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| Because the man I'm loving : I don't care where he *follow me* | Moore, Alice; Prison Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15448) Pm12868 CC37 |
| *For me* I may find someone : that cares for me | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good; New Orleans, 10 Aug. 1935; (944211) BBB6072 CC35 |
| I know you lazy women are going to *pan me* : when you hear this song | Calloway, Blanche; Lazy Woman's Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9458A) OK8279 CC32 |
| Just like a lemon : is ??? *to me* | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Go Away Woman; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15541) Pm13152 Bio BLP12041 |
| *Know* my mother *treat me* : catch that morning train | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
| She *cook all around me* : when my work day come | Thomas, George; Fast Stuff Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L172) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| *I got to walk them down the city : how you got it up for me* | Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| And you wish on every *nogood* star : *bring here your baby to me* | Moore, Alice; Black and Evil Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15447) Pm12819 CC37 |
| So *crying to me* : don't mean you can't bluff | Moore, Rosie Mae; HaHa Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418311) Vi21280 Her H201 |
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| I mean every time she love me: and you know I can't be still | Chatman, Bo; The Ins and Outs of My Girl; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026141) BBB7213 Yz L1014 |
| Until every time you see me: you want to walk some more | Lockwood, Robert; Take a Little Walk with Me; Chicago, 30 July 1941; (064641 ) BBB8820 Yz L1038 |
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MEADOW...........1
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| Now the sheep is in the meadow : and the cows is in the corn | Lockwood, Robert; Little Boy Blue; Chicago, 30 July 1941; (064640 ) BBB8820 BC7 |
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MEAL.............16
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| And I'm just standing and I'm wondering : Lord just how to make a meal | Estes, Sleepy John; Down South Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90094A) Ch50001 Sw S1219 |
| I got to get me another meal ticket woman : so I won't have to work no more | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Job Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203432) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| Got no money in your pocket : to get a decent meal | Bracey, Ishman; Woman Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2392) Pm12970 OJL2 |
| It's done got so tight : a man can't get a decent meal | Carr, Leroy; Tight Time Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164331) Vo03034 Bio BLPC9 |
| Just like a hobo on a freight train : haven't a decent meal today | Shade, Will; She Stays Out All Night Long; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418911) Vi unissued RCA INT1175 |
| Like a tramp on the railroad : ain't got a decent meal | Wallace, Sippie; Have You Ever Been Down; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80838A) OK8499 Bio BLPC6 |
| Come home to me : each day to get his meal | Green, Lil; My Mellow Man; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591511) BBB8640 RCA LPV574 |
| My body feels so weary : because I got the missmeal cramp | Johnson, Alec; Miss Meal Cramp Blues; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473792) Co14446D CC3 |
| I left my meal ticket down at ??? : my pot of chitlings boiling a little past noon | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lemon's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203753) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| You can't bring me my meal : bring me the husk | Memphis Minnie; What's the Matter with the Mill; Chicago, c. 15 Oct. 1930; (C6442 ) Vo1550 BC13 |
| Because my meal ticket woman have quit me : and I can't find no work to do | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Job Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203432) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| Well well so I've blues in my meal barrel : and the blues on my shelf | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Blues Everywhere I Go; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1936; (100323) BBB6356 Rt RL329 |
| Just a nickel's worth of meal : a dime's worth of lard | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64733 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| Now since prices have went up : on meal and leg bone | Washboard Sam; Life Is Just a Book; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644771) BBB8909 RCA LPV577 |
| I ain't had a square meal : in many doggone days | Johnson, Alec; Miss Meal Cramp Blues; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473792) Co14446D CC3 |
| Now the meal in the barrel : is going fast | Wallace, Sippie; Lazy Man Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80839B) OK8470 CC32 |
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| Meals with him : all taste like wedding cake | Jones, Maggie; The Man I Love Is Oh So Good; New York, 7 May 1926; (1421653) Co14243D VJM VLP25 |
| Looked up at a sign : that said no free meals today | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| 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 |
| She didn't even cook her meals : ooo well well I mean she really had got a break | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Remember and Forget Blues; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13512) Vo03273 Say SDR192 |
| I lay in my bed : my baby brings me my meals | Campbell, Gene; Robbin' and Stealin' Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5704B) Br7170 His HLP2 |
| I go to take my meals : and can't eat a bite | Chatman, Lonnie; Please Baby; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15622) Pm13153 Bio BLP12041 |
| I go to take my meals : I can't eat a bite | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Please Baby; Atlanta, 24 Oct. 1931; (4050071) OK8922 Mam S3804 |
| But he will do more stealing : than I can get regular meals | McCoy, Joe; Preachers Blues; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7247 ) Vo1643 BC13 |
| I wouldn't have a cook : wouldn't cook three meals a day | Sluefoot Joe; Shouting Baby Blues; Long Island City, c. Apr. 1929; ( ) QRSR7086 His HLP17 |
| You meals is unregular : you house ain't never clean | Howell, Peg Leg; Tishamingo Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431171) Co14194D RBF RF9 |
| Because your meals ain't ready : the house is never clean | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coffee Pot Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10043?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| I say your meals are never ready : and your house ain't never clean | Johnson, Ki Ki; Wrong Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Aug. 1928; ( ) QRSR7003 His HLP17 |
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MEAN.............318
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| Mean I ain't got no job : I ain't got no place to stay | Big Bill (Broonzy); Starvation Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (209232) Pm12707 Yz L1011 |
| Mean my luck going to change : and I going to be treated this away | Big Bill (Broonzy); Starvation Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (209232) Pm12707 Yz L1011 |
| mean more | Harris, William; Bull Frog Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Oct. 1928; (14318) Ge6661 OJL5 |
| Mean old jailor : taking away my dancing shoes | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lock Step Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208152) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
| Mean blues spirits : stuck their forks in me | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| 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 |
| Mean papa just let me be : stay away from my door | Smith, Clara; Mean Papa, Turn in Your Key; New York, 17 Apr. 1924; (816972) Co14022D VJM VLP16 |
| They got all the women coming down to the man : *I mean in Texas too* | Thomas, Henry; Don't Ease Me In; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
| *That mean crazy lover : the day I lost that real thing* | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| You can treat me mean : mean as you can be | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| You're a mean mistreating mama : and you don't mean me no good | Carr, Leroy; Mean Mistreater Mama; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL1?) Vo02657 Co C30496 |
| Now you're a mean mistreater : and you mistreats me all the time | Carr, Leroy; Mean Mistreater Mama; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL1?) Vo02657 Co C30496 |
| You're a mean mama : whispering in your ear | Coleman, Jaybird; Save Your MoneyLet These Women Go; Birmingham, Ala., c. 11 Aug. 1927; (GEX802B) BP8052 Rt RL313 |
| I got a mean evil feeling : you going to hear bad news | Henderson, Katherine; West End Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (235A) QRSR7024 His HLP21 |
| My girl got a mean joker : and ahe don't allow me around | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); unnamed title; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493471) Co unissued Yz L1012 |
| Tell me that's a mean old fireman : and that train is just that way | Hill, King Solomon; The Gone Dead Train; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12542) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| My rider's got a mean jumper : and he don't allow me around | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mean Jumper Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203802) Pm12631 Mil MLP2007 |
| I'm a mean old well driller : and I been a driller since I been a man | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Oil Well Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (211971) Pm12771 Riv RLP12125 |
| Well a mean old fireman : a cruel old engineer | Johnson, Billiken; Frisco Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476062) Co14405D Rt RL312 |
| It's a mean black snake : is making his morning stroll | Johnson, Lonnie; Something Fishy; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91345A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
| And that Big Four the Big Four : is a mean old train to ride | Jordan, Charley; Big Four Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5837 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| Crying he even carried a mean left : and he carried a mean right | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| Crying he even carried a mean left : and he carried a mean right | Memphis Minnie; He's in the Ring; Chicago, 22 Aug. 1935; (C1099B) Vo03046 Pal PL101 |
| It's a mean black moan : and it's lying front of my door | Patton, Charley; Mean Black Moan; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L771) Pm12953 Yz L1001 |
| You's a mean old bootlegger : know you doing me wrong | Pope, Jenny; Whiskey Drinkin' Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M193 ) Vo1438 His HLP1 |
| He swings a mean hammer : just as sure as you are born | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| Oh it's a mean old fireman : cruel old engineer | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, 26 May 1938; (63866A) De7489 Cor CP58 |
| It was a mean old train : that took my man away from here | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, 26 May 1938; (63866A) De7489 Cor CP58 |
| When a mean old tomcat : started his midnight creep | Spruell, Freddie; Tom Cat Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207272) Pm12665 His HLP17 |
| You's a mean mistreating mama : and you don't mean me no good | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Mean Mistreater Blues; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806041) BBB5546 RCA LPV518 |
| Now you's a mean mistreater : and you mistreat me all the time | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Mean Mistreater Blues; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806041) BBB5546 RCA LPV518 |
| She got a mean disposition : and she got such a lowdown dirty way | Townsend, Henry; She's Got a Mean Disposition; Chicaco, 25 Feb. 1935; (854941) BBB5966 Yz L1030 |
| She could wink a mean eye : Lord she learned me to sing the blues | Washboard Sam; She Belongs to the Devil; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644841) BBB8937 RCA LPV577 |
| I had a mean stepfather : Lord he didn't want me to eat a bite | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| I've got a mean stepfather : and I know you have one too | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| I have a mean stepfather : he done drove me away | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| I got a mean stepfather : and my dear mother she don't allow me around | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| You's a mean old devil : cause me to weep and moan | Williams, Joe; Mr. Devil Blues; Memphis, c. 24 Sept. 1929; (M196 ) Vo1457 Rt RL321 |
| 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 |
| I ain't mean : I'm good as I can be | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404782B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
| They call me Pig Iron Sally because I live in Slag Iron Alley : and I'm evil and mean as I can be | Bogan, Lucille; Pig Iron Sally; New York, 31 July 1934; (154902) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| Got my ax and mean to kill him : before he sucks my rider's tongue | Spivey, Victoria; New Black Snake BluesPart 1; New York, 13 Oct. 1928; (401222A) OK8626 Spi LP2001 |
| Now I'm just as mean and hateful : swear as I can be | Carr, Leroy; Hard Hearted Papa; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164172) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| I never seen : a judge as mean as you before | Foster, Dessa; Tell It to the Judge No. 2; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7239?) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
| You's a lowdown rascal : just as mean as you can be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Low Down Rascal; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60507A) De7200 Say SDR192 |
| I've had to be good long enough : now I'm going to be mean as I can be | Carr, Leroy; Hard Hearted Papa; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164172) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| Now take me baby : I'll be mean no more | Estes, Sleepy John; Watcha Doin'; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (59967 ) ViV38628 Rt RL323 |
| Know you trying to be mean babe : and use me as a child | Harris, Magnolia; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 1; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930; (C7100 ) MeM12077 Yz L1031 |
| 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 |
| Oh you want to be mean to me woman : give me a good word all the time | Jones, Little Hat; Corpus Blues; San Antonio, 21 June 1929; (402701B) OK8735 Rt RL315 |
| I've got a feeling : that I want to be mean | Thomas, Hociel; I've Stopped My Man; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9476A) OK8326 Bio BLPC6 |
| Hey hey mama : don't be mean to me | Washboard Sam; Big Woman; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01885 ) BBB6870 BC10 |
| 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 |
| I've got the freight train blues : but I'm too darn mean to cry | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, 26 May 1938; (63866A) De7489 Cor CP58 |
| Now she's gone and left me : she didn't mean me no good | Arnold, Kokomo; Your Ways and Actions; New York, 11 May 1938; (67344A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| Now I had me a woman : didn't mean me no good | Bracey, Ishman; Pay Me No Mind; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2422) Pm13038 Yz L1007 |
| I went downtown : didn't mean no harm | Cannon, Gus; Feather Bed; Memphis, 9 Sept. 1928; (470022) ViV38515 Fwy FA2953 |
| But I found out baby : you didn't mean no good | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Gonna Worry Too; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704351) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| But she's gone and left me : she didn't mean me no good | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629072) ViV38618 RCA INT1085 |
| She didn't mean me no good : God knows I couldn't keep her nohow | Fuller, Blind Boy; Somebody's Been Talkin'; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26599A) Vo05527 Rt RL318 |
| Well now she proved to me : ooo well well that she didn't mean me no good | Hogg, Andrew; Family Trouble Blues; Chicago, 18 Feb. 1937; (61856A) De7303 Rt RL315 |
| That's a dirty mistreater : didn't mean me no good nohow | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Fat Mouth Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1927; (27693) Pm12422 Yz L1029 |
| Standing on the corner didn't mean no harm : the boy made a dash at me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15672) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| My baby left me : says she didn't mean me no good | McTell, Blind Willie; My Baby's Gone; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140382) Vo02668 Yz L1037 |
| Says my good gal she's gone : she didn't mean me no good at all | McTell, Blind Willie; My Baby's Gone; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140382) Vo02668 Yz L1037 |
| Boys have you ever had a woman : and she didn't mean you no good | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Mistreatin' Woman Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026541) BBB7178 CC35 |
| I once loved a man : that didn't mean me no good | Willis, Ruth Mary; Experience Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519061) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| 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 |
| Didn't mean to do it : the good Lord knows | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| I'm talking about my Georgia : I do mean grind | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| Now look ahere Mr wild water : why do you treat me so doggone mean | Arnold, Kokomo; Wild Water Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91134A) De7285 Cor CP58 |
| Well now you know the last woman I had : she was so doggone mean | Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
| Yes this black cat blues mama : don't mean no one nar' no good | Arnold, Kokomo; Old Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9653A) De7050 CC25 |
| Every time I get drunk : I don't mean to treat nobody wrong | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| If I mistreat you : I don't mean no harm | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| Oh babe : don't mean your bull no good | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| I got a nogood woman : and she sure don't mean me no good | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; No Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 7 July 1935; (90082A) Ch50049 Cor CP58 |
| He got to *point it fast* : people and I don't mean maybe | Blake, Blind; Hookworm Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15251A) Pm12794 Bio BLP12031 |
| Fourteenth Street women : don't mean no man no good | Blind Percy; Fourteenth Street Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1927; (201802) Pm12584 Rt RL327 |
| Look here papa : I don't mean no harm | Bogan, Lucille; My Georgia Grind; Chicago, c. 1 Feb. 1930; (C5347 ) Br unissued Rt RL317 |
| And you know by that : that man don't mean me no good | Bogan, Lucille; My Man Is Boogan Me; New York, 31 July 1934; (154872) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| Well he sure can't keep her : she don't mean no good nohow | Bracey, Mississippi; Cherry Ball; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404765B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| And you a nogood woman : you don't mean a man no good | Bradley, Tommie; Window Pane Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18326) Ch16696 BC5 |
| Say excuse me mama : I don't mean no harm | Burse, Charlie; Tappin' that Thing; Richmond, Ind., 3 Aug. 1932; (18648) Ch16654 Rt RL307 |
| You just a trifling woman : don't mean me no good nohow | Cannon, Gus; Last Chance Blues; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4337 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| You're a mean mistreating mama : and you don't mean me no good | Carr, Leroy; Mean Mistreater Mama; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL1?) Vo02657 Co C30496 |
| You don't mean me no good : so I leave you alone | Carr, Leroy; EvilHearted Woman; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164261) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| They say black is evil : and they don't mean you no good | Carr, Leroy; Good Woman Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164271) Vo03296 Yz L1019 |
| I don't mean you no more good : now please get you another man | Chatman, Bo; I Want You To Know; Atlanta, 25 Oct. 1931; (4050251) OK8935 Yz L1014 |
| I just found out baby : you don't mean no good nohow | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Don't Mean Me No Good; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535911) BBB8615 RCA730.581 |
| 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 |
| I have so many hardworking women : tell you men I don't mean no jive | Curry, Ben; Fat Mouth Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12362) Pm13118 Rt RL325 |
| Now you want to leave me : don't mean me no good | Davis, Walter; Don't You Want to Go; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (0704481) BBB9027 RCA INT1085 |
| Hey Billiken : these Elm Street women don't mean you no good | Day, Texas Bill; Elm Street Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495382) Co14514D Fly LP103 |
| These Elm Street women : Billiken they don't mean you no good | Day, Texas Bill; Elm Street Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495382) Co14514D Fly LP103 |
| I don't mean quitting you : but I got another place to go | Dickson, Tom; Death Bell Blues; Memphis, 27 Feb. 1928; (400355B) OK8590 Yz L1002 |
| I don't mean : to speak so bold | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); SecondHand Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16221) Ge7130 Riv RM8803 |
| You's a nogood woman : you don't mean no good | Estes, Sleepy John; Someday Baby Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90096A) Ch50068 Br87.504 |
| Listen women : I don't mean to start no row | Hart, Hattie; Memphis Yo Yo Blues; Memphis, 4 Oct. 1929; (563452) ViV38558 Rt RL322 |
| 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 your man catch you : I don't mean no harm | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| Black snake crawl out : he said he don't mean no harm | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Dream Blues; Chicago, c. June 1927; (45772) Pm12510 Bio BLP12015 |
| She's a highstepping mama : and she don't mean no man no good | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Piney Woods Money Mama; Chicago, c. Mar. 1928; (204082) Pm12650 Mil MLP2004 |
| Now the man I love : Lord he don't mean me no good | Johnson, Edith North; Can't Make Another Day; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15560) Pm12864 Riv RM8819 |
| 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 |
| Some people drinks to hide their [worries and] troubles : but that don't mean a thing | Johnson, Lonnie; Laplegged Drunk Again; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63522A) De7537 Sw S1225 |
| I got a woman that I'm loving : boy but she don't mean a thing | Johnson, Robert; Stone in My Passway; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL3772) ARC71267 Co CL1654 |
| Every man loves that game you call love : but it don't mean no man no good | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3971) ARC unissued Co C30034 |
| Every man loves that game you call love : but it don't mean no man no good | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3972) ARC unissued Rt RL314 |
| A hornets' nest : don't mean a thing to me | Jones, Maggie; Dangerous Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404893) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| Listen I don't mean maybe : but you know | Jones, Maggie; Mamma; New York, 5 May 1925; (1405841) Co14074D VJM VLP25 |
| Man those bedbugs sure is evil : he sure don't mean me no good | Lewis, Furry; Mean Old Bedbug Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| Says there's womens in the camp : don't mean no man no good | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); New Minglewood Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647372) Vi23266 OJL4 |
| Now Black Minnie Black Minnie : you know you don't mean me no good | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| Listen boys : don't mean no harm | McCoy, Joe; I'm Wild About My Stuff; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5820A) Vo1570 His HLP32 |
| Now listen folks : don't mean no harm | McCoy, Joe; Beat It Right; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7246 ) Vo1643 Pal PL101 |
| For the woman I love : don't mean me no good | McCoy, Joe; You Got to MovePart 1; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9380 ) De7038 BC1 |
| I'll always remember : you don't mean me no good nohow | MacFarland, Barrel House Buck; I Got to Go Blues; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1934; (C9321 ) De7013 OJL20 |
| Now listen here folks : we don't mean no harm | Macon, Ed; Wringing that Thing; Atlanta, 12 Mar. 1929; (402289A) OK8676 Mel MLP7324 |
| Lord whiskey whiskey : it don't mean me no good | McPhail, Black Bottom; Whiskey Man Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11514A) Vo1721 Yz L1019 |
| And if I backbite you : I don't mean no harm | McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| Because these North Georgia women : don't mean me no good at all | McTell, Blind Willie; Savannah Mama; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140351) Vo02568 Yz L1005 |
| Especially when you got a woman : and she don't mean you no good | Martin, Carl; Badly Mistreated Man; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C8812) OK8961 Yz L1016 |
| Selling my shrimp : don't mean no harm | Mason, Moses; Shrimp Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203023) Pm12605 Rt RL325 |
| He's a dirty mother for you : he don't mean no good | Memphis Minnie; Dirty Mother For You; Chicago, 10 Jan. 1935; (C9641A) De7048 Pal PL101 |
| I love you mama : but you don't mean me no good | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good; New Orleans, 10 Aug. 1935; (944211) BBB6072 CC35 |
| 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 |
| So *crying to me* : don't mean you can't bluff | Moore, Rosie Mae; HaHa Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418311) Vi21280 Her H201 |
| You Memphis women : don't mean no man no good | Patton, Charley; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15220) Pm12854 Yz L1020 |
| Son you don't mean me no good : *I bet they* use you no more | Shade, Will; What's the Matter; Memphis, 17 Sept. 1929; (555302) ViV38551 Jo SM3104 |
| Lord they will even laugh and grin in your face : Lord they don't mean you no good | Shade, Will; Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (555981) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| I mean to be a real snake doctor man : and you know I don't mean to be no quack | Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003 |
| Let me tell you : I don't mean no wrong | Smith, Bessie; Preachin' the Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434902) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| Yes bedbugs sure is evil : they don't mean me no good | Smith, Bessie; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues; New York, 27 Sept. 1927; (1447963) Co14250D Fwy FJ2802 |
| You don't mean me no good : I can tell by the way you do | Smith, Bessie Mae; St. Louis Daddy; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L78?) Pm12922 OJL20 |
| Mama when I talk to you : God above know I don't mean no harm | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 1; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930 (C7100 ) Vo1602 Yz L1031 |
| I've hop down in your basement : don't mean to harm a single soul | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hoppin' Toad Frog; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO166A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| If you catch me stealing : I don't mean no harm | Smith, Trixie; Sorrowful Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17802) Pm12208 CC29 |
| Aunt Caroline Dyer she told me : son these women they don't mean you no good | Stevens, Vol; Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62541 ) Vi23347 Jo SM3104 |
| That fire detective : don't mean me no good | Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm12827 Riv RM8819 |
| Lord the women out there : don't mean no one man no good | Sykes, Roosevelt; Highway 61 Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18802) Ch16586 Yz L1033 |
| Don't get mad : we don't mean no harm | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); It's Tight Like That; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1 |
| You's a mean mistreating mama : and you don't mean me no good | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Mean Mistreater Blues; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806041) BBB5546 RCA LPV518 |
| I said excuse me Mr : I don't mean no harm | Thomas, George; Don't Kill Him in Here; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L182) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| You had better leave her alone : she don't mean a doggone thing | Townsend, Henry; Sick with the Blues; possibly Chicago, 1933; ( ) record unknown Yz L1030 |
| If I mistreat you : I sure don't mean no harm | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| I don't mean maybe : I can't let women alone | Weaver, Sylvester; Can't Be Trusted Blues; New York, 31 Aug. 1927; (81401B) OK8504 Yz L1012 |
| The way you treat me little mama : you don't mean me no good nohow | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Throw Me in the Alley; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9351 ) De7018 Say SDR191 |
| Oh listen men : I don't mean no harm | White, Washington; Parchman Farm Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2981A) OK05683 Co C30036 |
| You a nogood woman : you don't mean me no good | Williams, Joe; Someday Baby; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704861) BBB9025 RBF RF11 |
| Now and you know the woman I'm loving : Lord and she don't mean me no good | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Rainy Day Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308571) BBB8094 RCA INT1088 |
| I'm going away to leave you baby : I don't mean you no good no more | Willis, Ruth Mary; Experience Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519061) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| You just a trifling woman : don't mean me no good nohow | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Last Chance Blues; Memphis, 1 Oct. 1929; (56316 ) ViV38593 Her H205 |
| I've done got evil : and I've done got mean | Carr, Leroy; Tight Time Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164331) Vo03034 Bio BLPC9 |
| I got mean things : I got mean things [all] on my mind | Johnson, Robert; Ramblin' On My Mind; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25831) ARC70581 Co C30034 |
| I got mean things : I got mean things [all] on my mind | Johnson, Robert; Ramblin' On My Mind; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25831) ARC70581 Co C30034 |
| I got mean things : I got mean things [all] on my mind | Johnson, Robert; Ramblin' On My Mind; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25832) ARC70581 Co CL1654 |
| I got mean things : I got mean things [all] on my mind | Johnson, Robert; Ramblin' On My Mind; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25832) ARC70581 Co CL1654 |
| Hollering some old dirty deacon : I mean rung that bell stole my gal and gone | Arnold, Kokomo; Sissy Man Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9654A) De7050 CC25 |
| Oh shake it : you know just what I mean | Bell, Anna; Shake It, Black Bottom; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (175 ) QRSR7009 His HLP21 |
| I've traveled and traveled : mama I mean this whole world through | Big Bill (Broonzy); Rustlin' Man; Chicago, 9 Dec. 1935; (C8903) ARC unissued Rt RL316 |
| Now I've been drinking my good corn liquor : I mean don't no one get rough | Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
| Now I try to treat everybody right : but I mean don't start no stuff | Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
| And I mean it's a shame : the way she went and left poor me | Carr, Leroy; Big Four Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164161) Vo03349 Co C30496 |
| I mean every time she love me: and you know I can't be still | Chatman, Bo; The Ins and Outs of My Girl; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026141) BBB7213 Yz L1014 |
| I mean what she got man : surely will hypnotize | Chatman, Bo; The Ins and Outs of My Girl; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026141) BBB7213 Yz L1014 |
| I mean they'll keep you worried : they'll bother you all the time | Chatman, Bo; Bo Carter's Advice; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026161) BBB7073 Yz L1014 |
| I mean they'll fuss and squabble : man the whole night through | Chatman, Bo; Bo Carter's Advice; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026161) BBB7073 Yz L1014 |
| But I mean that's all right now baby : honey now that's all right for you | Chatman, Bo; Some Day; San Antonio, 22 Oct. 1938; (0278771) BBB8147 Yz L1034 |
| You ever been south : you know just what I mean | Cox, Ida; Southern Woman's Blues; Chicago, Aug. 1925; (2244?) Pm12298 Jo SM3098 |
| Baby who : I mean who been telling you | Estes, Sleepy John; Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90097A) Ch50068 Sw S1219 |
| I says mmm : I mean come and go my bail | Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC251) Vo04897 BC11 |
| Says I'm talking about a dollar : I mean a dollar bill | Fuller, Blind Boy; You Got to Have Your Dollar; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3140A) OK05712 His HLP31 |
| You know what I mean : give me back everything I bought | Gaither, Bill; Georgia Barrel House; Chicago, 12 June 1940; (WC3104A) OK05714 His HLP31 |
| Because every day's like Sunday : I mean she's always got a dollar in her hand | Gibson, Clifford; Blues Without a Dime; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57756 ) ViV38590 Yz L1027 |
| Me and my buddy : I mean he is my friend | Gillum, Bill Jazz; Me and My Buddy; Chicago, 4 July 1941; (064742 ) BBB8872 RCA INT1177 |
| 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 |
| I mean my man and my best friend : won't cheat in West End anymore | Henderson, Katherine; West End Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (235A) QRSR7024 His HLP21 |
| I'm just like Miss Lilliam : I mean Miss Lynn you see | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Chocolate to the Bone; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1928; (146054?) Co14331D CC36 |
| 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 |
| I mean boys : she'll suit anybody | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; She Can Love So Good; Chicago, c. mid Aug. 1930; (C6079A) Vo1540 Mel MLP7324 |
| I mean I went to the depot : and set my suitcase down | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44232) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| I'm going to get me a mama : I mean with lots of bucks | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Change My Luck Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203872) Pm12639 Mil MLP2007 |
| 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 |
| You fed me greens : and I mean that they really can cook | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Southern Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15667) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
| Make me a jellyroll : and I mean it's out the book | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Southern Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15667) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
| You can take my money : I mean you can wear my best clothes | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15672) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| Although you my sweet woman : and I mean you can't go wrong | Johnson, Lonnie; Sweet Woman You Can't Go Wrong; New York, 5 Aug. 1927; (81189B) OK8512 CC30 |
| Because I've paid for your coffin : and I mean that you graveyard bound | Johnson, Lonnie; Sam, You're Just a Rat; New York, 9 Feb. 1932; (405141A) OK8937 Yz L1028 |
| I never had no good man : I mean to ease my aching head | Johnson, Louise; All Night Long Blues; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L3981) Pm12992 OJL11 |
| I never had no good man : I mean to ease my worried head | Johnson, Louise; Long Way from Home; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L3992) Pm12992 OJL11 |
| I said Lord have mercy : I mean Lord have mercy on me | Johnson, Louise; Long Way from Home; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L3992) Pm12992 OJL11 |
| She got a way trimmering down : ooo well babe and I mean it's most too tough | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034 |
| Says she got a way of trimming it down : ooo fair brown and I mean it's most too tough | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31 |
| I will tell you one thing : and I mean it | Jordan, Charley; Keep It CleanNo. 2; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO141 ) Vo1611 Yz L1003 |
| Say my shoes hold up : I mean to walk the distance there | Jordan, Luke; My Gal's Done Quit Me; New York, 18 Nov. 1929; (577031) ViV38564 Rt RL318 |
| I mean all up and down : I say that old SixtyOne Line | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13713) Ba32934 Rt RL329 |
| Well it seems like all good times : I mean this whole world have gone | Kelly, Jack; Flower Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1441) Vo unissued OJL21 |
| I mean my man and my best friend : will never see the West End anymore | Mack, Alura; West End Blues; Richmond, Ind., 1 Mar. 1929; (14847) Ge6813 His HLP4 |
| Because I tell the world : I mean you only good | Memphis Minnie; You Got to MovePart I; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9380 ) De7038 BC1 |
| Let me squeeze your lemon mama : I mean anyhow | Pickett, Charlie; Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon; New York, 3 Aug. 1937; (62487A) De7707 RBF RF9 |
| I'm tired of you driving me : I mean baby all the time | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); Tired of You Driving Me; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56344) Vi V38586 Rt RL337 |
| I mean to be a real snake doctor man : and you know I don't mean to be no quack | Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003 |
| I mean to drown my sorrows : about sweet somebody else | Smith, Bessie; The Gin House Blues; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418203) Co14158D Co CL856 |
| I mean to watch my man : don't care what these other gals say | Smith, Bessie; The Gin House Blues; New York, 18 Mar. 1926; (1418203) Co14158D Co CL856 |
| Talk about Texas I mean Texas : Texas people are your friends | Smith, Clara; Texas Moaner Blues; New York, 19 Aug. 1924; (819321) Co14034D VJM VLP17 |
| To find myself a blue steel : I mean a blue steel blade | Smith, Clara; My John Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404931) Co14077D CC32 |
| Now when you hear me howling mama : I mean howling at your door | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 2; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6405A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| Baby please don't baby please don't : I mean please don't go | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 2; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930; (C7101 ) Vo1602 Yz L1031 |
| Well I'm going up the country : I mean across the deep blue sea | Spivey, Victoria; Don't Trust Nobody Blues; Chicago, 20 Mar. 1931; (VO150 ) Vo1640 Spi LP2001 |
| I mean I drink muddy water : I mean sugar now the whole night long | Spruell, Freddie; Muddy Water Blues; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9908A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| I mean I drink muddy water : I mean sugar now the whole night long | Spruell, Freddie; Muddy Water Blues; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9908A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| I mean I'd rather drink muddy water baby : because you know you sure have done me wrong | Spruell, Freddie; Muddy Water Blues; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9908A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| I mean I'm used to drinking : and I'm used to seeing a great good time | Spruell, Freddie; Way Back Down Home; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9909A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| Well dear : that's what I mean to say | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| Said now Mary had a little lamb : I mean his fleece was white as snow | Spruell, Freddie; Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85786 ) BBB5995 Mam S3802 |
| Now what I mean : by treating you right | Stokes, Frank; Take Me Back; Memphis, 30 Aug. 1928; (454542) ViV38531 Yz L1008 |
| I'm going to take me a *ladder* : I mean ??? *light* I see | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
| Oh a woman gets tired I mean real tired : of the same man all the time | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); A Woman Gets Tired of the Same Man All the Time; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80748A) OK8514 Rt RL310 |
| Baby baby baby baby : I mean you really know what's wrong | Taylor, Charley; Heavy Suitcase Blues; Grafton, Wis., Mar. or Apr. 1930; (L2512) Pm12967 Yz L1028 |
| I was thinking about my sweet daddy : I mean all night long | Wallace, Sippie; Bedroom Blues; Chicago, 20 Nov. 1926; (9930A) OK8439 Sw S1240 |
| I mean now some pretty mama : done [run, drove] my black snake home | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
| I mean some pretty mama : better come and get this black snake soon | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
| I mean now that's all right pretty mama : most any old any old way you do | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
| Then he looks at me and cries mama : I mean your sweet old girl | Waters, Ethel; Ethel Sings 'Em; New York, c. June 1923; (B) BS14154 Bio BLP12022 |
| She didn't even cook her meals : ooo well well I mean she really had got a break | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Remember and Forget Blues; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13512) Vo03273 Say SDR192 |
| When you know you got a good gal : I mean one that will treat you right | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
| Come on let me squeeze your lemon baby : I mean anyhow | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Until My Love Come Down; Aurora, Ill., 13 Mar. 1938; (020119 ) BBB7576 RBF RF14 |
| I want Santa Claus to bring my baby one of these coats : I mean with that long fur hanging down | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Christmas Morning Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308491) BBB8094 RCA INT1088 |
| I mean what you think baby : you want Sonny Boy to be your mule | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Low Down Ways; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308531) BBB7979 RCA INT1088 |
| Now my baby have changed her way of living : I mean she's changed all around | Williamson, Sonny Boy; My Baby Made a Change; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064022 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| 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 |
| I need a quickfilling dentist : because I'm mean and cross | Bryant, Laura; Dentist Chair BluesPart 1; Long Island City, c. Jan. 1929; (322A) QRSR7055 His HLP21 |
| When I start drinking I'm mean and hateful : and I won't treat nobody right | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Corn Whiskey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO127 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031 |
| Rats is mean in my kitchen : and I lost my Maltese cat | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Maltese Cat Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208201) Pm12712 Bio BLP12015 |
| She said daddy I don't want to hurt you : ooo well but I just mean but to keep you safe from | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Block and Tackle; Chicago, 9 Apr. 1936; (C13542) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
| I been done so dirty : treated so lowdown mean | Martin, Carl; Badly Mistreated Man; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C8812) OK8961 Yz L1016 |
| Lowdown mean and hopeless : is just the way I feel | Bell, Anna; Hopeless Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (171A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| Treat me mean : and I won't let her alone | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| Now wanted me to love you : and you treated me mean | Brown, Richard Rabbit; James Alley Blues; New Orleans, 11 Mar. 1927; (380001) Vi20578 Yz L1032 |
| I got a little woman : but I swear she treats me mean | Gibson, Clifford; She Rolls It Slow; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69405 ) Vi23290 RCA INT1175 |
| I'm going to kill everybody : ever treat me mean | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Ease It to Me Blues; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461732) Co14614D BC7 |
| 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 |
| Oh he treats me mean : [only, just] comes to see me sometime | Johnson, Edith North; Honeydripper Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15561) Pm12823 Mil MLP2018 |
| Because you treats me mean : you know you done me wrong | McCoy, Robert Lee; Tough Luck; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076551) BBB7115 Rt RL321 |
| 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 |
| You can talks about me : treat me mean | Manning, Leola; The Blues Is All Wrong; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Apr. 1930; (K8089 ) Vo1529 Yz L1015 |
| Say you know these here women : sure do treat me mean | Roland, Walter; T Model Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135521) Ba32932 Yz L1017 |
| You can treat me mean : mean as you can be | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| Well now you know when I was down : ooo well my babe didn't treat me mean | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12621) Vo03396 RBF RF12 |
| Lord and they sure did treat me mean : because they taking my babe away from here | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Train Fare Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (049198 ) BBB8610 BC20 |
| Take a mighty mean man : take another man's take another man's home | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| She's a mighty mean woman : do me this away | McTell, Blind Willie; Statesboro Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471873) ViV38001 Yz L1005 |
| Now listen to me : you doing me mighty mean | Walker, Willie; South Carolina Rag; Atlanta, 6 Dec. 1930; (151065 ) Co14578D OJL18 |
| My mean stepfather : he won't give me no place to lay | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| The woman that I was loving : she did not mean me no good | Davis, Walter; Moonlight Is My Spread; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962341) BBB6167 RCA INT1085 |
| I was standing on the corner : did not mean no harm | Welsh, Nolan; The Bridwell Blues; Chicago, 16 June 1926; (9727A) OK8372 Fwy FJ2802 |
| I'm full of mean evil feeling : and I'm full of gin | Henderson, Katherine; West End Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (235A) QRSR7024 His HLP21 |
| I'm tired of mean black moans : friends lying front of my door | Patton, Charley; Mean Black Moan; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L771) Pm12953 Yz L1001 |
| Old mean old levee : cause me to weep and moan | McCoy, Joe; When the Levee Breaks; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487111) Co14439D BC1 |
| Mama mama : don't treat your papa mean no more | Blake, Blind; Bootleg Rum Dum Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205661) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| Now I'm going to get real mean baby : I swear I won't act right | Carr, Leroy; Barrel House Woman No. 2; New York, 15 Aug. 1934; (156332) Vo02820 Yz L1019 |
| Now I love my good corn liquor : and I really mean I do | Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
| Now I don't care who knows it : and I really mean that too | Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
| Yes you got me grieving mama : I really mean that's true | Carr, Leroy; You've Got Me Grieving; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164302) Vo03349 Bio BLPC9 |
| Your carburettor's rusty : this I really mean | Liston, Virginia; RollsRoyce Papa; New York, 29 May 1926; ( ) Vo1032 His HLP1 |
| I heard a fellow say in Memphis : I really mean I was dragged down home | Spruell, Freddie; Way Back Down Home; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9909A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| I'd just like to get another ??? : I really mean now from way back down home | Spruell, Freddie; Way Back Down Home; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9909A) OK8422 Mam S3802 |
| Well now the red mean trouble : and the green means a rambling mind | Black Ivory King (Dave Alexander); The Flying Crow; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61795A) De7307 BC5 |
| *Some* was good : some said mean | Estes, Sleepy John; Tell Me About It; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93008A) De7766 Sw S1220 |
| Says I asked my baby : not to be so mean | Arnold, Kokomo; Set Down Gal; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91166A) De7361 OJL20 |
| You were the cause got me broke : how can you be so mean | Big Bill (Broonzy); The Banker's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17281) Ch16327 Yz L1011 |
| Hey Jim Tampa : you treat your women so mean | Bogan, Lucille; Jim Tampa Blues; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46722) Pm12504 Yz L1017 |
| Well this barrelhouse woman : what makes you so mean | Carr, Leroy; Barrel House Woman No. 2; New York, 15 Aug. 1934; (156332) Vo02820 Yz L1019 |
| And I'm crazy about my baby : though she is so mean | Carr, Leroy; Eleven TwentyNine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164291) Vo03157 Bio BLPC9 |
| But now baby was so mean : she done drove all my love away | Estes, Sleepy John; Down South Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90094A) Ch50001 Sw S1219 |
| But my gal so mean : I'm scared to call her name | Estes, Sleepy John; Down South Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90094A) Ch50001 Sw S1219 |
| I don't see why : these women treat me so mean | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44242) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| Peach orchard mama : don't treat your papa so mean | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Peach Orchard Mama; Chicago, c. Aug. 1929; (214002) Pm12801 Riv RLP12125 |
| That's the very reason why : you been so mean to me | Johnson, Lonnie; Man Killing Broad; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91339A) De7445 Sw S1225; |
| Rattlesnake treating papa : what makes you treat your mama so mean | Johnson, Mary; Rattlesnake Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18791) Ch16570 Riv RM8819 |
| Said my brown treat me so mean : that I don't know right from wrong | Lincoln, Charley; My Wife Drove Me From the Door; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451061) Co14305D RBF RF202 |
| Sometimes I wonder : what make you treat me so mean | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Change My Mind Blues; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| When she go to rub : she rub so mean | McCoy, Joe; My Wash Woman's Gone; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO110A) Vo1668 Yz L1026 |
| My brown treat me so mean : sometime don't know right from wrong | Smith, Clara; Every Woman's Blues; New York, 28 June 1923; (810605) CoA3943 VJM VLP15 |
| Now that mean old twister's coming : poor people running every which away | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
| Well that mean old old Frisco : and that lowdown Santa Fe | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Mean Old 'Frisco Blues; Chicago, 15 Apr. 1942; (0708631) BB340704 RBF RF202 |
| Now let me tell you : what that mean old train will do | Darby, Blind; Built Right on the Ground; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675841) Vi23311 Yz L1003 |
| I seen that mean old twister coming : just like a cannonball | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| Now that mean old fireman : that cruel old engineer | McCoy, Charlie; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404726A) OK8863 RBF RF14 |
| Next time : I hear that mean ornery lowdown talk | Moore, Monette; Scandal Blues; New York, c. Jan. 1925; (31779) Ajax17093 VJM VLP40 |
| I had that mean old feeling : I was in the wrong man's town | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Walking Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16132) Pm12082 BYG529.078 |
| When he were arrested : and put in that mean old jail | Spivey, Victoria; Arkansas Road Blues; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80768B) OK8481 Spi LP2001 |
| Now let me tell you : ain't that mean | Walker, Willie; South Carolina Rag; Atlanta, 6 Dec. 1930; (151065 ) Co14578D OJL18 |
| 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 |
| That mean T P [railroad, railway] : sure has done me wrong | Jones, Coley; Texas and Pacific Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1928; (1475661) Co14387D His HLP17 |
| That's the mean old woman : come and crossed my heart | Alexander, Texas; Sittin' on a Log; San Antonio, 10 Mar. 1928; (400454B) OK8624 Rt RL312 |
| I don't get nothing : but the mean old high sheriff blues | Barefoot Bill; Big Rock Jail; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493562) Co14481D Rt RL313 |
| Well the mean old hangman : he went and tightened up that noose | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Hangman's Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208162) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
| Because the mean old bedbug : told me I can't live there no more | Lewis, Furry; Mean Old Bedbug Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| I hate the mean old Gypsy : carried my brown away | Smith, Six Cylinder; Oh Oh Lonesome Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2131) Pm12968 Yz L1004 |
| I swear to God : this boogie too mean | Ezell, Will; Pitchin' Boogie; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15650) Pm12855 Mil MLP2018 |
| Had the no no blues : just too mean just too mean to cry | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| Had the no no blues : just too mean just too mean to cry | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| Something was troubling me last night baby : I swear it was very mean | Harris, Willie; Lonesome Midnight Dream; Chicago, c. mid Mar. 1930; (C5551 ) Br7149 Rt RL340 |
| 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 |
| Yeah mean mama : where you stay last night | Harris, William; I'm Leavin' Town; Birmingham, Ala., c. 18 July 1927; (GEX743B) Ge6306 Yz L1001 |
| You were badly mistreated : I know just what you mean | Estes, Sleepy John; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90176A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
| Now take me back : won't do you mean no more | Estes, Sleepy John; Need More Blues; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62466A) De7365 RBF RF8 |
| Can't you always tell : when your good gal going to treat you mean | Howell, Peg Leg; Tishamingo Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431171) Co14194D RBF RF9 |
| Now you can always tell : when your woman treats you mean | Johnson, Ki Ki; Wrong Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Aug. 1928; ( ) QRSR7003 His HLP17 |
| Says I'll acknowledge now pretty baby : that I treated you mean | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2302) Pm13000 Yz L1007 |
| You can always tell baby : when your woman going to treat you mean | Jordan, Charley; Gasoline Blues; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6164 ) Vo1551 Yz L1030 |
| Oh Roberta : what in the world you mean | Ledbetter, Huddie; RobertaPart 2; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16684 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Please Alberta please Alberta : tell me what in the world you mean | Ledbetter, Huddie; Alberta; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16692 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Now it's tell me dear : what you mean to do | Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785 ) BBB6261 OJL18 |
| This old cockeyed world : will make your good man treat you mean | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
