 His HLP31 |
| If I can't carry you baby : carry somebody else | Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9943A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| If I have any money : I will buy me some | Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9943A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| If that mean working too : have to work for the W P A | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| If that's the only way you stand : you don't have to pay no rent | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| If you move away : then I can write [me] a few line | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Letter Writing Blues; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1935; (C944A) Vo02978 Say SDR191 |
| If I catch you around my house : you better jump in some country well | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Low Down Rascal; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60507A) De7200 Say SDR192 |
| If a man call you buddy : please don't take him for your friend | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Low Down Rascal; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60507A) De7200 Say SDR192 |
| If I just could know : ooo well well now what woman treats me the worst | Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
| If you want to see : the women that may clown | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1937; (91152A) De7292 BC4 |
| If you don't change your way : ooo well well you might die before your time | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Devilment Blues; Chicago, 2 Nov. 1937; (91323A) De7422 Say SDR192 |
| If I take you away from your husbands : ooo well well you will leave me for another man | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Devilment Blues; Chicago, 2 Nov. 1937; (91323A) De7422 Say SDR192 |
| If you ain't got a dollar : give me a lousy dime | White, Georgia; Walking the Street; Chicago, 28 Jan. 1937; (91104A) De7277 AH158 |
| If I don't make nothing off my cotton : boss will pay me for my seed | White, Joshua; Welfare Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149022) Ba33024 His HLP22 |
| If the train don't run : going to be some walking done | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); Pinebluff Arkansas; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19962) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
| If I can't find no one : ooo well you will find me in a grave | White, Washington; Strange Place Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2978A) Vo05526 Co C30036 |
| If I had my right mind : I would write my woman a few lines | White, Washington; Sleepy Man Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2980A) OK05743 Co C30036 |
| If you want to do good : you better stay off of Parchman Farm | White, Washington; Parchman Farm Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2981A) OK05683 Co C30036 |
| If you were sick : I wouldn't worry you | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Frisco Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 12 Oct. 1929; (15769A) Pm12860 OJL15 |
| If you want it you can get it : and I ain't mad | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Frisco Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 12 Oct. 1929; (15769A) Pm12860 OJL15 |
| If I keep on worrying about you baby : you know I can't last long | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Gotta Shave 'Em Dry; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L1041) Pm12916 Her H205 |
| If I don't meet you in heaven : you know I'll meet you in hell | Wilber, Bill (Joe Wilbur McCoy); My Babe My Babe; Chicago, 22 July 1935; (90198A) Ch50053 OJL8 |
| If you don't want me : please don't dog me around | Wilkins, Robert; Alabama Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M190 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| If brownskin women kills me : mama let me go | Wilkins, Robert; Alabama Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M190 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| If you don't believe : girl I'll treat you right | Wilkins, Robert; Falling Down Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M192 ) Br7125 Yz L1002 |
| If you don't want me : you don't have to dog me around | Wilkins, Robert; Police Sergeant Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM741B) Br7168 Rt RL307 |
| If you ever get the blues : catch the Highway FortyNine | Williams, Joe; 49 Highway Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85490 ) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| If you see my wild cow buddy : please tell her [hurry, come back] home | Williams, Joe; Wild Cow Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962461) BBB6200 RCA INT1087 |
| If she moans so lonesome : I'm going to bring my wild cow home | Williams, Joe; Wild Cow Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962461) BBB6200 RCA INT1087 |
| If you see my wild cow : please drive her back home | Williams, Joe; Wild Cow Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962461) BBB6200 RCA INT1087 |
| If you can't shimmy : shake your yas yas yas | Williams, Joe; I'm Getting Wild About Her; Chicago, 27 Mar. 1941; (0539901) BBB8774 BC6 |
| If you raise any kids : they all got to look like me | Williams, Joe; Break 'Em On Down; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704871) BBB8969 BC21 |
| If you want a good woman : get you one that long and tall | Williams, Joe; Break 'Em On Down; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704871) BBB8969 BC21 |
| If you got a good woman : and she won't treat you right | Williamson, Sonny Boy; You Give an Account; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (020846 ) BBB7756 BC3; |
| If I don't win no money : I won't be back at all | Wilson, Leola B.; Down the Country; Chicago, c. Nov. 1926; (40122) Pm12444 Bio BLP12037 |
| If you don't think I'm leaving : count the days I'll be gone | Wilson, Leola B.; Down the Country; Chicago, c. Nov. 1926; (40122) Pm12444 Bio BLP12037 |
| If the river was liquor : and I was a duck | Wilson, Leola B.; Down the Country; Chicago, c. Nov. 1926; (40122) Pm12444 Bio BLP12037 |
| If you gal come home : she's feeling tight | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); Do It Right; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (1489783) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| If you feeling bad : because you're on the shelf | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); Do It Right; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (1489783) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| If your gal need money : how bad you feel | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); Do It Right; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (1489783) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| If your wife leave home : every time you do | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); Do It Right; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (1489783) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| If I can't find Roberta : I hope to find Lucille | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| If that don't bring her : I know my shotgun will | Woods, Oscar; Lone Wolf Blues; New Orleans, 21 Mar. 1936; (60848A) De7219 Cor CP58 |
| *Doubt* if her could pay for her : all the time | Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman); House Dance Blues; Memphis, 22 Sept. 1929; (M184 ) Br7137 OJL20 |
| *Now if ever they find me the ship at* : where I long to be | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Vicksburg Blues No. 2; New Orleans, 10 Aug. 1935; (944201) BBB6072 Yz L1028 |
| And now if you can't see if you can't see : if you deaf and dumb you deaf and dumb | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| Now I don't care baby : if the wind don't never change | Arnold, Kokomo; Midnight Blues; New York, 11 May 1938; (63750A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| I know it would break her heart : if she found I was barrelhousing this way | Bailey, Kid; Mississippi Bottom Blues; New York, 12 May 1938; (M209/10) Br7114 OJL5 |
| I told my wife : if you want me to wait | Baker, Willie; Mama, Don't Rush Me Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (14666) Ge6766 His HLP22 |
| I just want to know : if she done anybody wrong | Barefoot Bill; Big Rock Jail; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493562) Co14481D Rt RL313 |
| I want somebody to help me : if you ??? please | Bell, Anna; Hopeless Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (171A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| See : if it will drive your blues away | Blake, Blind; Wabash Rag; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201542) Pm12597 Yz L1016 |
| Wondering : if my baby would stop her hateful ways | Blake, Blind; Walkin' Across the Country; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208682) Pm12754 Bio BLP12031 |
| I'm going to find my baby : if I have to track her down | Blake, Blind; Search Warrant Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208713) Pm12737 Bio BLP12023 |
| I'm sitting here wondering : if a woman's worth it now | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L10992) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
| It wouldn't be so bad : if the rope would just get slack | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11012) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
| I'll take you back baby : if you was dying | Blake, Blind; Depression's Gone from Me Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. June 1932; (L14762) Pm13137 Bio BLP12023 |
| I was standing there wondering : if my woman was in this town | Blind Norris; Sundown Blues; Chicago, 18 Feb. 1937; (61850A) De7290 BC6 |
| And it's mighty fine I tell you : if you do it right | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| And I'm going to rob somebody : if I don't make me some dough | Bogan, Lucille; Tricks Ain't Working No More; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6848A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| And I've got to change my luck : if I have to move next door | Bogan, Lucille; Tricks Ain't Working No More; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6848A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| Well they don't draw nothing : if husbands don't draw them away | Brown, Hi Henry; Nut Factory Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11506A) Vo1692 Yz L1003 |
| 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 |
| And again I wonder : if I will ever be free | Campbell, Gene; Wandering Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5701A) Br7170 His HLP2 |
| What good is a woman : if she don't rob and steal | Campbell, Gene; Robbin' and Stealin' Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5704B) Br7170 His HLP2 |
| So give me some more corn liquor : if I get drunk [just please, please just] take me home | Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
| But that's all right baby : if you want to turn me away | Carr, Leroy; BrokenHearted Man; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164251) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| I don't want you to fix it : if you don't fix it right | Carr, Leroy; Bread Baker; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164321) Vo03296 Yz L1036 |
| And give it to my sugar : if she'll come back home to stay | Carr, Leroy; Longing for My Sugar; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164341) Vo02875 Yz L1036 |
| Now babe I can't help it : if I can't play long | Carr, Leroy; It's Too Short; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164401) Vo02875 Co C30496 |
| He'll ??? *things* ??? : if the people *put him out* | Carter, George; Hot Jelly Roll Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1929; (211542) Pm12750 Yz L1012 |
| I ain't going to stay here today : if I have to walk | Chatman, Lonnie; It's a Pain to Me; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15452) Pm13143 Bio BLP12041 |
| I'm going home : if I had a lock and key | Chatman, Lonnie; New Sittin' On Top of the World; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15562) Pm13134 Bio BLP12041 |
| She said daddy I'll keep this table : if you promise me you'll be back | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| I'll talk babytalk to you : if you'll talk babytalk to me | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Two of a Kind; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640011) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| So bye bye babe : if you call it gone | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Gonna Worry Too; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704351) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| Woman I don't believe I could be any happier : if I were living in heaven above | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Caught the Old Coon at Last; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704371) BBB8974 RCA730.581 |
| I'm going to see my baby : if I have to ride the rods | Collins, Sam; Riverside Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12740) Ge6167 OJL10 |
| Go home and put my man out : if he don't act right | Cox, Ida; Wild Women Don't Have the Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1924; (1842?) Pm12228 Jo SM3098 |
| Babe I wouldn't have been here : if it had not been for you | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; If I Get Lucky; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648761) BBB8858 RBF RF202 |
| I am traveling this lonesome road : if I never get back no more | Davis, Walter; Travelin' this Lonesome Road; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854801) BBB5982 RCA INT1175 |
| Please don't mistreat me : if you don't want me around | Davis, Walter; Please Don't Mistreat Me; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493231) BBB8664 Yz L1025 |
| But I don't want it : if it's ever been used | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); SecondHand Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16221) Ge7130 Riv RM8803 |
| Can't use it : if it's forty years old | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); SecondHand Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16221) Ge7130 Riv RM8803 |
| Feel like riding : if it takes me all night long | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| I feel like leaving : if it takes me all night long | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| That's all right baby : if you don't want me no more | Easton, Amos; I'm Waitin' On You; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11503A) Vo1719 His HLP31 |
| Now life ain't worth living : if you ain't with the one you love | Estes, Sleepy John; Black Mattie Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563351) ViV38582 Rt RL307 |
| 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 |
| Now I could come to love you : if you would treat me nice and kind | Estes, Sleepy John; Vernita Blues; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62463A) De7342 Cor CP58 |
| 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 |
| And I would not have been here : if it don't been for you | Gibson, Clifford; HardHeaded Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577552) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
| I don't want no woman : if she ain't got a railroad man | Gibson, Clifford; Blues Without a Dime; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57756 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| So he can see your husband : if he makes a 'foreday creep | Gibson, Clifford; Keep Your Windows Pinned; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57757) ViV38612 Yz L1006 |
| Because that's just where you're going : if I catch you with anyone else | Gillum, Bill Jazz; You Drink Too Much Whiskey; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070445 ) BBB9004 RCA INT1177 |
| I love him : if he is a little old country boy | Green, Lil; Country Boy Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641341) BBB8754 RCA LPV574 |
| Better come here ready : if you want to win my love | Henderson, Rosa; Get It Fixed; New York, c. Apr. 1925; ( ) Vo1177 His HLP15 |
| Going back to Pratt City : if it takes *nice and mean* | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Pratt City Blues; Chicago, 23 Nov. 1926; (9950A) OK8420 Sw S1240 |
| I don't love no woman : if she ain't got baby ways | Howell, Peg Leg; Doin' Wrong; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451842) Co14473D RBF RF11 |
| That's your time ain't long : if I catch you with another man | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Take Me Back Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22082) Pm12296 Bio BLP12042 |
| Now the monkey told the elephant : if he's not drunk | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Mama, Don't You Think I Know; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22242) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| Take it to the attic : if it gets too hot | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; Come On, Mama, Do That Dance; Chicago, 27 June 1929; ( ) Vo1420 Yz L1039 |
| And you can get my loving : if you let that black snake go | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Dream Blues; Chicago, c. June 1927; (45772) Pm12510 Bio BLP12015 |
| Lord I wouldn't've been here : if it hadn't've been for Nell | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| Lord I wouldn't've been here : if it hadn't've been for Nell | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| Going to stop working : if I bring in this well for you | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Oil Well Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (211971) Pm12771 Riv RLP12125 |
| I'm going to haul off and buy me some : if I have to break her loose in jail | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| Trying to see : if my good gal going to make it home all right | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Pneumonia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15669) Pm12880 Mil MLP2013 |
| Lemon won't kill no quicker : if you bother with my jellyroll | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15672) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| Going to keep my wild jack : if I have to chain him down | Johnson, Billiken; Wild Jack Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476072) Co14405D Rt RL315 |
| Sleep with my man : if it kills me dead | Johnson, Elizabeth; Be My Kid Blues; New York, 30 Oct. 1928; (401279B) OK8789 Her H201 |
| Going back to Georgia : if I don't stay long | Johnson, Elizabeth; Sobbin' Woman Blues; New York, 30 Oct. 1928; (401280?) OK8789 Her H201 |
| It will be hell to tell the captain : if I catch another man kicking in my stall | Johnson, Lonnie; New Black Snake BluesPart 1; New York, 13 Oct. 1928; (401222A) OK8626 Spi LP2001 |
| Well leaving this morning : if I have to oh ride the blinds | Johnson, Robert; Walkin' Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26301) Vo03601 Co CL1654 |
| I'm going to get me a gambling woman : if the last thing that I do | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31 |
| So she can see my name : if she never see me no more | Jones, Bo; Back Door Blues; Dallas, c. Nov. 1929; (DAL460 ) Vo1452 Rt RL327 |
| Said I wouldn't make a man love her : if he wouldn't shake hands and go | Jones, Little Hat; Two String Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402648A) OK8712 His HLP32 |
| I wonder : if my sweet baby will wait for me | Jones, Maggie; Dallas Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1925; (1409523) Co14114D VJM VLP25 |
| Now I'm going to kill her : if I should happen to live | Kelly, Jack; Men Fooler Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM151 ) Vo05312 OJL19 |
| And just as long as you like it : if it takes the whole night long | Lasky, Louie; How You Want Your Rollin' Done; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1935; (C915C) Vo02955 Her H201 |
| T B's all right to have : if your friend didn't treat you so lowdown | Ledbetter, Huddie; T. B. Woman Blues; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171801) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| I don't care : if she weighed a thousand more | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); Pretty Mama Blues; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (563422) ViV38585 RCA INT1175 |
| I says I got love : if I could have it in your home | Lincoln, Charley; Jealous Hearted Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451032) Co14305D RBF RF9 |
| You can get my loving : if you just let him go | McClennan, Tommy; Baby, Don't You Want to Go; Chicago, 22 Nov. 1939; (044245 ) BBB8408 Rt RL305 |
| You can get all my loving : if you just let him go | McClennan, Tommy; My Baby's Doggin' Me; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044991 ) BBB8545 Rt RL305 |
| Bet your life ain't worth living babe : if you ain't with the one you love | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| Cried Lord have mercy : if you please | McCoy, Joe; My Wash Woman's Gone; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO110A) Vo1668 Yz L1026 |
| He'll pay you off : if you use your head | McCoy, Joe; We Gonna Pitch a Boogie Woogie; Chicago, 13 Nov. 1936; (90982A) De7326 AH77 |
| Give you the devil : if you act kind of hard | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| Now look here boy : if you going to be my friend | McTell, Blind Willie; Warm It Up to Me; New York, 14 Sept. 1933; (140082) Vo02595 Yz L1005 |
| I would have been a murderer : if I'd afooled around with you | McTell, Blind Willie; Your Time to Worry; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9957A) De7117 Rt RL324 |
| This song's all right : if you thinks it's wrong | Manning, Leola; The Blues Is All Wrong; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Apr. 1930; (K8089 ) Vo1529 Yz L1015 |
| Because I've got to make a living : if I have to rob and steal | Martin, Carl; Let's Have a New Deal; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90294A) De7114 BC14 |
| If I ever find a way to leave him : if we cannot agree | Martin, Daisy; Feelin' Blue; New York, c. late July 1923; (52371) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
| Give me a draught of beer : if not a drink of gin | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
| You better come to me : if you want to save your life | Memphis Minnie; Dirty Mother For You; Chicago, 10 Jan. 1935; (C9641A) De7048 Pal PL101 |
| I would have been there now : if my daddy hadn't've sprung the door | Memphis Minnie; Moonshine; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (C16701) Vo03894 BC1 |
| You can get my loving : if you let that old black snake go | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); It's Cold in China Blues; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2021) Vo03166 OJL8 |
| And she would be absolutely hospital bound : if she ever even asked me where I had been | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35 |
| Baby it wouldn't be so hard : if I was getting up from beside of you | Moore, Whistlin' Alex; It Wouldn't Be So Hard; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495622) Co14496D His HLP32 |
| I ??? my baby : if this | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202 |
| Said big boy I couldn't miss you : if the good Lord told me you was dead | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Hambone Willie's DreamyEyed Woman's Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402305B) OK8693 OJL17 |
| I'm coming home mama : if I have to | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| I'm coming home mama : if I have to ride the rods | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| I have had my fun : if I don't get well no more | Oden, Jimmy; Going Down Slow; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1941; (0704091) BBB8889 RBF RF16 |
| 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 |
| It would break my heart : if *the ??? need* no more | Patton, Charley; Love My Stuff; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14746 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
| Don't let a woman know you love her : if you do you have done wrong | Petties, Arthur; Out on Santa FeBlues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419072) Vi21282 Rt RL314 |
| Well I looked there to see : if I was closer to my man | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Lost Wandering Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1924; (16982) Pm12098 BYG529.078 |
| Whole world would be forgived me : if I could just explain | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| 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 |
| She would be most sweet and true to me : if I could go to her home | Red Nelson (Nelson Wilborn); Sweetest Thing Born; Chicago, 6 Feb. 1936; (90605A) De7155 Cor CP58 |
| Man's a fool : if he thinks he's got a whole woman by himself | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009 |
| 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 |
| Sure miss something : if you don't get some | Robinson, Bob; Beedle Um Bum; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210362) Pm12714 Riv RM8803 |
| Says I give you my money : if you let that other man go | Roland, Walter; Every Morning Blues; New York, 2 Aug. 1934; (155212) Ba33282 BC7 |
| Going to Mary Anna : if I have to ride the rods | Shade, Will; Mary Anna Cut Off; Chicago, 6 Nov. 1934; (C7802) OK8960 Jo SM3104 |
| Say I'll sell you some meat : if you furnish your bread | Shade, Will; She Done Sold It Out; Chicago, 7 Nov. 1934; (C8001) OK8963 RBF RF6 |
| I wouldn't have a woman : if she couldn't do what I say | Sluefoot Joe; Shouting Baby Blues; Long Island City, c. Apr. 1929; ( ) QRSR7086 His HLP17 |
| Listen people : if you want to hear | Smith, Bessie; J. C. Holmes Blues; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406292) Co14095D Co CL855 |
| Get two or three : if you have to hide | Smith, Bessie; J. C. Holmes Blues; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406292) Co14095D Co CL855 |
| I feel like riding : if it's all night long | Smith, Bessie; J. C. Holmes Blues; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406292) Co14095D Co CL855 |
| Let me tell you girls : if your man ain't treating you right | Smith, Bessie; Preachin' the Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434902) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| I will learn you something : if you listen to this song | Smith, Bessie; Preachin' the Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434902) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| The bullet'll get you : if you starts adodging too late | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| I'm going back south : if I wear out ninetynine pair of shoes | Smith, Clara; Down South Blues; New York, 27 July 1923; (811513) CoA3961 VJM VLP15 |
| Goodbye honey : if you call that gone | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Honey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO126 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031 |
| I'm going back to Dixie : if I have to crawl all the way | Smith, Trixie; Choo Choo Blues; New York, Dec. 1924; (19783) Pm12245 CC29 |
| I've got to leave Detroit : if I have to flag Number NinetyFour | Spivey, Victoria; Detroit Moan; Chicago, 15 Oct. 1936; (C1568?) Vo unissued Spi LP2001 |
| For you will lose your nine lives : if you don't let my baby alone | Spruell, Freddie; Tom Cat Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207272) Pm12665 His HLP17 |
| I'll go out riding : if you will too | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Hey listen mama : if you will treat me right | Stokes, Frank; Ain't Going to Do Like I Used to Do; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212292) Pm12774 Rt RL308 |
| Now I told mama listen : if you be good | Stokes, Frank; Right Now Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555842) ViV38589 Yz L1018 |
| Which I wouldn't have spoken : if it hadn't've been for you | Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| I'm going back down south : if I wear out ninetynine pair of shoes | Sylvester, Hannah; Down South Blues; New York, c. 21 Sept. 1923; (70328) Pat032007 VJM VLP40 |
| I will play kingfish : if you act just like the minnows do | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Kingfish Blues; Chicago, 22 Mar. 1934; (803851) BBB5617 RCA LPV518 |
| I'm going to find my baby : if I have to ride the blinds | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Seminole Blues; Aurora, Ill., 11 Oct. 1937; (014333 ) BBB7315 Yz L1039 |
| I want to know : if I can bite your man in the back | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Back Gnawing Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203442) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| I don't care : if the boat don't never land | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210204) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| And I'll play for you mama : if you please let me be your man | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| But I'll play for you mama : if you please will treat me right | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| But I'll play for you mama : if you treat me right | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| Lord the water will obey : if you just say be still | Wallace, Sippie; The Flood Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80840B) OK8470 Sw S1240 |
| Just want to know mama : if you save it for me | Washboard Sam; Save It for Me; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020809 ) BBB7866 BC10 |
| You don't want no man : if he ain't got money to burn | Washboard Sam; Sophisticated Mama; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020814 ) BBB7780 BC2 |
| But you would drink beer and like it : if you were the woman of mine | Washboard Sam; Sophisticated Mama; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020814 ) BBB7780 BC2 |
| Go to call a wagon : if I find him in my bed | Washboard Sam; Diggin' My Potatoes; Chicago, 15 May 1939; (034797 ) BBB8211 BC10 |
| I don't know what folks tell me : if it's true or not | Washboard Sam; Let Me Play Your Vendor; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703751) BBB8967 RCA LPV577 |
| Listen to what I says : if you really wants to know | Washboard Sam; Lover's Lane Blues; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703811) BBB9007 BC10 |
| You going to get you another man : if you don't stop your sometime ways | Weaver, Curley; Sometime Mama; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9939B) Ch50065 His HLP31 |
| He asked me : if I was going to pay my rent no more | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| He said you have to move : if you can't pay | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| What would you do : if you came walking to my door | Wheatstraw, Peetie; All Night Long Blues; Chicago, 18 Aug. 1934; (C9315A) De7082 AH158 |
| I don't be happy : if I just could hold her hand | Wheatstraw, Peetie; First and Last Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12572) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| She was by me : if I stayed up all night long | Wheatstraw, Peetie; True Blue Woman; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12581) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| Home is a happy place : if you can make it that way | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sweet Home Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12612) Vo03396 Say SDR191 |
| Some say they will coon the devil : if you chain him down | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Coon Can Shorty; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60512A) De7159 Say SDR192 |
| Then again you know if he ask her for her salary : if she got a dollar she will swear that she ain't | Wheatstraw, Peetie; When a Man Gets Down; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90961A) De7243 Say SDR192 |
| Fare you well : if I don't see you no more | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); The Panama Limited; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59996 ) Vi23295 OJL5 |
| I want to see : if I can find my good gal there | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Evil Woman Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203792) Pm12662 Mil MLP2018 |
| All for lying there wondering : if there one rolling in her arms | Wilkins, Robert; Long Train Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M191 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| I'm going back to Memphis : if I have to walk | Williams, Joe; Crawlin' King Snake; Chicago, 27 Mar. 1941; (0539892) BBB8738 RCA INT1087 |
| I'm going to ask Dr Jesus : if the devil ever been there | Williams, Joe; Mr. Devil Blues; Memphis, c. 24 Sept. 1929; (M196 ) Vo1457 Rt RL321 |
| Now here's my hand : if I never see you anymore | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Deep Down in the Ground; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208491) BBB7805 RCA INT1088 |
| Now and I need some petting baby : if you know what I mean | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| Get some money : if she have to sell a little coal | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| Go get some money : if you have to steal | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); Do It Right; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (1489783) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| Aah if I call you : and you will fail to come | Johnson, Tommy; Black Mare Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2452) Pm13000 Yz L1007 |
| So please keep your *alley* : take the air if you please | Smith, Clara; Basement Blues; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400521) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
| Lord and if that don't do it : might be one more rounder gone | Barefoot Bill; One More Time; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503051) Co14561D Rt RL325 |
| Lord and if I don't love you : I would not if I could | Bradley, Tommie; Window Pane Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18326) Ch16696 BC5 |
| You sure can't quit your woman : and if she put that thing on you | Gibson, Clifford; Don't Put That Thing On Me; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571742) ViV38572 Yz L1006 |
| Lord and if anybody wants to take her : I believe to my soul I'd die | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| Now and if you think about me baby : I swear you can't do nothing wrong | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Little Girl Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308521) BBB8010 RCA INT1088 |
| I say and if you do that for me : I won't have to go down to that welfare store | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
| Now and if I can't come in : let me sit down in front of your door | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Broken Hearted Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070145 ) BBB9031 BC20 |
| And if my luck don't change : I can't stay at my home no more | Big Bill (Broonzy); Starvation Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (209232) Pm12707 Yz L1011 |
| And if I get kind of lucky : won't be back at all | Black, Lewis; Rock Island Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453613) Co14429D His HLP5 |
| And if I find anything : coming back after you | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| And if you can't bring a job : don't you look for your daily stew | Bogan, Lucille; Pot Hound Blues; Chicago, 10 May 1929; (C3462 ) Br7083 His HLP15 |
| And if something bothers you baby : it will satisfy your worried mind | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| And if you think I'm lying : follow me to the door | Bogan, Lucille; They Ain't Walking No More; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5549 ) Br7163 Yz L1017 |
| And if I see him looking at another woman : I just scream and cry | Bogan, Lucille; Black Angel Blues; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6847A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| And if you don't believe I'm dirty : you can watch my bogus stroke | Bogan, Lucille; Pig Iron Sally; New York, 31 July 1934; (154902) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| And if he don't come back : I will lose my worried mind | Bogan, Lucille; Sweet Man, Sweet Man; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155062) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| And if you try one time : you can't get enough | Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017 |
| And if you want my meat : you can come to my house at twelve | Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017 |
| And if you love me like I tell you : you'll be the jumpsteady man of mine | Bogan, Lucille; Jump Steady Daddy; New York, 7 Mar. 1935; (169932) ARC51258 Yz L1017 |
| And if you can't get along with me : well it's you own fault | Brown, Richard Rabbit; James Alley Blues; New Orleans, 11 Mar. 1927; (380001) Vi20578 Yz L1032 |
| And if that don't do : I'm going to try the woods awhile | Cannon, Gus; Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201442) Pm12571 Yz L1002 |
| And if I die : you will regret | Carr, Leroy; Gettin' All Wet; Chicago, 13 Aug. 1929; (C4034 ) Vo1423 Yz L1036 |
| And if I can't find my baby : I don't want nobody else | Carr, Leroy; Take a Walk Around the Corner; New York, 14 Aug. 1934; (15604 ) Vo02986 Co C30496 |
| And if you fix it like I like it : I will get you a new VEight | Carr, Leroy; Bread Baker; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164321) Vo03296 Yz L1036 |
| And if the Lord has not got her : she's in this world somewhere | Carr, Leroy; Shinin' Pistol; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164381) Vo03067 Co C30496 |
| And if them numbers come out man : it'll bring my money back right again | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| And if if hadn't been for you little mama : I wouldn't not been here | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| And if you want me to love you : don't pretend you never done | Coleman, Lonnie; Wild About My Loving; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482592) Co14440D Rt RL318 |
| And if I catch you old pal : I sure will make you pay | Cox, Ida; You Stole My Man; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (207681) Pm12704 BYG529073 |
| And if we don't tomorrow : we will tomorrow night | Darby, Blind; Deceiving Blues; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675831) Vi23311 OJL20 |
| And if it don't : I swear it will always be the same | Davis, Walter; Howling Wind Blues; Chicago, 29 Sept. 31; (675791) ViV23308 RCA INT1085 |
| And if the freight train leaves me : Lord I got a mule to ride | Davis, Walter; Travelin' this Lonesome Road; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854801) BBB5982 RCA INT1175 |
| And if you see my black angel : please don't tell her the way I've gone | Davis, Walter; Minute Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854821) BBB5965 RCA INT1085 |
| And if I never see you no more baby : Lord I sure do wish you well | Davis, Walter; JacksonvillePart 2; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003381) BBB6468 Yz L1025 |
| And if you let me get in your saddle mama : I may ride the way you like | Davis, Walter; Let Me in Your Saddle; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405111) BBB8282 RCA INT1085 |
| And if my twelve pound one won't come : my eight pound one will do | Dickson, Pearl; Twelve Pound Daddy; Memphis, 12 Dec. 1927; (1453703) Co14286D Yz L1008 |
| And if you don't want me baby : you don't have to use me as no fool | Dickson, Pearl; Little Rock Blues; Memphis, 12 Dec. 1927; (1453712) Co14286D OJL6 |
| And if I clean up pretty mama : may I stay all night with you | Estes, Sleepy John; BrokenHearted, Ragged and Dirty Too; Memphis, 26 Sept. 1929; (555313) ViV38582 Rt RL307 |
| And if you could find someone : to treat you loving and kind | Estes, Sleepy John; Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90097A) Ch50068 Sw S1219 |
| And if God don't have me : you know the devil must | Evans, Joe; New Huntsville Jail; New York, 20 May 1931; (106512) Or8080 His HLP8002 |
| And if I tell about her : he always tell me where she been | Fox, John D.; The Worried Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 Dec. 1927; (GEX1011A) Ge6352 OJL10 |
| And if you love me : I wonder what can it be | Gaither, Bill; Georgia Barrel House; Chicago, 12 June 1940; (WC3104A) OK05714 His HLP31 |
| And if I ask you for a favor : mama please now don't turn me down | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Awful Fix Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200341) Pm12539 Yz L1004 |
| And if I'm not too busy : I'll be stopping by your way | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); unnamed title; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493471) Co unissued Yz L1012 |
| And if you don't love her : she sure ain't going to treat you right | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); unnamed title; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493471) Co unissued Yz L1012 |
| And if you want to know my name : just look around on my sack | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| And if he ride : he have to ride the rod | James, Jesse; Southern Casey Jones; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90761A) De7213 AH158 |
| And if she gets unruly : and she don't want to do | James, Skip; 2220 Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7651) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| And if you quit me mama : you can't see that black snake at all | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Dream Blues; Chicago, c. June 1927; (45772) Pm12510 Bio BLP12015 |
| And if I start walking : Sunbeam will beat me there | Johnson, Billiken; Sun Beam Blues; Dallas, 3 Dec. 1927; (1453221) Co14293D Rt RL335 |
| And if you refuse : they'll read about you in a short little while | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| And if you refuse : the answer will be from a racketeer's gun | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| And if she gets unruly : things she don't want to do | Johnson, Robert; 3220 Blues; San Antonio, 26 Nov. 1936; (SA26161) ARC70460 Co CL1654 |
| And if I could only change my way of living : it would mean so much to me | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3971) ARC unissued Co C30034 |
| And if I could only change my way of living : it would mean so much to me | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3972) ARC unissued Rt RL314 |
| And if I meet my good gal : well I won't be back at all | Johnson, Tommy; Maggie Campbell Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418392) Vi21409 Rt RL330 |
| And if you ever come in San Antone : you going to find my sweet woman there | Jones, Little Hat; New Two Sixteen Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402647A) OK8712 His HLP32 |
| And if I find my baby : you know we going to have some fun | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137121) Ba32844 Rt RL316 |
| And if I want to ??? : I'll run you wheat out of town | Kelly, Jack; Cold Iron Bed; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13722 ) Ba32934 OJL4 |
| And if you don't love her : some other man will | McClennan, Tommy; Love with a Feeling; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537401) BBB8689 Rt RL305 |
| And if you don't suit me : I'm going to try to *fade the line* | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| And if you don't do : I'm going to break your neck atrying | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| And if I didn't drink my whiskey : I believe I would lose my mind | McPhail, Black Bottom; Whiskey Man Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11514A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| And if luck don't change : Mr McTell won't get drunk no more | McTell, Blind Willie; Mr. McTell Got the Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (40311?) Vi unissued RCA INT1175 |
| And if I backbite you : I don't mean no harm | McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| And if I take you woman : I just be made my run | McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| And if you get some of my loving : you won't want your rider no more | McTell, Blind Willie; Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603 ) Vi23328 Rt RL324 |
| And if she don't come back : I'm going down in Ohio | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
| And if you ain't got no money : have to go tomorrow night | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| And if he hits you with either one : same as a charge from a dynamite | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| And if I don't see you soon : I'll sure be found crying | Moore, Whistlin' Alex; It Wouldn't Be So Hard; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495622) Co14496D His HLP32 |
| And if you speak about loving man : she'll swear that she's almost dead | Nelson, Sonny Boy; Street Walkin'; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026001) BBB6672 Yz L1038 |
| And if I don't love you : I wouldn't care what you do | Oden, Jimmy; Sitting Down Thinking Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18796) Ch16540 Riv RM8819 |
| And if you meet the devil : he ask you how you do | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 RBF RF6 |
| And if I see you with another woman : I would rather kill myself | Pullum, Joe; Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard??? No. 2; San Antonio, 3 Apr. 1934; (82786?) BBB5592 Rt RL327 |
| And if you want me to love you : you sure got to take you time | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); Tired of You Driving Me; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56344) Vi V38586 Rt RL337 |
| And if you don't want me baby : you don't have to pay me no mind | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); Tired of You Driving Me; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56344) Vi V38586 Rt RL337 |
| And if I ask you what about it : daddy that's all that's all | Rhodes, Walter; The Crowing Rooster; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453582) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| And if you meet the devil : he ask you how you do | Shade, Will; Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| And if you keep on using canned heat mama : you soon get to the place you just can't leave it | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| And if you don't keep your eyes dead on them : Lord they will take your woman from you | Shade, Will; Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (555981) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| And if *all things true* : man I'm going to leave on the | Short, Jaydee; Telephone Arguin' Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. 1 June 1930; (L4561) Pm13043 OJL11 |
| And if he don't come back to you : I tell you what to do | Smith, Bessie; Weeping Willow Blues; New York, 26 Sept. 1924; (1400622) Co14042D Co CL856; |
| And if I do : I'm going to make it my last time | Smith, Bessie; The Gin House Blues; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418203) Co14158D Co CL856 |
| And if he ask to kiss me : I would knock him down | Smith, Clara; I Don't Love Nobody; New York, 18 Jan. 1924; (814961) Co14016D VJM VLP16 |
| And if you can't cure me : I'm just as sure to die | Smith, Clara; Prescription for the Blues; New York, 15 Oct. 1924; (1401091) Co14045D VJM VLP17 |
| And if you do it mama : do it slow | Smith, Trixie; Don't Shake It No More; New York, c. June 1924; (18072) Pm12211 CC29 |
| And if the Seaboard God bless : I'm Alabama bound | Smith, Trixie; Railroad Blues; New York, Mar. 1925; (20642) Pm12262 CC29 |
| And if you get good business : how do you do it that way | Spivey, Victoria; How Do You Do It That Way; New York, 10 July 1929; (402526A) OK8713 Spi LP2001 |
| And if I ever get back home : I ain't never coming to Detroit no more | Spivey, Victoria; Detroit Moan; Chicago, 15 Oct. 1936; (C1568?) Vo unissued Spi LP2001 |
| And if the times don't get better : I ain't going back home no more | Stokes, Frank; Beale Town Bound; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47752) Pm12576 Rt RL308 |
| And if I stay here : I'll be blue all the time | Sykes, Roosevelt; Lost All I Had Blues; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403322A) OK8819 RBF RF12 |
| And if you give him a little taste : he want it all | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); It's Tight Like That; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1 |
| And if you don't want me mama : please just let me stay | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| And if I find her tonight : I'm going to really work her overtime | Vincson, Walter; Overtime Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M178) Br7141 Yz L1007 |
| And if I don't make some changes : I'll be sleeping outdoors | Washboard Sam; Life Is Just a Book; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644771) BBB8909 RCA LPV577 |
| And if I don't find her in Shanghai : ooo Lord I'm going to look all over the Gulf of Mexico | Washboard Sam; Gonna Hit the Highway; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703771) BBB8997 RCA LPV577 |
| And if I ever get my revenge : evilness will carry me to my grave | Washboard Sam; I've Been Treated Wrong; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703781) BBB9007 RBF RF1 |
| And if I just had you in my arms : them blues would blow away | Washboard Sam; I Get the Blues at Bedtime; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (0746871) BB340710 RCA LPV577 |
| And if my money lasts me : ooo well I know I won't have to cut it with nogood Jane | Wheatstraw, Peetie; I'm Gonna Cut Out Everything; Chicago, 2 Nov. 1937; (91320A) De7422 Say SDR192 |
| And if you take it from me sugar mama : ooo well well I know I'll soon be dead | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sugar Mama; Chicago, 18 Oct. 1938; (91529A) De7529 Say SDR192 |
| And if I can't get that sugar mama : ooo well well I don't know what I will do | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sugar Mama; Chicago, 18 Oct. 1938; (91529A) De7529 Say SDR192 |
| And if you don't believe : that I'm a drinking man | Wilkins, Robert; Old Jim Canan's; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX117 ) Vo unissued Yz L1018 |
| I said got to step off baby : are there anything if she like | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| It seems to me : as if I'm all broke down | Smith, Clara; The Clearing House Blues; New York, 17 Apr. 1924; (816982) Co14019D VJM VLP17 |
| It seems as if the world : is turning round and around | Texas Tommy; Jail Break Blues; Dallas, c. 25 Oct. 1928; (DAL689A) Br7044 Rt RL312 |
| Every time I buy a drink : I ask if you want some more | Thomas, George; Don't Kill Him in Here; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L182) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| Begging you : babe if you please | Howell, Peg Leg; Please Ma'am; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1928; (1461592) Co14356D RBF RF15 |
| Babe if you think I'm same your mistreating men : I declare I won't | Alexander, Texas; Double Crossing Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402639B) OK8745 Yz L1032 |
| Babe if you see me catch you there : | Bracey, Ishman; Woman Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2392) Pm12970 OJL2 |
| I'm going to ask the good Lord : give me back my baby if he please | Batts, Will; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1933; (137291) Vo02531 Yz L1021 |
| Say I know my dog : baby if I hear him bark | Campbell, Bob; Starvation Farm Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155032) Vo02798 Fly LP103 |
| But I would not quit my black woman : baby if I could | Carr, Leroy; Good Woman Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164271) Vo03296 Yz L1019 |
| I'm going to ask the good Lord : to give me back my baby if you please | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137121) Ba32844 Rt RL316 |
| And I would stop drinking whiskey : baby if I only could | McPhail, Black Bottom; Whiskey Man Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11514A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| But I will work for you little mama : ooo well well baby if you ain't got a dime | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King of Spades; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1082B) Vo03066 Say SDR191 |
| Now then I'll make you honey three times a day : baby if you would just treat me right | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Honey Bee Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208421) BBB7707 RCA INT1088 |
| Baby if anyone should ask you : who composed this song | Coleman, Lonnie; Old Rock Island Blues; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482582) Co14440D RBF RF15 |
| Baby if you never : never never no more | Gibson, Clifford; Levee Camp Moan; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577542) ViV38577 Yz L1027 |
| 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 |
| Baby if I had wings : like a bullfrog on a pond | Rachel, James Yank; Sweet Mama; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (62550) Vi23318 Rt RL329 |
| Baby if I see you regular : mama see me when you can | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Do like I would do : get back if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| Do like I would do : win it back if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| Do like I would do : win her back if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| Because if he messes with me : going to crack him right on his nog | Arnold, Kokomo; Kid Man Blues; New York, 12 May 1938; (63754A) De7464 Say SDR163 |
| Because if I catch you : baby walking slow | Barefoot Bill; I Don't Like That; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1930; (1503011) Co14544D Rt RL325 |
| Because if you do : he'll have a woman everywhere | Cox, Ida; Wild Women Don't Have the Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1924; (1842?) Pm12228 Jo SM3098 |
| Because if I ever catch you with my wife : you hell bound sure as I'm born | Johnson, Lonnie; Sam, You're Just a Rat; New York, 9 Feb. 1932; (405141A) OK8937 Yz L1028 |
| Because if I let you get away with it once : you'll do it all the time | Johnson, Margaret; If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All of the Time; New York, 19 Oct. 1923; (71972B) OK8107 Sw S1240; |
| Because if you do : I'm going to tear you playhouse down | Roland, Walter; Every Morning Blues; New York, 2 Aug. 1934; (155212) Ba33282 BC7 |
| Because if he keeps on tickling : I'm sure going to *beg* him on in | Smith, Bessie; JailHouse Blues; New York, 21 Sept. 1923; (812262) CoA4001 Co CL855 |
| Because if you try to leave me here : the way will sure get you | Smith, Laura; Don't You Leave Me Here; New York, c. Mar. 1927; (71302) Ba1977 VJM VLP40 |
| Because if you ride that train : it will satisfy your mind | Smith, Trixie; Railroad Blues; New York, Mar. 1925; (20642) Pm12262 CC29 |
| Because if you didn't : it will give me those special delivery blues | Wallace, Sippie; Special Delivery Blues; Chicago, 1 Mar. 1926; (9547A) OK8328 CC32 |
| I'm going away to leave you : I know the men will be better if I do | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
| Asked the Lord above have mercy : save poor Bob if you please | Johnson, Robert; Cross Road Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26292) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| If you want to boogiewoogie if you want to boogiewoogie : and haven't got the price haven't | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| Now boys if you got a good woman : treat her kind in every way | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35 |
| Boys if you have been running around in this world : this train will wreck your mind | Hill, King Solomon; The Gone Dead Train; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12542) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| Boys if I only had ten hundred dollars : I'd alaid it up on my shelf | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| Boys if you got a good woman : here's a lesson I'll give to you | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Jim Jackson's JamboreePart I; Memphis, 14 Oct. 1929; (M203/4) Vo1428 Yz L1021 |
| Ain't no need of you chasing women : brother if you really haven't got the cash | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11012) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
| Yeah but if I go crazy : baby I will lose my mind | Johnson, Robert; Phonograph Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25872) ARC unissued Co C30034 |
| But if she gets long winded player : she's sure to get caught | Carr, Leroy; It's Too Short; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164401) Vo02875 Co C30496 |
| But if I get what I want mama : I won't rap no more | Chatman, Bo; Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826301) BB5536 Yz L1034 |
| But if you give me what I want mama : you won't hear me rap no more | Chatman, Bo; Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826301) BB5536 Yz L1034 |
| But if I get what I want mama : you'll see me walk away | Chatman, Bo; Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826301) BB5536 Yz L1034 |
| But if it keeps on rising : sure going to follow him | Delaney, Mattie; Tallahatchie River Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM786 ) Vo1480 Yz L1001 |
| But if I ever get lucky : I swear I'll have my diamonds on | Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| But if you roll it once : you want to roll it twice | Gibson, Clifford; She Rolls It Slow; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69405 ) Vi23290 RCA INT1175 |
| But if the man had aseed me : around the mountain I'd have been gone | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); California Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483582) Co14573D CC36 |
| But if you treat me mean : I'll have to run away | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Pleadin' for the Blues; Chicago, 23 Nov. 1926; (9949A) OK8420 Sw S1240 |
| But if I miss the Sunbeam : I will be seldom seen | Johnson, Billiken; Sun Beam Blues; Dallas, 3 Dec. 1927; (1453221) Co14293D Rt RL335 |
| But if you think you'll get away with it : I'll sing this verse to you | Johnson, Margaret; If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All of the Time; New York, 19 Oct. 1923; (71972B) OK8107 Sw S1240; |
| But if I catch you stinging : believe I'll pull your nest all on down | Ledbetter, Huddie; Yellow Jacket; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171791) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| But if he haven't got any money : he'll be treated like a cat with a mouse | McCoy, Robert Lee; Tough Luck; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076551) BBB7115 Rt RL321 |
| But if you'll allow me a chance : I'll gnaw your backbone half in two | McTell, Blind Willie; Talking to Myself; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502572) Co14551D Yz L1005 |
| But if I don't get whiskey : I ain't no good at all | Miller, Lillian; Dead Drunk Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 3 May 1928; (13718A) Ge6518 OJL6 |
| But if I find my man : he sure is going to be my meat | Moore, Rosie Mae; Mad Dog Blues; New Orleans, c. Dec. 1928; (NOR760) Br7049 Rt RL329 |
| But if you don't stop drinking : I don't know what I'll do with you | Oden, Jimmy; Sitting Down Thinking Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18796) Ch16540 Riv RM8819 |
| But if you don't come to see me : count the days I'm gone | Stokes, Frank; It Won't Be Long Now; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454202) Vi21672 Rt RL307 |
| But if I don't drink whiskey : I ain't no good at all | Wallace, Sippie; Dead Drunk Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80837A) OK8499 Bio BLPC6 |
| But if you save it for me : I'll work like a doggone mule | Washboard Sam; Save It for Me; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020809 ) BBB7866 BC10 |
| But if a man weren't working : he can't treat his baby right | Washboard Sam; Levee Camp Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644811) BBB8909 BC10 |
| But if you don't want your good gal : ooo well now she will put a block and tackle on you too | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Block and Tackle; Chicago, 9 Apr. 1936; (C13542) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
| If you go to the butcher if you go to the butcher : to get you sausage grind your sausage grind | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| Now it don't worry my mind : ooo well now I don't care if the woman never come back | Wheatstraw, Peetie; I'm Gonna Cut Out Everything; Chicago, 2 Nov. 1937; (91320A) De7422 Say SDR192 |
| Crying if she did : she would sure Lord feel my care | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454632) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| Crying if I don't carry you : carry somebody else | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| Daddy if you don't want me : had aplenty more | Spivey, Victoria; Arkansas Road Blues; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80768B) OK8481 Spi LP2001 |
| Ask you to forgive me : darling if you please | Bracey, Ishman; Left Alone Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418432) Vi21349 Rt RL330 |
| She said I declare if you want me daddy : you better hurry home | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); Pinebluff Arkansas; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19962) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
| He's sneaking and mistreating : die if that ain't no lie | Spruell, Freddie; Tom Cat Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207272) Pm12665 His HLP17 |
| You can even move to West Hell : doggone if they don't find you there | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| I wouldn't buy none of that : even if I could | Davis, Walter; That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good; Louisville, 10 June 1931; (694162) ViV23282 RCA INT1085 |
| Now I will be your Santa Claus : even if my whiskers even if my whiskers is white | Estes, Sleepy John; Airplane Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62482A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Now I will be your Santa Claus : even if my whiskers even if my whiskers is white | Estes, Sleepy John; Airplane Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62482A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Then I will be your Santy Claus : says even if my whiskers says even if my whiskers ain't white | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bus Rider Blues; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3139A) OK05933 BC11 |
| Then I will be your Santy Claus : says even if my whiskers says even if my whiskers ain't white | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bus Rider Blues; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3139A) OK05933 BC11 |
| You just might as well leave her : even if it hurts you so | Grant, Bobby; Lonesome Atlanta Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1927; (202122) Pm12595 Yz L1009 |
| I'm going to be your Santa Claus : even if my whiskers ain't white | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Christmas Eve Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208182) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| Now folks if you see my gal : tell her that I'm gone | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Now say folks if you see my gal : tell her that I'm gone | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| For if you could : it would be too tight for me | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Blind Pig Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1928; (1460501) Co14372D CC36 |
| For if I be mean to my woman : she will really quit and take someone else | Jones, Little Hat; New Two Sixteen Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402647A) OK8712 His HLP32 |
| Says I'm crying to the good Lord : send me back my good gal if you please | Arnold, Kokomo; Southern Railroad Blues; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9921A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| Fare you well : little girl if I never see you anymore | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Little Girl Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308521) BBB8010 RCA INT1088 |
| Girl if you don't want me : why don't you let me know | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Broke and Hungry; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (3076?) Pm12443 Mil MLP2007 |
| Cut him if he stands still : shoot him if he runs | Crawford, Rosetta; My Man Jumped Salty on Me; New York, 1 Feb. 1939; (64972A) De7567 Cor CP58 |
| Cut him if he stands still : shoot him if he runs | Crawford, Rosetta; My Man Jumped Salty on Me; New York, 1 Feb. 1939; (64972A) De7567 Cor CP58 |
| I'm going to shoot him if he stands still : and cut him if he run | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| I'm going to shoot him if he stands still : and cut him if he run | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| I ask him if he love me : Lord and he walked away | Tucker, Bessie; Penitentiary; Memphis, 29 Aug. 1928; (454412) ViV38526 Fwy FJ2801 |
| You can go to house dance : stay home if you choose | Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman); House Dance Blues; Memphis, 22 Sept. 1929; (M184 ) Br7137 OJL20 |
| Oh reel and rock me baby : honey if it's all night long | Glaze, Ruby (Blind Willie McTell); Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603 ) Vi23328 Rt RL324 |
| And if if hadn't been for you little mama : I wouldn't not been here | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| Got me out here scuffling mama : trying to make it if I can | Davis, Walter; JacksonvillePart 2; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003381) BBB6468 Yz L1025 |
| Do like I would do : open it if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| I want to know if your jellyroll fresh : I want to know if your jellyroll's stale | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| I want to know if your jellyroll fresh : I want to know if your jellyroll's stale | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| You know if you take my money : you be done broke your teacher's rule | Memphis Minnie; Man You Won't Give Me No Money; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13882) Vo03474 BC1 |
| You know if you didn't want me : why didn't you leave me back in town | Reed, Willie; Texas Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476011) Co14407D Yz L1010 |
| I know my baby : sure don't know if I'm here | Rhodes, Walter; Leaving Home Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453592) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| But you know if I don't win tomorrow : I'm going to throw my cards away | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| You know if you ever been in love : what I'm say ain't nothing strange to you | Sykes, Roosevelt; Hard Luck Man Blues; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69404 ) Vi23320 Yz L1033 |
| Then again you know if he ask her for her salary : if she got a dollar she will swear that she ain't | Wheatstraw, Peetie; When a Man Gets Down; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90961A) De7243 Say SDR192 |
| Know if you hear me doing any singing : I'll be standing around my door | Stokes, Frank; Memphis Rounders Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (563062) Vi23411 Rt RL308 |
| He knows if he can sleep all the time : his trouble won't worry his mind | White, Washington; Sleepy Man Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2980A) OK05743 Co C30036 |
| Crying take me back baby : God knows if you please | Wilkins, Robert; Falling Down Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M192 ) Br7125 Yz L1002 |
| Now listen if you don't treat me no better : Lord I sure do wish you would | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Miss Louisa Blues; Aurora, Ill., 13 Mar. 1938; (020114 ) BBB7576 RBF RF14 |
| Do like I would do : get loose if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| Lord if I get lucky : mama in this world again | Alexander, Texas; No More Woman Blues; San Antonio, 9 Mar. 1928; (400446A) OK8624 Rt RL312 |
| Lord if my good gal quits me : well I don't want nobody else | Arnold, Kokomo; Milk Cow Blues; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9428B) De7026 BC4 |
| Lord if you see my milkcow buddy : I said please drive her home | Arnold, Kokomo; Milk Cow Blues; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9428B) De7026 BC4 |
| Lord if I win on Friday : please Saturday night I'm sure to lose | Arnold, Kokomo; Old Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9653A) De7050 CC25 |
| Lord if the black cat blues don't leave me mama : Lord I've got to get further down the road | Arnold, Kokomo; Old Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9653A) De7050 CC25 |
| Lord if you can't send me no woman : please send me some sissy man | Arnold, Kokomo; Sissy Man Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9654A) De7050 CC25 |
| Lord if you don't live with me mama : well you ain't going to live with nobody else | Arnold, Kokomo; Black Annie; Chicago, 5 Feb. 1935; (C9777A) De7092 Say SDR163 |
| Lord if the train don't come : there's going to be some walking done | Big Bill (Broonzy); Down in the Basement Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (209221) Pm12707 Yz L1035 |
| Lord if you play with my horn baby : make you break up your happy home | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| Lord if I had alistened to my mother : Lord what she say | Big Bill (Broonzy); When I Had Money; Chicago, 17 Apr. 1940; (WC3036A) Vo05563 RBF RF16; |
| Lord if crying would do : now I'd cry myself away | Bradley, Tommie; Window Pane Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18326) Ch16696 BC5 |
| Lord if you keep on drunk mama : you going to make me break my needle off | Davis, Walter; Think You Need a Shot; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003391) BBB6498 RCA INT1085 |
| Lord if that woman left and quit me *now* : what in the world that I would do | Day, Will; Central Avenue Blues; New Orleans, 25 Apr. 1928; (1461862) Co14318D Yz L1010 |
| Lord if she did : she would sure Lord feel my care | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454631) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| Lord if you never come back : Lord I will never care | Jones, Bo; Back Door Blues; Dallas, c. Nov. 1929; (DAL460 ) Vo1452 Rt RL327 |
| Lord if you got a reckless woman : man don't never let her break your rule | McTell, Blind Willie; Runnin' Me Crazy; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140701) Vo02595 Rt RL324 |
| Said I'd have been her shimmy partner : Lord if I had a chance | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Nobody Knows; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402296B) OK8679 Rt RL307 |
| Lord if I miss the TwoNineteen : I'm surely can't catch the Cannonball | Richardson, Mooch; T and T Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (400213B) OK8554 Mam S3803 |
| And you know it's going to be some hell raised : Lord if she don't bring some of my money back | Roland, Walter; Penniless Blues; New York, 20 Mar. 1935; (171532) Ba33461 Yz L1017 |
| Lord if someone don't save me : I'll go down singing the shipwreck blues | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| Lord if I come out and see my shadow : John I believe I'll go back in | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| Lula if I catch you with the Willie : Lula I'm going to steal you life | Shade, Will; Jim Strainer; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (599612) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
| But I feel all the same : mama if you die | Spand, Charlie; Good Gal; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15453) Pm12817 Yz L1015 |
| Now listen at me mama : mama if you'll only be kind | Stokes, Frank; Right Now Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555842) ViV38589 Yz L1018 |
| Because I'd be a good fellow : mama if you would please let me stay | Turner, Buck; Black Ace; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61790A) De7281 Yz L1026 |
| Might be your crawling king snake : mama if I have to die | Williams, Joe; Crawlin' King Snake; Chicago, 27 Mar. 1941; (0539892) BBB8738 RCA INT1087 |
| Mama if you can't quit your sinning : please quit your lowdown ways | Arnold, Kokomo; Milk Cow Blues; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9428B) De7026 BC4 |
| Mama if you want to see me : mama I'll let the nineteen go | Daddy Stovepipe; Sundown Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Mar. 1924; (11861A) Ge5459 Rt RL325 |
| Mama if I clean up : can I go home with you | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Broke and Hungry; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (3076?) Pm12443 Mil MLP2007 |
| 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 |
| Mama if you ride the Southern : I'll ride the Santa Fe | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| She said man if you ever love me : you surely will trot along back | Chatman, Bo; The Ins and Outs of My Girl; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026141) BBB7213 Yz L1014 |
| Policy man if my numbers come out : don't fool around on the street | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| Man if you love your woman : better mess it in her cup | Lewis, Furry; Dry Land Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454291) Vi23345 Yz L1021 |
| Says give me a loan Mr pawnshop man : and help me if you can | Fuller, Blind Boy; Three Ball Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26600A) Vo05440 BC11 |
| Says I called up in Burlington : ask my bossman to help me if he please | Fuller, Blind Boy; Three Ball Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26600A) Vo05440 BC11 |
| Pick so much cotton now partner : will you forgive me if you please | Petway, Robert; Cotton Pickin' Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741151) BBB9036 Rt RL314 |
| Ask you to take me back and forgive me : do that for me if you please | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6405A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| When you drinking you talk too much mama : forgive me if you please | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 2; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930; (C7101 ) Vo1602 Yz L1031 |
| 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 |
| Please Mr insurance man : trust me if you will | Washboard Walter; Insurance Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2832) Pm12954 Her H205 |
| Well now they told me if I didn't quit drinking : in some lonesome cemetery I would be | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shannon Street Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208471) BBB7847 RCA INT1088 |
| Oh Lord : have mercy if you please | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| I'm begging now mama : don't treat me this way no more if you please | Chatman, Bo; Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826301) BB5536 Yz L1034 |
| Said if you never if you never : hear me anymore | Rachel, James Yank; Expressman Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (59934 ) Vi23318 Fwy FA2953 |
| Lord and if I don't love you : I would not if I could | Bradley, Tommie; Window Pane Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18326) Ch16696 BC5 |
| And now if you can't see if you can't see : if you deaf and dumb you deaf and dumb | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| Lord I'll give you satisfaction : now if it's all night long | Big Bill (Broonzy); How You Want It Done; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116112) Ba32436 Yz L1011 |
| Lord I'll give you satisfaction : now if it's all night long | Big Bill (Broonzy); How You Want It Done; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116112) Ba32436 Yz L1011 |
| Said now if I could holler : just like a mountain jack | Evans, Joe; Shook It This Morning Blues; New York, 21 May 1931; (106652) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| Mmm now if I could holler : like this big boat whistle blow | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
| Mmm now if I had a headlight : even like on some passenger train | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
| Now how would you feel : baby now if I come home today | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sleepless Nights Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11519A) Vo1727 Yz L1030 |
| Well now if you don't watch yourself : ooo well well that woman will keep you down all the | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Last Dime Blues; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1081B) Vo03444 Say SDR191 |
| Well now if she's not in China : ooo well I believe she's in East St Louis somewhere | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Deep Sea Love; New York, 20 Feb. 1936; (60539A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
| Now if you wake up in the morning : ain't got nothing on your mind | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
| Now if you mess with me mama : I'm sure going to turn your damper down | Arnold, Kokomo; Long and Tall; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7306 CC25 |
| Now if I get across the Atlantic Ocean : good people I will not live to Spain | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Ship Blues; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91167A) De7361 Say SDR163 |
| Now if we don't make the circle : we never will get back to New York town | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Ship Blues; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91167A) De7361 Say SDR163 |
| Now if you don't believe I'm leaving : please count the days I'm gone | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| Now if you like : the way we play | Big Bill (Broonzy); Eagle Riding Papa; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (95951) Ba0712 Yz L1011 |
| Now if you like this tune : think it's fine | Big Bill (Broonzy); Eagle Riding Papa; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (95951) Ba0712 Yz L1011 |
| Now if anybody ask you : who composed this song | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| Now if you want me baby : you got to make your *for sure* down | Bogan, Lucille; Pot Hound Blues; Chicago, 10 May 1929; (C3462 ) Br7083 His HLP15 |
| Now if I can't be your regular mama : I sure ain't going to be your dog | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); Weary Worried Blues; Chicago, 6 Sept. 1934; (C9403A) Ch50064 RBF RF9 |
| Now if you want your woman : to look like the rest | Bracey, Ishman; Saturday Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418421) Vi21349 OJL8 |
| Now if you catch me stealing : please don't tell on me | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
| Now if you want : to leave from home | Chatman, Bo; The Law Gonna Step on You; New York, 5 June 1931; (404935A) OK unissued Yz L1034 |
| Now if she don't love me no more : peoples ain't that a crying shame | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); I Believe I'll Settle Down; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594981) BBB8903 RCA730.581 |
| Now if I'm the Pullman porter girl : you got to be the maid | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
| Now if I shake the cover : please try to shake it too | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
| Now if I ever get hold : to a dollar again | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Maybe I'll Loan You a Dime; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640031) BBB8784 RCA730.581 |
| Now if you catch me sober : please make me drunk again | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Whiskey and Gin Blues; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704341) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| Now if I should die : I should die before my time | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Death Valley Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648741) BBB8858 RCA LPV518 |
| Now if you're ever in Dallas boy : please visit old Elm Street | Davis, Carl (Dallas Jamboree Jug Band); Elm Street Woman Blues Dallas, 20 Sept. 1935; (DAL103 ) Vo03092 BC2 |
| Now if you ever come to Dallas : yes and get put in jail | Davis, Carl (Dallas Jamboree Jug Band); Elm Street Woman Blues Dallas, 20 Sept. 1935; (DAL103 ) Vo03092 BC2 |
| Now if you want me to love you : here's what you got to do | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); If You Want Me to Love You; New York, 5 Feb. 1932; (11242A) Vo1682 Yz L1039 |
| Now if I can't come in mama : then I'll sit out on your porch | Estes, Sleepy John; BrokenHearted, Ragged and Dirty Too; Memphis, 26 Sept. 1929; (555313) ViV38582 Rt RL307 |
| Now if the river was whiskey : and I was a diving duck | Estes, Sleepy John; Diving Duck Blues; Memphis, 26 Sept. 1929; (555962) ViV38549 RBF RF8 |
| Now if I just had alistened : what my mama said | Estes, Sleepy John; My Black Gal Blues; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625482) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| Now if that wind : that chilly old breeze | Estes, Sleepy John; Someday Baby Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90096A) Ch50068 Br87.504 |
| Now if you see Vernita : tell her hurry home | Estes, Sleepy John; Vernita Blues; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62463A) De7342 Cor CP58 |
| Now if you hobo in Brownsville : you better not be peeping out | Estes, Sleepy John; Hobo Jungle Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62481A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Now if you ain't got your fare : that's where they will let you down | Estes, Sleepy John; Hobo Jungle Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62481A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Now if you're ever on *Fourth Street* : I'll tell you what to do | Estes, Sleepy John; Liquor Store Blues; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63648A) De7491 RBF RF11 |
| Now if you get you one woman : you better get you two | Fuller, Blind Boy; Rag, Mama, Rag; New York, 25 July 1935; (178632) ARC351032 BC6 |
| Now if you see my rider : tell her I said bring it home | Fuller, Blind Boy; Pistol Snapper Blues; New York, 5 Apr. 1938; (226741) Vo04106 BC11 |
| Now if you go out : stay all night | Fuller, Blind Boy; You've Got Something There; Memphis, 12 July 1939; (MEM1021) Vo05083 BC11 |
| Now if you get ditched off on that freight train : you know that will be the end of the line | Hardin, Lane; California Desert Blues; Chicago, 28 July 1935; (914501) BBB6242 Rt RL319 |
| Now if you go : have to bring my good clothes on back | Harrison, Smoky; Hop Head Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L791) Pm12920 Rt RL340 |
| Now if I had alistened : to my mama's rule | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Crooked Woman Blues; Atlanta, 10 Nov. 1927; (1451981) Co14280D CC36 |
| Now if this was a coffeepot : and that was a spout | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Salty Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1924; (1893?) Pm12236 Yz L1029 |
| Now if it wasn't for the powder : storebought hair | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| Now if you don't believe : that I can run mighty fast | Jackson, Papa Charlie; All I Want Is a Spoonful; Chicago, c. Sept. 1925; (22981) Pm12320 Bio BLP12042 |
| Now if you don't love me : please don't dog me around | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Shuckin' Sugar; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30772) Pm12454 Mil MLP2007 |
| Now if you get loaded baby : and think you want to go | Johnson, Edith North; Good Chib Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15559) Pm12864 CC37 |
| Now if I was a Gypsy : Lord and I could read your mind | Johnson, Edith North; Can't Make Another Day; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15560) Pm12864 Riv RM8819 |
| Now if you think I'm going crazy about you : you'd better change your mind | Johnson, Margaret; If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All of the Time; New York, 19 Oct. 1923; (71972B) OK8107 Sw S1240; |
| Now if it's starting araining : I'm going to drive my blues away | Johnson, Robert; Preachin' Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26321) ARC70460 Co C30034 |
| Now if it's starting araining : I'm going to drive my blues away | Johnson, Robert; Preachin' Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26322) ARC70460 Co C30034 |
| Now if you got good hair : you want to keep it looking neat | Jordan, Charley; Tight Haired Mama Blues; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO144) Vo1645 OJL20 |
| Now if I get lucky : get a bottle of gin | Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310 |
| Now if you steal my rider : I won't get mad with you | Lasky, Louie; How You Want Your Rollin' Done; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1935; (C915C) Vo02955 Her H201 |
| Now if you want to learn this dance : don't do it in a *pout* | Leecan, Bobby; Macon Georgia CutOut; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| Now if I get out of trouble : going to start living right | Lucas, Jane; Double Trouble Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17285) Ch16289 Yz L1035 |
| Now if I don't get the girl I'm loving : ain't going down Highway FiftyOne no more | McClennan, Tommy; New Highway No. 51; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044986 ) BBB8499 RBF RF202 |
| Now if I should die : [just] before my time do come | McClennan, Tommy; New Highway No. 51; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044986 ) BBB8499 RBF RF202 |
| Now if you get you a woman : now now treat her nice in every way | McClennan, Tommy; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537411) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| Now if you run big boy now : ??? bound to die | McCoy, Joe; Joliet Bound; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11220A) Vo1686 Yz L1021 |
| Now if you go down in Black Bottom : put your money down in your britches | McPhail, Black Bottom; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11512A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| Now if anybody asks you : who composed this song | McPhail, Black Bottom; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11512A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| Now if you don't want me baby : why don't you tell me so | McPhail, Black Bottom; My Dream Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11513A) Vo1690 Yz L1019 |
| Now if I could get me : one more drink of booze | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| Now if I had alistened : to what my three women said | McTell, Blind Willie; Three Women Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471852) ViV38001 Yz L1005 |
| 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 |
| Now if I catch you mama : down in the heart of town | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| Now if you don't want me baby : don't you dog me around | McTell, Blind Willie; Stomp Down Rider; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (4050021) OK8936 Yz L1005 |
| Now if you don't want me : baby give me your right hand | McTell, Blind Willie; Stomp Down Rider; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (4050021) OK8936 Yz L1005 |
| Now if you don't believe : I can warm you right | McTell, Blind Willie; Warm It Up to Me; New York, 14 Sept. 1933; (140082) Vo02595 Yz L1005 |
| Now if they do : I know the feeling is sad as can be | Martin, Daisy; Feelin' Blue; New York, c. late July 1923; (52371) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
| Now if I don't come in the morning : you know I will do just tomorrow night | Pickett, Charlie; Down the Highway; New York, 3 Aug. 1937; (62488A) De7707 RBF RF202 |
| Now if I don't be home Sunday : ??? will be home | Pickett, Charlie; Down the Highway; New York, 3 Aug. 1937; (62488A) De7707 RBF RF202 |
| Now if you want to get to heaven : I tell you what to do | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 RBF RF6 |
| Now if you can find the wild woman : boy by broadcasting in the air | Shade, Will; State of Tennessee; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403132) Vi21185 Rt RL322 |
| Now if you want to get to heaven : I'll tell you what to do | Shade, Will; Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| Now if you ever go down south : go down in Dixieland | Shade, Will; I Can Beat You Plenty; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (55599 ) ViV38586 Rt RL337 |
| Now if you don't want me : why don't you tell me so | Shaw, Allen (Hattie Hart); Moanin' the Blues; New York, 18 Sept. 1934; (159781) Vo02844 Yz L1002 |
| Now if the train fails on the track : I'm Alabama bound | Smith, Trixie; Railroad Blues; New York, Mar. 1925; (20642) Pm12262 CC29 |
| Now if my heart strikes sorrow : my tears come rolling down | Spand, Charlie; Back to the Woods Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15456) Pm12817 Yz L1015 |
| Now if you don't believe what I'm saying : ask old alligator Jack | Spivey, Victoria; The Alligator Pond Went Dry; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80769B) OK8481 Spi LP2001 |
| Now if you want to go with me riding : we could really have some fun | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Now if you got the line : I got the pole | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Now if you will just tell me brown : to know | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Now if you love me mama : you'll treat me right | Stokes, Frank; Take Me Back; Memphis, 30 Aug. 1928; (454542) ViV38531 Yz L1008 |
| Now if you will mama : take me back | Stokes, Frank; Take Me Back; Memphis, 30 Aug. 1928; (454542) ViV38531 Yz L1008 |
| Now if you love me baby : I'll treat you good and kind | Stokes, Frank; Ain't Going to Do Like I Used to Do; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212292) Pm12774 Rt RL308 |
| Now if you let me baby : I will treat you so good and kind | Stokes, Frank; Hunting Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212341) Pm12774 Rt RL333 |
| Now if you don't know : I tell you who do | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C3594 ) Vo1426 Yz L1039 |
| Now if you want to sin : slide across to me | Thomas, Hociel; Put It Where I Can Get It; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9474A) OK8258 Bio BLPC6 |
| Now if I could holler : like some mountain jack | Virgial, Otto; Little Girl in Rome; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962401) BBB6213 Mam S3802 |
| Now if you think that she likes it : ooo well you just a blackeyed fool | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if you think that he likes it : ooo well you just a blackeyed fool | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if you think that she likes it : ooo well you just a blackeyed fool | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if you think that I liked it : ooo well you just a blackeyed fool | Washboard Sam; My Feet Jumped Salty; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644791) BBB8844 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if you love me baby : try to keep me satisfied | Washboard Sam; I Get the Blues at Bedtime; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (0746871) BB340710 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if I could go back to China : and start my life brand new | Washboard Sam; I Get the Blues at Bedtime; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (0746871) BB340710 RCA LPV577 |
| Now if you got plenty of cocktails : please save it all for me | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Cocktail Man Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90173A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
| Now if you don't know what you will have to do : now don't get you a few dimes | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Last Dime Blues; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1081B) Vo03444 Say SDR191 |
| Now if you can't keep a happy home : ooo well well will be the devil each and every day | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sweet Home Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12612) Vo03396 Say SDR191 |
| Now if I go home : do you think that is the best place to be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sweet Home Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12612) Vo03396 Say SDR191 |
| Now if you be my sweet woman : tell you what I'm bound to do | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Gotta Shave 'Em Dry; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L1041) Pm12916 Her H205 |
| Now if you don't want me : give me your right hand | Wilkins, Robert; I Do Blues; Memphis, 8 Sept. 1928; (47000 ) Vi23379 OJL5 |
| Now if you let me be your lemonsqueezer : Lord until my love comes down | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Until My Love Come Down; Aurora, Ill., 13 Mar. 1938; (020119 ) BBB7576 RBF RF14 |
| Now if you don't stop drinking : now I believe you going to lose your mind | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Whiskey Headed Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208441) BBB7707 RCA INT1088 |
| Now if you don't stop drinking : I believe you going to go stone blind | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Whiskey Headed Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208441) BBB7707 RCA INT1088 |
| Now if you be my baby : mama you can have them all | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Deep Down in the Ground; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208491) BBB7805 RCA INT1088 |
| Now if my bluebird don't come back : wonder what am I going to do | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Blue Bird BluesPart 1; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308511) BBB7979 RCA INT1088 |
| Now if my bluebird continue on to stay : I believe I'll move to Washington too | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Blue Bird BluesPart 1; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308511) BBB7979 RCA INT1088 |
| Now if somebody don't give me *any* something to eat pretty soon : I just as swear we won't be | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Big Apple Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064020 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| Now if that don't bring her back : I'm doggone sure my shotgun will | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shotgun Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064023 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| Now if I can't come in : let me sit down in front of your door | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shotgun Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064023 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| Now if you can stand to leave me : I'll try to love to see you go | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shotgun Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064023 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| Now if you want me to stop drinking whiskey : you ain't talking about nothing at all | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Chicago, 2 July 1941; (064493 ) BBB8822 BC3 |
| Now if I start to jitterbugging : I'll forget my hole down in the ground | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| Now if you don't pet me baby : I believe I'll go back down in New Orleans | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| Now if I clean up pretty mama : can I stay all night with you | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Broken Hearted Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070145 ) BBB9031 BC20 |
| Now if the river was whiskey : and I was a diving duck | Williamson, Sonny Boy; She Don't Love Me That Way; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070146 ) BB340701 BC3 |
| Oh if she don't come on the big boat : she better not land | Alexander, Texas; Levee Camp Moan Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81225B) OK8498 RBF RF9 |
| Oh if the black cat blues was money : I would be rich as Henry Ford | Arnold, Kokomo; Old Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9653A) De7050 CC25 |
| Oh if you don't love me : pretty mama don't run no stall | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Right of Way Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (45152) Pm12510 Rt RL301 |
| But the line was busy : or if it ain't nobody home | Davis, Walter; Just Want to Talk Awhile; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (0704511) BB unissued RC INT1085 |
| Do like I would do : get out if you can | McCoy, Joe; What You Gonna Do; Chicago, 2 July 1936; (90782A) De7205 AH77 |
| I said if you don't want me : why don't you tell me so | Brown, Richard Rabbit; James Alley Blues; New Orleans, 11 Mar. 1927; (380001) Vi20578 Yz L1032 |
| My good gal said if you drink any more corn liquor : how she don't want me no more | Shade, Will; Evergreen Money Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418182) Vi21657 Rt RL310 |
| I said if these blues don't kill me : then I wasn't born to die | Sykes, Roosevelt; Lost All I Had Blues; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403322A) OK8819 RBF RF12 |
| He said if you don't pay it by next Wednesday : I reckon I'll have to let your insurance | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Insurance Man Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308561) BBB8034 RCA INT1088 |
| Well now I said if you won't bury me : they'll throw my body in the deep blue sea | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Insurance Man Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308561) BBB8034 RCA INT1088 |
| Said if she don't want it : baby give it to my ma | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| Said if my ma don't want it : baby give it to my pa | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| Said if my pa don't want it : baby give it to Abby Lee | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| Said if Abby don't want it : say give it to my usedtobe | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| Said if she don't want it : baby cast it in the sea | Barefoot Bill; Squabblin' Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503032) Co14526D OJL14 |
| Said if you don't stop drinking son : it'll kill you dead | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| Said if you don't Big Bill : some other man will carry your business on | Big Bill (Broonzy); Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962321) BB B6230 Yz L1011 |
| Said if I could only read : read my little woman's mind | Fuller, Blind Boy; You Got to Have Your Dollar; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3140A) OK05712 His HLP31 |
| Said if you go to the Western Union : you might get a chance | Hill, King Solomon; The Gone Dead Train; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12542) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| Said if you want me to love you babe : you got to run me down | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Said if you never if you never : hear me anymore | Rachel, James Yank; Expressman Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (59934 ) Vi23318 Fwy FA2953 |
| Sam if you want a woman go get one : and let my wife alone | Johnson, Lonnie; Sam, You're Just a Rat; New York, 9 Feb. 1932; (405141A) OK8937 Yz L1028 |
| He say if I just stay out of the [grave, graveyard] : he see that I won't go to the pen | Estes, Sleepy John; Lawyer Clark Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649241) BBB8871 RCA LPV518 |
| I say if you don't [need your black woman, want me mama] : you [don't have to, ain't got to] turn | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Snatch It Back Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44202) Pm12475 Yz L1010 |
| I say if you quit Mr Butler : we will make everything all right | McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305 |
| Say if you see my gal : don't you tell her what I've done | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Say if I'd listened : what my mama said | Kelly, Eddie; Poole County Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 6 Aug. 1937; (0130231) BBB7204 RBF RF9 |
| Say if you don't quit so much running : you can't be mine no more | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Hambone Willie's DreamyEyed Woman's Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402305B) OK8693 OJL17 |
| Say if I had wings : like a bullfrog on a pond | Rachel, James Yank; TBone Steak Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563362) ViV38595 Rt RL310 |
| Says if you don't feed me baby : I believe I'll go back in the ground | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| She said Sonny Boy I'm scared if you get a drink of whiskey : and I'm scared that we won't ride | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shannon Street Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208471) BBB7847 RCA INT1088 |
| And now if you can't see if you can't see : if you deaf and dumb you deaf and dumb | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| I went down to the landing : to see if any boats was there | Big Bill (Broonzy); Mississippi River Blues; Chicago, 23 Mar. 1934; (803951) Ba32670 Yz L1011 |
| I want fifteen fifty : and see if it won | Blake, Blind; Playing Policy Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1930; (L6471) Pm13035 Bio BLP12003 |
| Count me every hour : see if I'd run away | Edwards, Big Boy Teddy; Louise; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806081) BBB5826 CC3 |
| Look over your role books : see if you got my baby's name | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); unnamed title; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493471) Co unissued Yz L1012 |
| When I get up : I'm going to see if my preaching suit a man's ear | House, Son; Preachin' the BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4111) Pm13013 OJL5 |
| To see if this woman : changed her mind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Beggin' Back; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (30164) Pm12394 Bio BLP12000 |
| Throw it out the window : see if you catch it before it fall | Johnson, Louise; On the Wall; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4191) Pm13008 Yz L1028 |
| I have to pinch myself : to see if I'm awake | Jones, Maggie; The Man I Love Is Oh So Good; New York, 7 May 1926; (1421653) Co14243D VJM VLP25 |
| Try to get to doodle : now just see if you can | Lincoln, Charley; Doodle Hole Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502752) Co14550D Yz L1012 |
| So I ask the doctor : see if you can find | Smith, Clara; Prescription for the Blues; New York, 15 Oct. 1924; (1401091) Co14045D VJM VLP17 |
| Well well well going to send it up the country : mama now to see if my little girl there | Wheatstraw, Peetie; C and A Blues; Chicago, 6 Jan. 1931; (C6891A) Vo1672 OJL20 |
| Well now I'm going to call up in China : just to see if my little girl is there | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Deep Sea Love; New York, 20 Feb. 1936; (60539A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
| See if they can : take your man from you | Chatman, Bo; Double Up in a Knot; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026171) BBB6659 Yz L1034 |
| See if my baby my baby : do she thinking of little old thing of me | Petway, Robert; Catfish Blues; Chicago, 28 Mar. 1941; (0594761) BBB8838 Yz L1038 |
| I got four feet to walk on : tail to shake if it's all night long | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| Stop awhile : shimmy if it's all night long | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; I Don't Know; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| So if that one happen to quit you : it won't leave you in a awful fix | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Awful Fix Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200341) Pm12539 Yz L1004 |
| 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 |
| So if it means anything : well Lord have mercy on me | Jones, Little Hat; New Two Sixteen Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402647A) OK8712 His HLP32 |
| So if she have not quit you boy : won't leave you in tough luck | Lewis, Furry; Dry Land Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454291) Vi23345 Yz L1021 |
| So if I meet him up there : I'm going back to the Gulf of Mexico | Patton, Charley; Rattlesnake Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L632) Pm12924 Yz L1020 |
| So if I die : you can see me just the same | Rhodes, Walter; The Crowing Rooster; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453582) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| So if I ever get my hands : on a dollar again | Smith, Bessie; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, 15 May 1929; (1485343) Co14451D Co CL856 |
| So if you got a bad man : and he won't do right | Smith, Laura; Don't You Leave Me Here; New York, c. Mar. 1927; (71302) Ba1977 VJM VLP40 |
| So if one wants to quit : I can turn her *go* | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); New Way of Living Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210282) Pm12752 Bio BLP12004 |
| So if she flagged my train : I'm sure going to take her home | Washboard Sam; Yes I Got Your Woman; Chicago, 5 Aug. 1940; (049374 ) BBB8599 RBF RF16 |
| She said son if you feed them with a short one : Lord they will soon lose friendship with you | Shade, Will; Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (555981) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| Just as sure if he don't stop drinking : I believe he's going to lose his mind | McClennan, Tommy; Whiskey Head Man; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053736 ) BBB8760 RBF RF14 |
| I believe that if I had my sweet woman's heart : in my hand in my hand | McTell, Blind Willie; Drive Away Blues; Atlanta, 26 Nov. 1929; (565991) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| And I'm out westbound : that's if the bulls don't have me barred | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Out West Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026491) BBB6916 CC35 |
| Now but tell them if they be good they come to see me : people on Resurrection Day | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Bad Luck Blues; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (040525 ) BBB8265 BC3; |
| And then if you leave town : we can find you just the same | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Shuckin' Sugar; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30772) Pm12454 Mil MLP2007 |
| Well then again then if I go home : ooo well now do you think she will be mean to me | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sweet Home Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12612) Vo03396 Say SDR191 |
| Then if I don't keep her : don't want nobody else | Estes, Sleepy John; Watcha Doin'; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (59967 ) ViV38628 Rt RL323 |
| Then if I reach my home : I'll be changed all on that L and N | Estes, Sleepy John; Hobo Jungle Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62481A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Then if I spy the woman I'm loving : poor John going to let this air poor John going to let this | Estes, Sleepy John; Airplane Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62482A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Then if you lead me wrong this time : you won't lead me no and you won't lead me no more | Estes, Sleepy John; Airplane Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62482A) De7354 Sw S1219 |
| Then if you don't reach that nineteen fortyone : ooh babe what in the world you going to do | Estes, Sleepy John; Working Man Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649261) BBB8950 RBF RF8 |
| Then if you love me now woman : then you won't do nothing wrong | Fuller, Blind Boy; Thousand Women Blues; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3142A) OK05657 RBF RF202 |
| Then if you want me to love you babe : you got to leave this town | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Then if a man like a good brownskin woman now babe : he ain't got no home | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Then if you get a woman of your own : and make her happy night and day | Johnson, Lonnie; When You Fall For Someone That's Not Your Own; New York, 16 Nov. 1928; (401336B) OK8635 CC30 |
| Then if I just had wings : then I'd fly just like Noah's dove | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| Then if I can't make no money : going to catch the Santa Fe | Washboard Sam; Bucket's Got a Hole in It; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020808 ) BBB7906 BC2 |
| Thinking if you die : would that end it all | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Gee, But It's Hard; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16225) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Can you guess what tastes like gravy : it's tight if you really want to know | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C3594 ) Vo1426 Yz L1039 |
| [I'm going to, if I] get up in the morning Malvina : I believe I'll dust my bed | Williams, Joe; 49 Highway Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85490 ) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| I'll try to travel if I want to : but I believe I will go by *mail* | Davis, Walter; Minute Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854821) BBB5965 RCA INT1085 |
| And I don't blame you baby : I'd be the same way if I could | Carr, Leroy; Mean Mistreater Mama; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL1?) Vo02657 Co C30496 |
| I can't blame you honey : I'd be the same way if I could | Easton, Amos; Green Country Gal; New York, 23 Aug. 1936; (61241A) De7440 AH158 |
| But I don't blame you baby : I'd be the same way if I could | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Mean Mistreater Blues; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806041) BBB5546 RCA LPV518 |
| Well well well if she do : well well she sure don't feel my care | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Mama's Advice; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1930; (C6487A) Vo1620 BC4 |
| I've got something good to tell you : ooo well well if you come rolling to my den | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King Spider Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90174A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
| And it hurts my heart : ooo well if I hear another man call her name | Wheatstraw, Peetie; True Blue Woman; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12581) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| Well now I don't care : ooo well if I never see a woman on the street | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12621) Vo03396 RBF RF12 |
| But now you know I got a chump : ooo well well if he come in this town | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Coon Can Shorty; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60512A) De7159 Say SDR192 |
| And had the nerve to ask me : ooo well well if I liked limburger cheese | Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
| Well well well if that don't draw a crowd : ooo people going to know what all this racket about | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Project Highway; Aurora, Ill., 11 Nov. 1937; (016525 ) BBB7302 RCA INT1175 |
| Well if you don't like my peaches : don't shake my tree | Harris, William; Hot Time Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Oct. 1928; (14323) Ge6707 OJL5 |
| Well if you ever in Chicago : and the times get hard | Hollins, Tony; Stamp Blues; Chicago, 3 June 1941; (C38431) OK06351 BC5 |
| Well if you see my milkcow : tell her to hurry home | House, Son; My Black MamaPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4082) Pm13042 OJL2 |
| Well if she don't have me : she won't have nobody else | House, Son; Preachin' the BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4101) Pm13013 OJL5 |
| Well if you want it you can get it : and I ain't mad | Memphis Minnie; 'Frisco Town; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487102) Co14455D Yz L1008 |
| Well if he did : he would take me everywhere he goes | Memphis Minnie; My Baby Don't Want Me No More; Chicago, 17 June 1937; (C19361) Vo03894 BC1 |
| Well if I finds my man girls : I'm going to nail him to the wall | Moore, Rosie Mae; Stranger Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418332) Vi21408 OJL6 |
| Well if I were a catfish mama : I said swimming deep down in the deep blue sea | Petway, Robert; Catfish Blues; Chicago, 28 Mar. 1941; (0594761) BBB8838 Yz L1038 |
| Well if she did : she would surely feel my care | Rhodes, Walter; Leaving Home Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453592) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| Well if you don't want me : well mama you don't have to *run no salt* | Stokes, Frank; Mistreatin' Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454191) Vi21672 Rt RL308 |
| Well if he asks them for a little taste : ooo well they say oh that's just what you think | Wheatstraw, Peetie; When a Man Gets Down; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90961A) De7243 Say SDR192 |
| Well if I had wings : baby like Noah's dove | Wilkins, Robert; Long Train Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M191 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| Well if you ever had the blues : get to Highway FortyNine | Williams, Joe; Highway 49; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704851) BBB9025 RBF RF11 |
| I mean the woman if she quit me : it's going to be too black bad | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| Woman if you don't believe I love you : ah look what a shape I'm in | Alexander, Texas; NinetyEight Degree Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402640A) OK8705 Yz L1004 |
| Woman if you keep on asmiling : I'm sure going to take your place | Campbell, Bob; Starvation Farm Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155032) Vo02798 Fly LP103 |
| Woman if I don't love you : I don't love myself | Wilkins, Robert; Get Away Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM742B) Br7158 OJL11 |
| Women if you got a good man : give him three good meals every day | Carr, Leroy; Good Woman Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164271) Vo03296 Yz L1019 |
| And I wonder if you know : that your mama's near | Cox, Ida; Coffin Blues; Chicago, Sept. 1925; (22931) Pm12318 BYG529073 |
| I wonder if the chinches bite in Beaumont : bite like they do in Beale Street town | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Chinch Bug Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200641) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
| Ooh : wonder if my black snake will come back home | Spivey, Victoria; New Black Snake BluesPart 1; New York, 13 Oct. 1928; (401222A) OK8626 Spi LP2001 |
| I wonder if you going to mistreat me woman : good as I have been to you | Washboard Sam; Jesse James Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1023B) Vo03375 BC10 |
| Lord I wouldn't keep on worrying : but I wonder if there any chance for me | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Little Girl Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308521) BBB8010 RCA INT1088 |
| Wonder if he's got another woman : Lord since he been gone | Spivey, Victoria; New Black Snake BluesPart 1; New York, 13 Oct. 1928; (401222A) OK8626 Spi LP2001 |
| And wondering if my baby : is waiting there for me | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Down South Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Nov. 1931; (18218A) Ch16452 Yz L1019 |
| Wondering if I die : would my baby love somebody else | Blake, Blind; Walkin' Across the Country; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208682) Pm12754 Bio BLP12031 |
| She wouldn't if she could : and she wouldn't do it at all | Bracey, Mississippi; Stered Gal; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404766B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Yes if you get in trouble : call on a *car* about fortyfive | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); 80 Highway Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649211) BBB8927 BC7 |
| Yes if I drink smoky : find me on the road somewhere | Collins, Sam; My Road Is Rough and Rocky; New York, c. Oct. 1931; ( ) unknown Yz L1038 |
| I'm going to shoot you if you stand still : mama I got a doggone dog to catch you if you run | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
| I'm going to shoot you if you stand still : mama I got a doggone dog to catch you if you run | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
| You if you don't quit jooking baby : that's going to be all right | McClennan, Tommy; Elsie Blues; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053743 ) BBB8725 Rt RL305 |
| My papa's name is low : with a zero if you please | Smith, Clara; Basement Blues; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400521) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
