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| Look here Mr jailkeeper : put another gal in my stall | Smith, Bessie; JailHouse Blues; New York, 21 Sept. 1923; (812262) CoA4001 Co CL855 |
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KEEPING..........3
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| Whilst I'm working in your orchard : keeping your orchard free | Williams, Joe; Peach Orchard Mama; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208551) BBB7770 RCA INT1175 |
| I was keeping daily watch on my wall : so that granddaddy won't crawl in my house no more | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| You don't know : what keeping it dirty means | Jordan, Charley; Keep It CleanNo. 2; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO141 ) Vo1611 Yz L1003 |
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| Keeps her eagle eyes on me : till the good Lord brings daylight | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Eagle Eyed Mama; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210953) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
| Keeps on buzzing to each other : that your clock ain't no good | Johnson, Ki Ki; Lady, Your Clock Ain't Right; Long Island City, c. Aug. 1928; ( ) QRSR7003 His HLP17 |
| Keeps his pockets full of mirrors : he's the pup's bowwow | Smith, Mamie; Jenny's Ball; New York, 19 Feb. 1931; (404852A) OK8915 Sw S1240 |
| I got the bad feeling blues : keeps me worried all the time | Blake, Blind; Bad Feeling Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (44431) Pm12497 Bio BLP12003 |
| I got the bad feeling blues : keeps me so lowdown | Blake, Blind; Bad Feeling Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (44431) Pm12497 Bio BLP12003 |
| Got one in Indiana : keeps on pulling after me | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Been Mistreated Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1930; (17290) Ch16237 Riv RM8803 |
| Than for my man : keeps treating me this away | Florence, Nellie ; Midnight Weeping Blues; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461752) Co14342D OJL6 |
| Big rats in my cell : keeps me woke all night | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lock Step Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208152) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
| Lord it's something telling me : keeps on troubling me | Jones, Little Hat; Two String Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402648A) OK8712 His HLP32 |
| The man I love : keeps me worried all the time | Jones, Maggie; Screamin' the Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1924; (1401881) Co14055D VJM VLP23 |
| That woman : keeps me busy as I can be | Thomas, George; Fast Stuff Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L172) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| I want to see that old business : keeps on worrying me | Wiley, Geeshie (Elvie Thomas); Eagles on a Half; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1931; (L8261) Pm13074 Yz L1001 |
| *Troubling* alligators : keeps doing that shivaree | Wilkins, Robert; Alabama Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M190 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| Keep your back door locked : baby keeps your windows pinned | Gibson, Clifford; Keep Your Windows Pinned; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57757) ViV38612 Yz L1006 |
| I'm so sick and tired : that my baby keeps on cooling down | Kelly, Jack; Believe I'll Go Back Home; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137152) MeM12812 Rt RL311 |
| My brown keeps me worried : all the time | Smith, Clara; Every Woman's Blues; New York, 28 June 1923; (810605) CoA3943 VJM VLP15 |
| My doorknob keeps on turning : it must be spooks around my bed | Johnson, Robert; Malted Milk; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3961) ARC71065 Co C30034 |
| Nine and five my weakness : ten and four keeps me all in pawn | Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| Lord what makes that [banty] rooster : he keeps crowing for the dawn of day | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lemon's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203753) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| I can't sleep at night : because he keeps me awake | Memphis Minnie; Stinging Snake Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10691) Vo02711 Pal PL101 |
| The reason he keeps his job : he can squat it in the sack | Memphis Minnie; Squat It; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9426A) De7146 Rt RL329 |
| 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 |
| But he keeps me worried : day and night | Waters, Ethel; Craving Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1924; (17422) Pm12313 Bio BLP12022 |
| He keeps ataking all the women : keep all the men behind | Ledbetter, Huddie; Shorty George; New York, 5 Feb. 1935; (168142) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| I keeps my gun loaded : for every goodlooking woman I meet | Chatman, Bo; Ram Rod Daddy; New York, 4 June 1931; (404926A) OK8897 His HLP5 |
| And I keeps on telling my rider : well she was *shivering* down | Patton, Charley; Love My Stuff; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14746 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
| 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 |
| Cotton have started to selling : but it keeps going down and down | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); We Sure Got Hard Times Now; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502731) Co14558D CC36 |
| But I swear the way you do : it keeps on worrying me | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| 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 |
| Well now the last word you gave me : ooo well well it keeps me bothered all the time | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Letter Writing Blues; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1935; (C944A) Vo02978 Say SDR191 |
| It keeps me with a rambling mind rider : every old place I go | Johnson, Robert; Hell Hound on My Trail; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3942) ARC70956 Co CL1654 |
| I just keeps on walking : looking for places where they fuss and fight | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Corn Whiskey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO127 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031 |
| I got the Niagara Falls blues : pretty mama keeps aworrying you | Cole, Kid; Niagara Fall Blues; Chicago, c. June 1928; (C19981) Vo1187 Rt RL313 |
| Because you really keeps me troubled : and I think about you all the time | Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| And she keeps me worried : and bothered all the time | Darby, Blind; Built Right on the Ground; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675841) Vi23311 Yz L1003 |
| The woman I love : she keeps me up | Hollins, Tony; Stamp Blues; Chicago, 3 June 1941; (C38431) OK06351 BC5 |
| The woman I love : she keeps a good man worried all the time | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44242) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| Lord my baby treats me mean : she keeps me worried all the time | McPhail, Black Bottom; Whiskey Man Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11514A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| Says she keeps you worried : worried all the time | Thompson, Ashley; Minglewood Blues; Memphis, 30 Jan. 1928; (418032) Vi21267 Fwy FA2953 |
| She keeps me running : ducking and dodging all night long | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| She keeps me worried : and bothered in the mind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Rambler Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200402) Pm12541 Bio BLP12015 |
| She keeps me troubled : worried all the time | Stevens, Vol; Vol Stevens Blues; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403241) Vi21356 OJL21 |
| Oh maybe it's the blues : that keeps me worried all the time | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Maybe It's the Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16222) Ge7190 Riv RM8803 |
| That's the man that keeps rocking : on the deep blue sea | Smith, Clara; Deep Blue Sea Blues; New York, 19 Aug. 1924; (819313) Co14034D VJM VLP17 |
| I've got a baby : that keeps me feeling blue | Willis, Ruth Mary; Painful Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519071) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| I wonder why : trouble keeps on worrying me | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble BluesPart 2; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C2230 ) Vo1213 Yz L1019 |
| I wonder why : troubles keeps on worrying me | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble BluesPart 1; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C2229 ) Vo1213 Yz L1019 |
| 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 |
| Because you keeps me worried baby : and troubled all the time | Johnson, Louise; Long Way from Home; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L3992) Pm12992 OJL11 |
| For you keeps me worried : abothered all the time | Nelson, Blue Coat Tom; Blue Coat Blues; Memphis, 17 Feb. 1928; (400258B) OK8838 Rt RL316 |
| Because you keeps me worried : and bothered all the time | Virgial, Otto; Little Girl in Rome; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962401) BBB6213 Mam S3802 |
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| The way I feel now : I could get a keg of dynamite | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dynamite Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210961) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
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| Speak to Mr Kelly : he's the auctioneer | Wilkins, Robert; New Stock Yard Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX107 ) Vo03223 OJL21 |
| You're going to work for Willie Kelly : and he'll work for somebody else | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
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KENTUCKY.........5
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| Southern men are all the same : from Kentucky to New Orleans | Cox, Ida; Southern Woman's Blues; Chicago, Aug. 1925; (2244?) Pm12298 Jo SM3098 |
| She was born in Kentucky : raised in Tennessee | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; She Can Love So Good; Chicago, c. mid Aug. 1930; (C6079A) Vo1540 Mel MLP7324 |
| Tell her the folks up here : won't let my Kentucky man alone | Cox, Ida; Blue Kentucky Blues; New York, late Jan. 1925; (20032) Pm12258 BYG529073 |
| Way down in old Kentucky : mid those high blue hills | Cox, Ida; Blue Kentucky Blues; New York, late Jan. 1925; (20032) Pm12258 BYG529073 |
| Because my baby : was Kentucky bound | Cox, Ida; Blue Kentucky Blues; New York, late Jan. 1925; (20032) Pm12258 BYG529073 |
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| Kept afeeling my pocket : and I didn't have a lousy dime | Jordan, Luke; My Gal's Done Quit Me; New York, 18 Nov. 1929; (577031) ViV38564 Rt RL318 |
| You give me a badluck deal : kept something on my mind | Stokes, Frank; What's the Matter Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418261) ViV38531 Yz L1002 |
| Well now she gave me money : and kept me nice and clean | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12621) Vo03396 RBF RF12 |
| All night long : the band kept us awake | Smith, Trixie; The World's Jazz Crazy and So Am I; New York, Mar. 1925; (20632) Pm12262 CC29 |
| That old doorbell kept ringing : I wouldn't leave nobody come in | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Happy New Year Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208192) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| He didn't let it reach the courthouse : he kept it on the outside | Estes, Sleepy John; Lawyer Clark Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649241) BBB8871 RCA LPV518 |
| He kept right on *aprogging* : until I lost my head | Bryant, Laura; Dentist Chair BluesPart 2; Long Island City, c. Jan. 1929; (323A) QRSR7055 His HLP21 |
| You ain't never kept me waiting : this lonesome long | Easton, Amos; I'm Waitin' On You; New York, 16 Mar. 1932; (11503A) Vo1719 His HLP31 |
| She had so many men : she kept me always crying | Alexander, Texas; Double Crossing Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402639B) OK8745 Yz L1032 |
| She kept the watch : and give me the change | McCoy, Joe; Botherin' that Thing; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5865A) Vo1570 His HLP32 |
| She kept it all for her daddy : she didn't give nobody none | McTell, Blind Willie; Scarey Day Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (4050031) OK8936 Yz L1037 |
| And you never did win : you kept on asking for more | Bogan, Lucille; Tired as I Can Be; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155051) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| You know you kept on talking : about that you want to get my goat | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; How Come Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15213) Pm12802 Yz L1010 |
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| I scrubbed them pots and kettles : I washed and ironed the white folks clothes | Spivey, Victoria; Murder in the First Degree; New York, 1 Nov. 1927; (81596B) OK8581 Spi LP2001 |
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| Key in the hole : but he couldn't get in | Macon, Ed; Wringing that Thing; Atlanta, 12 Mar. 1929; (402289A) OK8676 Mel MLP7324 |
| Say I got a key : shine like gold | Anderson, . . . (Walter Taylor); ThirtyEight and Plus; Richmond, Ind., 14 Feb. 1930; (16266B) Ge7157 Fwy FJ2801 |
| 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 |
| Make no difference mama : take your lock and key | McTell, Blind Willie; Cold Winter Day; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9956A) De7810 Yz L1037 |
| I'm going to play : with another key | Smith, Bessie; I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406301) Co14090D Co CL855 |
| When I get my little cellblock key : I'm going to be country bound | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Jailhouse Fire Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44192) Pm12489 Rt RL319 |
| Fell dead on the floor : with the jailhouse key | Collins, Sam; The Jail House Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12736) Ge6167 OJL2 |
| She brought me everything : now but that lowdown jailhouse key | Lacy, Rubin; Mississippi Jail House Groan; Chicago, Mar. 1928; (204192) Pm12629 OJL8 |
| She bring me everything : except the jailhouse key | Thomas, Henry; Don't Ease Me In; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
| She bring me everything : except the jailhouse key | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
| Now because this little key that I got : oh well well won't fit my little lock no more | Williamson, Sonny Boy; My Baby Made a Change; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064022 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| Oh now because this little key that I got : oh well well it won't fit in that little lock no more | Williamson, Sonny Boy; My Baby Made a Change; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064022 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| My man's in the mountain : and I've got the mountain key | Johnson, Mary; Key to the Mountain Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1773) Pm12996 Jo SM3098 |
| Oh my man's in the mountain : and I've got the mountain key | Johnson, Mary; Key to the Mountain Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1773) Pm12996 Jo SM3098 |
| I've got the key to the highway : and I'm booked out and bound to go | Big Bill (Broonzy); Key to the Highway; Chicago, 2 May 1941; (C37451) OK06242 RBF RF1 |
| Put the key in the hole : and can't get in | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; It's a Fight Like That; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4630 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| I got the key to the highway : billed out and ready to go | Gillum, Bill Jazz; Key to the Highway; Chicago, 9 May 1940; (044972 ) BBB8529 RBF RF16 |
| Gave some to the jailor : who turned the key on me | Jones, Maggie; Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage; New York, 10 Dec. 1924; (1401742) Co14063D VJM VLP23 |
| Goodbye : oh here comes the jailor with the key | McTell, Blind Willie; Death Cell Blues; New York, 19 Sept. 1933; (140491) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| My mama give me a lock : and my papa give me the key | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Lock and Key Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203363) Pm12637 Yz L1032 |
| Mean papa turn in your key : because you don't live here no more | Smith, Clara; Mean Papa, Turn in Your Key; New York, 17 Apr. 1924; (816972) Co14022D VJM VLP16 |
