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| Says a letter's too slow : and a telegram may get left | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Ramblin' Mind Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203392) Pm12616 Bio BLP12004 |
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LETTERS..........2
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| In boxcar letters : that's as long as he is tall | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| You can read my letters : but you sure can't read my mind | Smith, Clara; Every Woman's Blues; New York, 28 June 1923; (810605) CoA3943 VJM VLP15 |
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LETTING..........3
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| Sending me a poor woman : and letting everybody else go | Foster, Dessa; Tell It to the Judge No. 2; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7239?) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
| I said I can't even take care of my wife and baby : and I'm mighty near to letting my family | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Insurance Man Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308561) BBB8034 RCA INT1088 |
| Now you letting the grocery boy : lay up in the hay | Gillum, Bill Jazz; I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town; Chicago, 30 July 1942; (074648 ) BBB9042 RCA INT1177 |
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LEVEE............29
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| They'll build a levee now : I have no more to worry about | Walker, Aaron TBone; Trinity River Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495481) Co14506D Rt RL327 |
| Old mean old levee : cause me to weep and moan | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| I can walk that old Green River levee : babe I won't have to hide | Kelly, Jack; Red Ripe Tomatoes; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137142) Ba32844 OJL4 |
| Down in the levee : Camp Number Nine | Bogan, Lucille; Levee Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (43241) Pm12459 Yz L1017 |
| Now back to the levee I'm bound : I'm through with high yellows and browns | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Now I'm going to the levee : because my gal done turned me down | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Go down on the levee : where the water's high | Henderson, Bertha; Let Your Love Come Down; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205622) Pm12655 Bio BLP12037 |
| Standing on the levee : in New Orleans | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Doin' the Scraunch; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510562) Co14591D CC36 |
| I walked the levee : I just walked end to end | James, Skip; Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7631) Pm13085 Bio BLP12029 |
| I went down to the levee : and [over, out] to the freight house yard | Johnson, Lonnie; Low Land Moan; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1927; (82043A) OK8677 CC30 |
| The flood water have broke the levee : and we ain't safe here no more | Johnson, Lonnie; Flood Water Blues; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91341A) De7397 Sw S1225 |
| The backwaters done broke the levee : and I can't stay here no more | Johnson, Lonnie; South Bound Backwater; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63524A) De7461 Sw S1225 |
| And you'll find me : hanging around the levee both night and day | Johnson, T. C.; J. C. Johnson's Blues; Memphis, 16 Feb. 1928; (400250B) OK8838 Rt RL316 |
| Then after I walk the levee : from end to end | Johnson, T. C.; J. C. Johnson's Blues; Memphis, 16 Feb. 1928; (400250B) OK8838 Rt RL316 |
| Oh the women in the levee : *Charlie because it's most* payday | Ledbetter, Huddie; Honey, I'm All Out and Down; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166882) Ba33359 Rt RL315 |
| The men on the levee : hollering don't you move your knee | Ledbetter, Huddie; Honey, I'm All Out and Down; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166882) Ba33359 Rt RL315 |
| Oh the women on the levee : honey hollering whoa gee | Ledbetter, Huddie; Honey, I'm All Out and Down; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166882) Ba33359 Rt RL315 |
| The men on the levee : hollering don't you murder me | Ledbetter, Huddie; Honey, I'm All Out and Down; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166882) Ba33359 Rt RL315 |
| Well all last night : I sat on the levee and moaned | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| I worked on the levee : mama both night and day | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| When the levee break : mom you got to move | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| I worked on the levee : mama both night and day | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| When the levee break : mom you got to move | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| I worked on the levee : mama both night and day | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| They meets at the levee : every Saturday night | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| Mmm I'm going down on the levee : and down on the levee where I'm going to stay | Townsend, Henry; Long Ago Blues; Chicago, 15 Nov. 1929; (403302?) Co14529D Yz L1003 |
| Mmm I'm going down on the levee : and down on the levee where I'm going to stay | Townsend, Henry; Long Ago Blues; Chicago, 15 Nov. 1929; (403302?) Co14529D Yz L1003 |
| I'm going to stay down on the levee : babe until you change your ways | Townsend, Henry; Long Ago Blues; Chicago, 15 Nov. 1929; (403302?) Co14529D Yz L1003 |
| They dynamite the levee : thought it might give us ease | Wallace, Sippie; The Flood Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80840B) OK8470 Sw S1240 |
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| 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 |
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LEVEECAMP........2
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| Says I worked in a leveecamp : just about a month ago | Washboard Sam; Levee Camp Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644811) BBB8909 BC10 |
| Just to cure the blues : the blues of the leveecamp girl | Bogan, Lucille; Levee Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (43241) Pm12459 Yz L1017 |
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LEVEES...........1
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| They don't build some levees : I don't know what become of you | Delaney, Mattie; Tallahatchie River Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM786 ) Vo1480 Yz L1001 |
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LIABLE...........7
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| Sometime you think I'm crazy about you : I'm liable to be quitting you all the time | McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305 |
| But I'm liable to take my fortyfive : mama and turn you upside down | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 1; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930 (C7100 ) Vo1602 Yz L1031 |
| Don't get back at me Betty : because I'm liable to change my mind | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Tell It to the Judge No. 2; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7239?) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
| 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 |
| Boy you liable to slip up : and fall on your yas yas yas | Carr, Leroy; Bo Bo Stomp; New York, 16 Aug. 1934; (156491) Vo02969 Co C30496 |
| Watch the roads dark as night mama : and you liable to see me prowl | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6405A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| Don't be careful : you're liable to lose your mind | McCoy, Joe; We Gonna Pitch a Boogie Woogie; Chicago, 13 Nov. 1936; (90982A) De7326 AH77 |
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LIAR.............1
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| Call me a hotshot liar and a cheater : because I'm from Tennessee | McTell, Blind Willie; Come On Around to My House Mama; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493022) Co14484D Rt RL324 |
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LICE.............1
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| You put lice all in my gravy : black potash in my tea | Johnson, Lonnie; Man Killing Broad; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91339A) De7445 Sw S1225; |
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LICENSE..........2
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| Some day I will return : with a marriage license in my hand | Johnson, Robert; Honeymoon Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL401 ) Vo04002 Co C30034 |
| My babe come running : [with a, she had] marriage license in her hand | Sykes, Roosevelt; Mr. Sykes Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18801) Ch16586 Yz L1033 |
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LICK.............3
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| Give him a lick : and he want it all | Macon, Ed; Wringing that Thing; Atlanta, 12 Mar. 1929; (402289A) OK8676 Mel MLP7324 |
| She didn't have no worry : didn't have a lick at a snake | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Remember and Forget Blues; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13512) Vo03273 Say SDR192 |
| That judge is going to lick me : because I been here so many times | Foster, Dessa; Tell It to the Judge No. 1; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7238A) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
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LICKED...........2
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| Oh nigger licked molasses : and the white man licked them too | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| Oh nigger licked molasses : and the white man licked them too | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
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LIE..............47
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| You said you loved me : you know you told a lie | Boyd, Georgia; Never Mind Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (768351) BBB5573 Yz L1030 |
| I want to tell you something : I wouldn't tell you a lie | Cox, Ida; Wild Women Don't Have the Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1924; (1842?) Pm12228 Jo SM3098 |
| Some people say he is lazy : but I know that is a lie | Green, Lil; Country Boy Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641341) BBB8754 RCA LPV574 |
| Lord I quit my kidman : because I caught him in a lie | Moore, Alice; Kid Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1712) Pm13107 CC37 |
| Because this is Jesse James : and you should not tell him a lie | Washboard Sam; Jesse James Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1023B) Vo03375 BC10 |
| You said you loved me : I found out you told a lie | Washboard Sam; Low Down Woman; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07618 ) BBB7048 BC10 |
| I asked you about your lemons : baby and you ups and tells me a lie | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Until My Love Come Down; Aurora, Ill., 13 Mar. 1938; (020119 ) BBB7576 RBF RF14 |
| I come home one Saturday night : pull off my clothes and lie down | Memphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
| You told everybody : I didn't do nothing but lie | Wheatstraw, Peetie; When I Get My Bonus; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60511A) De7159 Say SDR192 |
| I ain't going to tell no story : tell you no doggone lie | Alexander, Texas; Easy Rider Blues; Fort Worth, 30 Sept. 1934; (FW1138) Vo02856 Yz L1010 |
| Now tell me pretty mama : tell me please don't lie | Jackson, Papa Charlie; The Faking Blues; Chicago, c. May 1925; (2121?) Pm12281 Yz L1029 |
| Did you ever lie down at night : thinking about your brown | Blake, Blind; Tampa Bound; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30622) Pm12442 Bio BLP12023 |
| And the poor fellow lie down : cried like a natural child | McCoy, Joe; Southern Blues; Chicago, 2 Oct. 1936; (90913A) De7229 AH77 |
| Go and put on your nightgown : baby let's we go lie down | Calicott, Joe; Fare Thee Well Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM778 ) Br7166 OJL11 |
| Don't you want your sweet man mama : honey lie down and die for you | Hill, Sammy; Needin' My Woman Blues; Dallas, 9 Aug. 1929; (55320) ViV38588 Yz L1004 |
| I lie down last night : rolled from side to side | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Struck Sorrow Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200392) Pm12541 Rt RL335 |
| I coming home one Saturday night : pull my clothes off and I lie down | Memphis Minnie; Memphis MinnieJitis Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5822 ) Vo1588 BC13 |
| You come by my house : with a great long lie | Washboard Sam; Get Down Brother; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703801) BBB9018 RCA LPV577 |
| I love you pretty mama : believe me it ain't no lie | Blake, Blind; Early Morning Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30571) Pm12387 Bio BLP12031 |
| Love you pretty mama : believe me it ain't no lie | Blake, Blind; Early Morning Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30572) Pm12387 Bio BLP12037 |
| I ain't going to tell no lie : your daddy's about to die | Blake, Blind; Hey Hey Daddy Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201081) Pm12606 Bio BLP12003 |
| Jailhouse ain't no place baby : believe me 'tain't no lie | Blake, Blind; You Gonna Quit Me Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201101) Pm12597 Yz L1016 |
| Boy that's what I'm talking about : and I ain't talking no lie | Carr, Leroy; Bo Bo Stomp; New York, 16 Aug. 1934; (156491) Vo02969 Co C30496 |
| I'll tell you what I'll do : and I sure God ain't going to tell no lie | Collins, Sam; The Jail House Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12736) Ge6167 OJL2 |
| Do anything mama : tell the truth don't mean no lie | Curry, Ben; Fat Mouth Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12362) Pm13118 Rt RL325 |
| Now depot agent : don't tell me no lie | Estes, Sleepy John; Watcha Doin'; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (59967 ) ViV38628 Rt RL323 |
| I love you baby : ain't going to tell you no lie | Green, Lil; Give Your Mama One Smile; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591501) BBB8640 RCA LPV574 |
| Because you flirting with the undertaker : I mean it ain't no lie | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Take Me Back Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22082) Pm12296 Bio BLP12042 |
| Going to tell you this : ain't going to tell no lie | Johnson, Joe (Memphis Minnie); I'm Going Back Home; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59992 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| 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 |
| Reason I know it isn't : tell no lie she have rolled that same thing down on me | Richardson, Mooch; Mooch Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 1; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (400215A) OK8554 Mam S3803 |
| 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 |
| Those jury down there : don't stand no lie | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); Gettin' Ready for Trial; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404682C) OK8856 OJL4 |
| Well I ain't going to frown : wouldn't tell you no lie | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| I caught you around the corner : telling that same lie twice | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); I See My Great Mistake; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535951) BBB8645 RCA730.581 |
| And meet her other man around the corner : and tell the same lie twice | Johnson, Lonnie; When You Fall For Someone That's Not Your Own; New York, 16 Nov. 1928; (401336B) OK8635 CC30 |
| I don't pay her no attention : tell that same lie to somebody else | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| Don't pay her no attention : tell the same lie to somebody else | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| She'll have a man on the corner : and tell that same lie twice | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| Ain't no use of telling me that lie : because I'm down in the dumps | Smith, Bessie; I'm Down in the Dumps; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525802) OK8945 Co CL856 |
| I said you don't want me : what made you want to lie | Akers, Garfield; Cottonfield BluesPart 1; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M201 ) Vo1442 OJL2 |
| 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 |
| Singing is my trade : I don't have to lie | Hart, Hattie; Coldest Stuff in Town; New York, 14 Sept. 1934; (15952 ) Vo02821 Yz L1021 |
| I'm going way out in West Texas : just to lie in the | Reed, Willie; Texas Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476011) Co14407D Yz L1010 |
| I'm going to lay down in jail : like I used to lie down in Calumet | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; County Jail Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO132A) Vo1679 Yz L1031 |
| You didn't mean it baby : you hadn't no right to lie | Willis, Ruth Mary; Experience Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519061) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| I would lie down on my bed : I just rolled from side to side | Harris, Willie; Lonesome Midnight Dream; Chicago, c. mid Mar. 1930; (C5551 ) Br7149 Rt RL340 |
