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| Before many more questions : won't you please make arrangements for me | Chatman, Bo; Arrangement for MeBlues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476471) BBB8397 Yz L1014 |
| He asked so many questions : can you make arrangements for me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, 14 Mar. 1927; (80524B) OK8455 RBF RF1 |
| I asked so many questions : can't you make arrangements for me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44242) Pm12474 Mil MLP2004 |
| He asked so many questions : can't you make arrangements for me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
| You better make some arrangements : because it awon't be very long | Gillum, Bill Jazz; One Letter Home; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070443 ) BBB8943 RCA INT1177 |
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| You can arrest me judge : put me in the cell | Williams, Joe; Somebody's Been Borrowing that Stuff; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854881) BBB5900 RCA LPV518 |
| Says I guess : you'll have to go arrest poor Dolly Smith | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coffee Pot Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10043?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| Now the sheriff he arrest me : and he march me around front of the circuit court | Estes, Sleepy John; Jailhouse Blues; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93007A) De7814 RBF RF8 |
| Lord the police arrest me : carried me before the judge | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202 |
| They arrest me for murder : I ain't never harmed a man | Lewis, Furry; Judge Harsh Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454332) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| Police come to arrest me babe : and they did not know my name | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
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| We going to be arrested : when the wagon comes | Smith, Bessie; Gimme a Pigfoot; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525782) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| My gal got arrested : and they put her in the county jail | Carr, Leroy; Eleven TwentyNine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164291) Vo03157 Bio BLPC9 |
| Because I knew my mama : got arrested on Maxwell Street | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Maxwell Street Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1925; (22882) Pm12320 Bio BLP12042 |
| I got arrested : off of Beale Street | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Snitchin' Gambler Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418172) Vi21524 Rt RL322 |
| No sooner I got at the bus station Lord : police he arrested me | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202 |
| And the policeman came along : and he arrested me for vag | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); No Job Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203432) Pm12609 Bio BLP12004 |
| Because I'm arrested baby : please don't grieve and moan | Lewis, Furry; Judge Harsh Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454332) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| 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 |
| You might go uptown : and have me arrested and have me put in jail | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| They arrested me : carried me before the judge | Howell, Peg Leg; Ball and Chain Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1929; (1482702) Co14535D Rt RL318 |
| They arrested my baby : accused her of selling moon | Martin, Carl; Good Morning, Judge; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C882 ) Vo03047 OJL18 |
| They arrested that bootlegger : gave him a solid year | Pope, Jenny; Whiskey Drinkin' Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M193 ) Vo1438 His HLP1 |
| On a Monday I was arrested : on a Tuesday I was tried | Daniels, Julius; NinetyNine Year Blues; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379322) Vi unissued Fwy FA2953 |
| 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 |
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| Until these arresting officers : change my tricking name | Bogan, Lucille; Tricks Ain't Working No More; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6848A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
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| Oh well it's our Father : who art in heaven | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| Oh well it's our Father : who art in heaven | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
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| Flying Crow leave Port Arthur : why they come in Shreveport to change their crew | Black Ivory King (Dave Alexander); The Flying Crow; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61795A) De7307 BC5 |
| Flying Crow leave Port Arthur : come to Shreveport to change her crew | Washboard Sam; Flying Crow Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644801) BBB8844 BC10 |
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| As I walked into my bedroom : crowd all gathered around | Davis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085 |
| As I lay down in my cell at night : I tries so hard to take my rest | Evans, Joe; New Huntsville Jail; New York, 20 May 1931; (106512) Or8080 His HLP8002 |
| As long as : you make your two and a half a week | Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398212) Vi21076 Rt RL326 |
| As soon as your money : grows treetop tall | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| As soon as I saw : that I had won | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| As good as I've been : he ought to love me too | Waters, Ethel; Craving Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1924; (17422) Pm12313 Bio BLP12022 |
| But I'm going to straighten up : *straight as a answer come* | Smith, Bessie; I'm Down in the Dumps; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525802) OK8945 Co CL856 |
| Babe your bull got a horn mama : as long as your right arm | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| Ah watch her boy : as she pass by | Big Bill (Broonzy); Keep Your Hands Off Her; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962301) BB B6188 RBF RF16 |
| Well you couldn't see old Timbrook : as he come darting by | Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8 |
| I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler can be | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| But she just as crooked : as she can be | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| I tried to be as good to that woman : as one man could be | Carr, Leroy; Big Four Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164161) Vo03349 Co C30496 |
| I'm as loving : as a woman can be | Chatman, Bo; Sales Tax; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826351) BBB5453 Yz L1014 |
| Got ways like a monkey : as sly as a fox | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| Now you may be sweet little woman : as an apple on a tree | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
| Now there's no such thing : as man and wife nowadays | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
| I'm supposed to get drunk on a Sunday : as I have nothing else to do | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Whiskey and Gin Blues; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704341) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| But I just hope I'll be happy with my future : as I am with my present and past | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Caught the Old Coon at Last; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704371) BBB8974 RCA730.581 |
| Because I'm sweet : as any man can be | Dooley, Simmie (Pink Anderson); Gonna Tip Out Tonight; Atlanta, 14 Apr. 1928; (1460671) Co14436D OJL18 |
| You was beat and raggedy : as a mop | Green, Lil; What Have I Done; Chicago, 9 May 1940; (0449761) BBB8524 RCA LPV574 |
| I'm going to build a stable : as long as he is tall | Johnson, Billiken; Wild Jack Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476072) Co14405D Rt RL315 |
| I can get just as drunk : as any drunken man can be | Johnson, James Stump; Barrel of Whiskey Blues; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706801) Vi23327 Yz L1033 |
| Just as sure : as you hear me sing this song | Johnson, Lil; You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Rollers Gone; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1929; (C3356 ) Vo1299 His HLP2 |
| Baby you just as welcome to my loving : as the flowers is in may | Johnson, Robert; Malted Milk; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3961) ARC71065 Co C30034 |
| Second night when I got home : as drunk as I could be | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| Your baby's pigmeat : as anybody in the neighborhood | Ledbetter, Huddie; Pig Meat Papa; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171812) ARC60455 His HLP4 |
| Got me stone crazy about her : as a doggone fool can be | McClennan, Tommy; Brown Skin Girl; Chicago, 22 Nov. 1939; (0442431) BBB8444 RCA LPV518 |
| She got me stone crazy about her : as a goodlooking woman can be | McClennan, Tommy; She's a Good Looking Mama; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044992 ) BBB8545 Rt RL305 |
| Well the bell rung for *dinner* : as I been *bad* | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| I met my bumblebee this morning : as it flying in the door | Memphis Minnie; Bumble Bee; Memphis, 20 Feb. 1930; (MEM773 ) Vo1476 His HLP2 |
| I'm just as crazy crazy : as a poor girl can be | Memphis Minnie; Crazy Cryin' Blues; Chicago, c. 30 Jan. 1931; (VO112A) Vo1678 BC13 |
| Just as soon : as a train mama makes up in the yard | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Out West Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026491) BBB6916 CC35 |
| I'm about as blue : as any girl can be | Moore, Rosie Mae; HaHa Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418311) Vi21280 Her H201 |
| I'm going to buy me a pistol : as long as my right arm | Moore, William; Midnight Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203122) Pm12636 Rt RL340 |
| Legs look as nice : as Georgia ham | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Memphis, 12 May 1930; (599172) ViV38599 Jo SM3104 |
| You know you're as sweet : as a candy doll | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| You been good Bertha Lee : as you's intend to be | Petway, Robert; Bertha Lee Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (0741081) BBB9008 RBF RF14 |
| You know says I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler ought to be | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| I ain't got many crooks in my bag : as the dyingest snake can crawl | Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003 |
| I was nice I was kind : as a poor girl could be | Simpson, Coletha; Down South Blues; Chicago, c. 16 Apr. 1929; (C3299) Br7112 His HLP1 |
| I'm as good : as any woman in your town | Smith, Bessie; Young Woman's Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428783) Co14179D Co CL857 |
| It's cloudy outdoors : as can be | Smith, Bessie; Shipwreck Blues; New York, 11 June 1931; (1515973) Co14663D Co CL858 |
| You are looking good : as sure as you're born | Smith, Clara; Good Looking Papa Blues; New York, 29 Jan. 1924; (815081) Co14026D VJM VLP16 |
| 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 |
| You want me to be humble to you : as a lamb | Spivey, Sweet Pease (Addie Spivey); Double Dozens; Chicago, 12 Aug. 1936; (90787C) De7204 AH158 |
| I was crazy about the preachers : as I could be | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47713) Pm12518 Rt RL308 |
| I was crazy about preachers : as I could be | Stokes, Frank; You Shall; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200432) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| *Trying to ??? devilment* : as they can be | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| I'll be good : as any man can act | Stokes, Frank; Take Me Back; Memphis, 30 Aug. 1928; (454542) ViV38531 Yz L1008 |
| I'm just crazy about your good looks : as any poor man can be | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
| I'm just as lonesome : as a young man can be | Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm12827 Riv RM8819 |
| Lord I say good morning Mr pawnshop man : as I walked in his door | Sykes, Roosevelt; Kelly's 44 Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629042) ViV38608 Yz L1033 |
| Mistreat me for another man : as true as I have been to you | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
| *Sure my mouth* so down : as he can be | Sylvester, Hannah; Midnight Blues; New York, c. May 1923; (1407?) Pm12033 VJM VLP40 |
| I'd like to stay on the water : as long as any man | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210204) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| I stopped and listened : as the bells continued on | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Stop and Listen Blues No. 2; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404785?) OK8859 Mam S3804 |
| I run to the window : as the train was passing by | Wallace, Sippie; Special Delivery Blues; Chicago, 1 Mar. 1926; (9547A) OK8328 CC32 |
| I'm going to shoot you woman : as long as my pistol will fire | Washboard Sam; Jesse James Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1023B) Vo03375 BC10 |
| Well it may be funny mama : as funny as can be | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| You said you would never work : as long as you was free | Washboard Sam; Get Down Brother; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703801) BBB9018 RCA LPV577 |
| And I get crazy : as a loon | Waters, Ethel; That Da Da Strain; New York, c. May 1922; (A) BS14120 Bio BLP12022 |
| Your mama's lonesome : as she can be | Waters, Ethel; Midnight Blues; New York, c. Mar. 1923; (5652) BS14146 Bio BLP12022 |
| Well well well I seen my little mama : as she come creeping up the hill | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Ain't It a Pity and a Shame; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1930; (C6488A) Vo1649 Say SDR191 |
| He had me almost crazy : as a doggone girl could be | Willis, Ruth Mary; Painful Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519071) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| Now I used to have a woman : now now she's [just] as good as any in this [white man's] town | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| Got a brownskin woman : just about as I need | Bracey, Ishman; Pay Me No Mind; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2422) Pm13038 Yz L1007 |
| When a woman say she love you : about as good as she do herself | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| When a woman says she loves you : about as good as she do herself | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| I'm about as blue : as any girl can be | Moore, Rosie Mae; HaHa Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418311) Vi21280 Her H201 |
| Now your ways and your actions : speaks almost as loud as words | Arnold, Kokomo; Your Ways and Actions; New York, 11 May 1938; (67344A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| And as soon as all the taverns close : you then head for some moonshine joint | Gillum, Bill Jazz; You Drink Too Much Whiskey; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070445 ) BBB9004 RCA INT1177 |
| And as sure as the devil : I believe he's got aloose | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); We Sure Got Hard Times Now; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502731) Co14558D CC36 |
| For you're a mistreating mama : baby as sure as you born | Lewis, Furry; Mistreatin' Mama; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454282) ViV38519 Rt RL323 |
| Black Mountain people : are bad as they can be | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| I tried to be as good to that woman : as one man could be | Carr, Leroy; Big Four Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164161) Vo03349 Co C30496 |
| On the bed there laid a letter : said be as good as you can be | Davis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085 |
| Because as long as I'm around here : they can't get a fair break at you | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
| And you know I've done all baby : I've been as good as I could be | Carr, Leroy; You Left Me Crying; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164182) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| Now I got a gal : she is big as a bull | Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants to Knock a Jug; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C7223A) Vo1651 Yz L1036 |
| Just big as black and greasy : great God as greasy can be | Evans, Joe; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 21 May 1931; (106641) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| Bedbugs big as a jackass : he will bite you and stand and grin | Lewis, Furry; Mean Old Bedbug Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| Bedbugs big as a jackass : will bite you and stand and grin | Smith, Bessie; Mean Old Bed Bug Blues; New York, 27 Sept. 1927; (1447963) Co14250D Fwy FJ2802 |
| Big as an elephant : strong as a mule | Bell, Ed; She's a Fool Gal; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (1510382) Co14595D Rt RL325 |
| Old Timbrook was a black horse : black as any crow | Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8 |
| The world was black as midnight : I never heard such a noise before | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| And I've got those midnight blues : blue as I can be | Bogan, Lucille; Lonesome Midnight Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154782) ARC60463 Rt RL317 |
| Every time *you going out swinging* : I'm just as blue as I can be | Doyle, Little Buddy; Bad in Mind Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1531) Vo05111 Rt RL319 |
| I'm so blue : just as blue as I can be | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| Because when you leave me : I'm blue as blue can be | Jones, Maggie; Four Flushing Papa; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401042) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| I got the blues : blue as blue can be | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| Sometimes I'm broke : and blue as I can be | Moore, William; One Way Gal; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203091) Pm12648 OJL8 |
| Got the slowdriving blues : blue as I can be | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Slow Driving Moan; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47091) Pm12526 Mil MLP2001 |
| I got the Texas blues : blue as I can be | Thomas, Henry; Texas Easy Street Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
| Because I done got drunk : and I'm blue as a poor man can be | Torey, George; Married Woman Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B642) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| Took my roll Lord : I was broke as I could be | Patton, Charley; 34 Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (147391) Vo02651 Yz L1020 |
| That woman : keeps me busy as I can be | Thomas, George; Fast Stuff Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L172) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| But as soon as I'm gone : you always bite me in the back | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Somebody's Got to Go; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1936; (100324) BBB6356 Rt RL329 |
| Ain't no way she can forget : ooo well as close as we used to be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; True Blue Woman; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12581) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| I'm going crazy : crazy as I can be | Memphis Minnie; Crazy Cryin' Blues; Chicago, c. 30 Jan. 1931; (VO112A) Vo1678 BC13 |
| Says some men you know they're straight : some crooked as a barrel of snakes | Chatman, Bo; Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026191) BBB8159 Yz L1014 |
| She act like an angel in the daytime : crooked as the devil at night | Fuller, Blind Boy; Crooked Woman Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1940; (26619A) Vo05527 Rt RL318 |
| But now I'm broke and hungry : and you cruel as you can be | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Before Long; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO170A) Vo1674 Rt RL312 |
| She's a fair made woman : and she's cunning as a squirrel | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| I'm redhot : and dangerous as can be | Jones, Maggie; Dangerous Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404893) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| Then my eyes start to jumping : then I'm dangerous as a doggone lion | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| I got stones in my passway : and my road seem dark as night | Johnson, Robert; Stone in My Passway; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL3772) ARC71267 Co CL1654 |
| And he put me in the cellar : it was dark as it could be | Patton, Charley; High Sheriff Blues; New York, 30 Jan. 1934; (147252) Vo02680 Yz L1020 |
| When it rained five days : and the skies turned dark as night | Smith, Bessie; Back Water Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434911) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| 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 |
| Here I come mama : tired and dirty as I can be | Washboard Sam; Save It for Me; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020809 ) BBB7866 BC10 |
| You can do as you please : thirty days won't make me cry | Foster, Dessa; Tell It to the Judge No. 2; Chicago, c. 28 Jan. 1931; (C7239?) MeM12117 Yz L1031 |
| I was down in Louisiana : doing as I please | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210204) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| I was feeling so blue : downhearted as could be | Johnson, Ki Ki; Wrong Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Aug. 1928; ( ) QRSR7003 His HLP17 |
| First night that I went home : drunk as I could be | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| Second night when I got home : as drunk as I could be | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| The third night when I went home : drunk as I could be | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| I live down in Bell Street Alley : just as drunk as I can be | McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324 |
| I'm going home to my regular : drunk as I can be | Miller, Sodarisa; Sunshine Special; Chicago, c. Apr. 1925; (2092?) Pm12276 Mil MLP2018 |
| Ah he brought me here : and I was drunk as I could be | Patton, Charley; Tom Rushen Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15222A) Pm12877 Yz L1020 |
| When I met my gal : she was dumb as dumb could be | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
| Well now I was sitting in the parlor : just as dumb as a lamb | Wiley, Geeshie (Elvie Thomas); Over to My House; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2651) Pm12977 Yz L1018 |
| Yes I asked the judge : to be easy as you can | Shaw, Allen (Hattie Hart); Moanin' the Blues; New York, 18 Sept. 1934; (159781) Vo02844 Yz L1002 |
| Yes you're evil : just as evil as you can be | Carr, Leroy; EvilHearted Woman; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164261) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| But the devil is evil : evil as he can be | McCoy, Joe; Evil Devil Woman Blues; Chicago, 16 Aug. 1934; (C9299A) De7822 BC5 |
| I looked down the lonesome road pretty mama : far as I could see | Cole, Kid; Niagara Fall Blues; Chicago, c. June 1928; (C19981) Vo1187 Rt RL313 |
| Standing on the mountain : far as I can see | Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487A) OK8692 Bio BLPC4 |
| I went to the mountain : look as far as my eyes could see | Johnson, Robert; If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26331) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| Way up the river : far as I can see | Ledbetter, Huddie; RobertaPart 1; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16683 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| I say I know the jake leg oh Lord : just as far as I can hear the poor boy walk | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| Far down the railroad : far as I could see | Rupert, Ollie; I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (379632) Vi20577 Rt RL323 |
| Lord it rained : it rained as far as I could see | White, Joshua; Stormy Weather No 1; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149031) Ba33024 His HLP22 |
| I'm trucking through traffic : fast as I can go | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Truckin' Thru' Traffic; Chicago, 18 Oct. 1938; (91525A) De7529 Say SDR192 |
| It's far down the road : friend as I can see | Wilkins, Robert; Falling Down Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M192 ) Br7125 Yz L1002 |
| Well it may be funny mama : as funny as can be | Washboard Sam; We Gonna Move; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07617 ) BBB7001 BC10 |
| Done got funny baby : funny as it can be | Williams, Joe; Break 'Em On Down; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704871) BBB8969 BC21 |
| Hey baby : you just full of gas as you can be | Jordan, Charley; Gasoline Blues; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6164 ) Vo1551 Yz L1030 |
| Squeeze me : till I get as little as a gnat | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You Got Me Rollin'; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647412) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| Every day : I get as low as a *coat* | Smith, Clara; Basement Blues; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400521) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
| Just big as black and greasy : great God as greasy can be | Evans, Joe; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 21 May 1931; (106641) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| I used to have a woman : good as any in this town | Alexander, Texas; Double Crossing Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402639B) OK8745 Yz L1032 |
| Says I been a good fellow : just good as I can be | Alexander, Texas; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404117B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| Says I been a good fellow : just as good as a man could be | Alexander, Texas; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404117B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| You going to quit me baby : good as I been to you | Blake, Blind; You Gonna Quit Me Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201101) Pm12597 Yz L1016 |
| ??? good as ??? : ??? good as | Burse, Charlie; I Got Good Taters; Richmond, Ind., 3 Aug. 1932; (18650) Ch16481 Rt RL337 |
| ??? good as ??? : ??? good as | Burse, Charlie; I Got Good Taters; Richmond, Ind., 3 Aug. 1932; (18650) Ch16481 Rt RL337 |
| And you know I've done all baby : I've been as good as I could be | Carr, Leroy; You Left Me Crying; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164182) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| On the bed there laid a letter : said be as good as you can be | Davis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085 |
| Now Mr Clark is a good lawyer : he good as I ever seen | Estes, Sleepy John; Lawyer Clark Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649241) BBB8871 RCA LPV518 |
| Now I used to have a woman : now now she's [just] as good as any in this [white man's] town | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| When a woman say she love you : about as good as she do herself | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| When a woman says she loves you : about as good as she do herself | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| ??? : good as any man can be | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
| It may be just as good : just as good as gold | Sykes, Roosevelt; We Can Sell that Thing; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4502) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| As good as I've been : he ought to love me too | Waters, Ethel; Craving Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1924; (17422) Pm12313 Bio BLP12022 |
| Sometime mama : you're good as good can be | Weaver, Curley; Sometime Mama; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9939B) Ch50065 His HLP31 |
| Good as I have been to you darling : now I can't get the things I need | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Change My Mind Blues; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| You came here from the country : just as green as green could be | Easton, Amos; Green Country Gal; New York, 23 Aug. 1936; (61241A) De7440 AH158 |
| Said she's long and tall : and half as sweet as she can be | Big Bill (Broonzy); Long Tall Mama; New York, 30 Mar. 1932; (116171) Ba33085 Yz L1011 |
| Now when the sun is shining : everybody's happy as can be | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| I worried a long time ago : and you was as happy as you could be | Washboard Sam; You Stole My Love; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703821) BBB9018 RCA LPV577 |
| I'll get a dollar and a quarter : I won't have to work hard as you | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| They got walls at the state penitentiary : you can't jump man as hard as you try | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| I'm a hardluck man : just as hardluck as I can be | Sykes, Roosevelt; Hard Luck Man Blues; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69404 ) Vi23320 Yz L1033 |
| I'm harmless as I can be : I stays out of all people's way | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hoppin' Toad Frog; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO166A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| He as pretty as a white dog : but he ain't worth a doggone dime | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Black Skunk Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483602) Co14573D CC36 |
| I'm sitting on a stack of dollars : just as high as I am tall | Jordan, Charley; Stack O' Dollars Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5834 ) Vo1557 Yz L1018 |
| He's the one will make you balky : or as high as a kite | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
| I went up on the mountain : high as any gal could stand | Smith, Bessie; Weeping Willow Blues; New York, 26 Sept. 1924; (1400622) Co14042D Co CL856; |
| Stack of dollars : just as high as I am tall | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Deep Down in the Ground; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208491) BBB7805 RCA INT1088 |
| Since my daddy left me : I'm hopeless as can be | Bell, Anna; Hopeless Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (171A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| *I'm hot as the devil* : *I walk about the street* | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Sheik of Desplaines Street; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46712) Pm12501 Bio BLP12042 |
| I'm hungry as a hound : I can't travel nowhere | Easton, Amos; No Woman No Nickel; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11203) Pm13109 Yz L1012 |
| Hungry as could be : looking at all cakes of kind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| I'm as loving : as a woman can be | Chatman, Bo; Sales Tax; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826351) BBB5453 Yz L1014 |
| I'm as good : as any woman in your town | Smith, Bessie; Young Woman's Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428783) Co14179D Co CL857 |
| Well now when I lay my racket : ooo well well now I'm as sweet as I can be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King of Spades; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1082B) Vo03066 Say SDR191 |
| But to tell you the truth man : she is as soft as a butterball | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Change My Luck Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203872) Pm12639 Mil MLP2007 |
| I love my whiskey : crazy about it as I can be | Blake, Blind; Bootleg Rum Dum Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205661) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| But I decided to pull down for a fast life : and take it as it comes | Hill, King Solomon; The Gone Dead Train; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12542) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| Got money baby : going to use it as I like | Ledbetter, Huddie; Baby, Don't You Love Me No More; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (16693 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Love my bug juice : just as crazy about it as I can be | Moore, Kid Prince; Bug Juice Blues; New York, 8 Apr. 1936; (189712) ARC60956 Rt RL340 |
| Lord I'm just jealous : jealous as I can be | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Jealous Hearted Blues; New York, c. 15 Oct. 1924; (19242) Pm12252 Mil MLP2001 |
| 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 |
| Says I been a good fellow : just as good as a man could be | Alexander, Texas; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404117B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| Ring around her mouth : is just as sweet as any honey | Anderson, . . . (Walter Taylor); ThirtyEight and Plus; Richmond, Ind., 14 Feb. 1930; (16266B) Ge7157 Fwy FJ2801 |
| He made him a snout : just as long as a rail | Arnold, Kokomo; The Twelves; Chicago, 18 Jan. 1935; (C9671A) De7083 Say SDR163 |
| Now just as sure as a freight train : rolls up in the yard | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| For you've got a home : just as long as I got mine | Bailey, Kid; Rowdy Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (M211) Br7114 OJL5 |
| Buy me a gun : just as long as my arm | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| Lord I got me a little old brownskin : just as sweet as she can be | Big Bill (Broonzy); How You Want It Done; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116112) Ba32436 Yz L1011 |
| I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler can be | Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340 |
| But she just as crooked : as she can be | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| 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 |
| Yes you're evil : just as evil as you can be | Carr, Leroy; EvilHearted Woman; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164261) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| I am an old bumblebee : a stinger just as long as my arm | Chatman, Bo; I'm an Old Bumble Bee; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404720B) OK8852 RBF RF9 |
| Take your time kind mama : I'm going to do it just as slow as I can | Collins, Sam; Slow Mama Slow; New York, 8 Oct. 1931; (108392) Ba32311 OJL10 |
| When she left me she bought a ticket : just as long as she was tall | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629072) ViV38618 RCA INT1085 |
| You keep me bound down in trouble : just as long as I can be | Davis, Walter; L and N Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (768021) BBB5143 RCA INT1085 |
| Mama just as I have told you : some day you going to need my help | Davis, Walter; Sad and Lonesome Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854811) BBB5982 RCA INT1175 |
| Every time *you going out swinging* : I'm just as blue as I can be | Doyle, Little Buddy; Bad in Mind Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1531) Vo05111 Rt RL319 |
| You came here from the country : just as green as green could be | Easton, Amos; Green Country Gal; New York, 23 Aug. 1936; (61241A) De7440 AH158 |
| Stack of dollars : just as long as I am tall | Estes, Sleepy John; Stack O' Dollars; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625472) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| Skin on her head : just as tight as a drum | Estes, Sleepy John; Stop That Thing; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90095A) Ch50001 Sw S1219 |
| Now just as sure as the grass : on the ground grow green | Estes, Sleepy John; Married Woman Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90175A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
| I'm so blue : just as blue as I can be | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| Now I'm going back to California : so I can do just as I please | Hardin, Lane; California Desert Blues; Chicago, 28 July 1935; (914501) BBB6242 Rt RL319 |
| I'm just a butter and egg man : just as soft as I can be | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Butter and Egg Man Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1926; (110691) Pm12358 Bio BLP12042 |
| I know I did do wrong : I'm just as sorry as I can be | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Christmas Eve Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208182) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| I can get just as drunk : as any drunken man can be | Johnson, James Stump; Barrel of Whiskey Blues; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706801) Vi23327 Yz L1033 |
| She said daddy you've got a home : just as long as I got mine | Johnson, Lem; Candy Blues; New York, 19 May 1942; (70761A) De7895 Br87.504 |
| She's a brownskin woman : just as sweet as a girl friend can be | Johnson, Robert; When You Get a Good Friend; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25841) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| Baby you just as welcome to my loving : as the flowers is in may | Johnson, Robert; Malted Milk; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3961) ARC71065 Co C30034 |
| I'm sitting on a stack of dollars : just as high as I am tall | Jordan, Charley; Stack O' Dollars Blues; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5834 ) Vo1557 Yz L1018 |
| Then she showed me a ticket : just as long as my right arm | Jordan, Luke; My Gal's Done Quit Me; New York, 18 Nov. 1929; (577031) ViV38564 Rt RL318 |
| You sure going to miss me : just as sure as you born | Kelly, Eddie; Poole County Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 6 Aug. 1937; (0130231) BBB7204 RBF RF9 |
| The man that built the SixtyOne flattop : he's just as true as a *fox* | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13713) Ba32934 Rt RL329 |
| 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 |
| I say I know the jake leg oh Lord : just as far as I can hear the poor boy walk | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| I say my little girl : just as sweet as she can be | McClennan, Tommy; My Little Girl; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044988 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| Babe just as sure as a blackbird : flies in the skies above | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| You got a home : just as long as I've got mine | McFadden, Charlie Specks; People People Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1541) Pm12928 Riv RM8819 |
| Looks good to me : just as sure as you're born | McTell, Blind Willie; Kind Mama; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1929; (1493192) Co14657D Yz L1037 |
| I told her she had a home : just as long as I got mine | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| I live down in Bell Street Alley : just as drunk as I can be | McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324 |
| You take around to the city hospital : just as quick quick as you possibly can | Memphis Minnie; Memphis MinnieJitis Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5822 ) Vo1588 BC13 |
| I'm just as crazy crazy : as a poor girl can be | Memphis Minnie; Crazy Cryin' Blues; Chicago, c. 30 Jan. 1931; (VO112A) Vo1678 BC13 |
| I was sitting in my kitchen : just as quiet as a lamb | Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021 |
| And I will tell everything : just as soon as I get back home | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
| You just as well to take it : on back where you stay | Memphis Minnie; You Can't Give It Away; Chicago, 10 Jan. 1935; (C9644A) De7048 Pal PL101 |
| Now I'm sorry that I mistreated her : just as sorry as a man can be | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35 |
| Love my bug juice : just as crazy about it as I can be | Moore, Kid Prince; Bug Juice Blues; New York, 8 Apr. 1936; (189712) ARC60956 Rt RL340 |
| Now I'm so crazy about my black gal : I'm just as wild as I can be | Pickett, Charlie; Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal; New York, 2 Aug. 1937; (62467A) De7762 Rt RL310 |
| Know the other place : will do just as well | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 RBF RF6 |
| You know says I'm just as broke and hungry : as any gambler ought to be | Roland, Walter; Dices' Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154852) Ba33343 RBF RF12 |
| It's a harddriving papa : just as sure as you born | Rupert, Ollie; I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (379632) Vi20577 Rt RL323 |
| Know there's a place : that do just as well | Shade, Will; Whitewash Station Blues; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470362) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| And you can do just as you please : and I'll act just like some mother's child | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Mama's Quittin' and Leavin'Part 2; Chicago, c. late Dec. 1930; (C7101 ) Vo1602 Yz L1031 |
| I woke up this morning : just as sick as I could be | Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| I'm just as lonesome : as a young man can be | Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm12827 Riv RM8819 |
| It may be just as good : just as good as gold | Sykes, Roosevelt; We Can Sell that Thing; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4502) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
| It may be just as good : just as good as gold | Sykes, Roosevelt; We Can Sell that Thing; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4502) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
| I'm a hardluck man : just as hardluck as I can be | Sykes, Roosevelt; Hard Luck Man Blues; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69404 ) Vi23320 Yz L1033 |
| 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 |
| Well now I was sitting in the parlor : just as dumb as a lamb | Wiley, Geeshie (Elvie Thomas); Over to My House; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2651) Pm12977 Yz L1018 |
| Well I get to thinking about my baby : I just as swear and I can't stay away | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Lord, Oh Lord Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208451) BBB7847 RCA INT1088 |
| Stack of dollars : just as high as I am tall | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Deep Down in the Ground; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208491) BBB7805 RCA INT1088 |
| Now I'm just as sure : just as sure as one and one is two | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Rainy Day Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308571) BBB8094 RCA INT1088 |
| Now I'm just as sure : just as sure as one and one is two | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Rainy Day Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308571) BBB8094 RCA INT1088 |
| Now my cousin *Martin* got shot down : just as he was walking out the door | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Bad Luck Blues; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (040525 ) BBB8265 BC3; |
| She say I take care of you Sonny Boy : just as long as these times stay hard | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
| 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 |
| Just as soon as you feel downhearted: the whole round world turns blue | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as soon as it start to raining : you quiver just like a leaf on a tree | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as soon as I got ragged and hungry : now they all wants to laugh and grin | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as sure as the sun : sets in the golden west | Baxter, Jim (Andrew and Jim Baxter); Bamalong Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 9 Aug. 1927; (397842) Vi20962 Rt RL318 |
| Just as sure as the grape vine : grows all around that stump | Big Bill (Broonzy); Grandma's Farm; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (96001) Pe187 Yz L1035 |
| Just as sure as the rabbit : mama plays on your grandma's farm | Big Bill (Broonzy); Grandma's Farm; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (96001) Pe187 Yz L1035 |
| Just as hard to be married : and break up your home | Big Bill (Broonzy); Worrying You Off My MindPart 1; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (16606?) Ba32559 Yz L1035 |
| Just as soon as I get my money : I won't have to rustle this away | Big Bill (Broonzy); Rustlin' Man; Chicago, 9 Dec. 1935; (C8903) ARC unissued Rt RL316 |
| Just as well : make it up in your mind | Bracey, Mississippi; Stered Gal; Jackson, Miss., 17 Mar. 1930; (404766B) OK8867 Yz L1038 |
| Just as sure as the train : leaves the rounded curve | Collins, Sam; Yellow Dog Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12738) Ge6146 OJL10 |
| Just as sure as your train : Lord backs up in your yard | Collins, Sam; Riverside Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12740) Ge6167 OJL10 |
| Just as happy : woman as I can be | Dickson, Tom; Happy Blues; Memphis, 27 Feb. 1928; (400359B) OK8590 Yz L1002 |
| Just as well be looking : for a needle in the sand | Fuller, Blind Boy; Rag, Mama, Rag; New York, 25 July 1935; (178632) ARC351032 BC6 |
| Just as sure : as you hear me sing this song | Johnson, Lil; You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Rollers Gone; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1929; (C3356 ) Vo1299 His HLP2 |
| Just as sure as the train come in San Antone : then ease up in the yard | Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| Just as sure as the birds : fly in the sky above | King David; I Can Deal Worry; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404668A) OK8901 Rt RL311 |
| Just as sure as a sparrow mama : babe flying in the air | Lincoln, Charley; Hard Luck Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451042) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| 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 |
| Just as sure as this paper : sticks aside the wall | Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021 |
| Just as soon : as a train mama makes up in the yard | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Out West Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026491) BBB6916 CC35 |
| Just as sure as the good Lord : sits in the heaven above | Spand, Charlie; Back to the Woods Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15456) Pm12817 Yz L1015 |
| Just as sure as a bluebird : flies in the skies above | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| Just as sure as you hear me : sing you this lonesome song | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| Just as sure as *the little pea* : ain't *leaving in the land* | Wallace, Minnie; The Old Folks Started It; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555722) ViV38547 OJL21 |
| Just as sure as the red light [says, means] stop : and the green light means go | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
| Just as sure as we live : sure we's born to die | White, Washington; Fixin' to Die Blues; Chicago, 8 Mar. 1940; (WC2989A) Vo05588 Co C30036 |
| Please Judge Harsh : make it light as you possibly can | Lewis, Furry; Judge Harsh Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454332) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| But I like as many men : I see is good to me | Bogan, Lucille; Reckless Woman; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155072) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| Squeeze me : till I get as little as a gnat | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You Got Me Rollin'; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647412) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| Last night I went out alone : I was lonesome as could be | Gross, Helen; Strange Man; New York, c. July 1924; (315901) Ajax17050 VJM VLP40 |
| I'm lonesome as I can be : baby please come home to me | Johnson, Lonnie; Sweet Woman You Can't Go Wrong; New York, 5 Aug. 1927; (81189B) OK8512 CC30 |
| He made him a snout : just as long as a rail | Arnold, Kokomo; The Twelves; Chicago, 18 Jan. 1935; (C9671A) De7083 Say SDR163 |
| For you've got a home : just as long as I got mine | Bailey, Kid; Rowdy Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (M211) Br7114 OJL5 |
| They may be brownskin woman : with Georgia hair long as my own | Batts, Will; Country Woman; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137181) Vo02531 Rt RL329 |
| Buy me a gun : just as long as my arm | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| Babe your bull got a horn mama : as long as your right arm | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| She said what you car : long as I treat you right | Big Bill (Broonzy); I've Got to Dig You; Chicago, 17 Apr. 1940; (WC3034A) Vo05563 RBF RF16 |
| You never have nothing : long as you live in Sugarland | Black Boy Shine (Harold Holiday); Sugarland Blues; San Antonio, 20 Nov. 1936; (SA25511) Vo03417 BC7 |
| I am an old bumblebee : a stinger just as long as my arm | Chatman, Bo; I'm an Old Bumble Bee; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404720B) OK8852 RBF RF9 |
| *So long as I can get ??? : get back out of you* | Clayton, Jennie; I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403121) Vi21412 Rt RL311 |
| Going to buy a shotgun : long as I am tall | Cole, James; Mistreated the Only Friend You Had; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18324) Ch16718 Rt RL311 |
| When she left me she bought a ticket : just as long as she was tall | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629072) ViV38618 RCA INT1085 |
| You keep me bound down in trouble : just as long as I can be | Davis, Walter; L and N Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (768021) BBB5143 RCA INT1085 |
| Stack of dollars : just as long as I am tall | Estes, Sleepy John; Stack O' Dollars; Memphis, 30 May 1930; (625472) Vi23397 Rt RL307 |
| She can look up : long as you can look down | Fuller, Blind Boy; You've Got Something There; Memphis, 12 July 1939; (MEM1021) Vo05083 BC11 |
| I'll never eat chitlings : long as hog got feet | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Mama, Don't You Think I Know; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22242) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| I haven't nothing so long as corn liquor lasts : and I got no money to spend | Jackson, Jim; Bootlegging Blues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419042) Vi21268 Rt RL323 |
| I'm going to build a stable : as long as he is tall | Johnson, Billiken; Wild Jack Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476072) Co14405D Rt RL315 |
| She said daddy you've got a home : just as long as I got mine | Johnson, Lem; Candy Blues; New York, 19 May 1942; (70761A) De7895 Br87.504 |
| I'm going to buy me a shotgun : long as I am tall | Johnson, Lonnie; Low Land Moan; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1927; (82043A) OK8677 CC30 |
| As long as : you make your two and a half a week | Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398212) Vi21076 Rt RL326 |
| Then she showed me a ticket : just as long as my right arm | Jordan, Luke; My Gal's Done Quit Me; New York, 18 Nov. 1929; (577031) ViV38564 Rt RL318 |
| 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 |
| You got a home : just as long as I've got mine | McFadden, Charlie Specks; People People Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1541) Pm12928 Riv RM8819 |
| I told her she had a home : just as long as I got mine | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| I'm going to buy me a pistol : as long as my right arm | Moore, William; Midnight Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203122) Pm12636 Rt RL340 |
| For you know you got a home : mama long as I got mine | Patton, Charley; Screamin' and Hollerin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15214) Pm12805 Yz L1020 |
| And my bull got a horn : long as my arm | Patton, Charley; Jersey Bull Blues; New York, 30 Jan. 1934; (14723 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
| Strut your stuff : long as you please | Ramey, Ben (Memphis Jug Band); Cocaine Habit Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (599332) ViV38620 BC2 |
| I followed Corrina : long as I could see | Reed, Willie; Dreaming Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476002) Co14407D Yz L1004 |
| *So long as I can get* ??? : *get back out of you* | Shade, Will; I Packed My Suitcase, Started to the Train; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403121) Vi21412 Rt RL311 |
| So long as he can eagle rock : and ball the jack | Smith, Bessie; Baby Doll; New York, 4 May 1926; (1421472) Co14147D Co CL857 |
| 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 |
| Because as long as I'm around here : they can't get a fair break at you | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
| It's one day and one night : is long as I stay in one place | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Ramblin' Man; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210194) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| I'd like to stay on the water : as long as any man | Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Poor Boy Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (210204) Pm12722 Bio BLP12004 |
| Play that thing boy : long as you can | Walker, Willie; South Carolina Rag; Atlanta, 6 Dec. 1930; (151065 ) Co14578D OJL18 |
| I'm going to shoot you woman : as long as my pistol will fire | Washboard Sam; Jesse James Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1023B) Vo03375 BC10 |
| You said you would never work : as long as you was free | Washboard Sam; Get Down Brother; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703801) BBB9018 RCA LPV577 |
| My wild cow got a horn : just long as your right arm | Williams, Joe; Wild Cow Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962461) BBB6200 RCA INT1087 |
| Now she say you don't make me happy : so long as you fool with this alcohol | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shannon Street Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208471) BBB7847 RCA INT1088 |
| She say I take care of you Sonny Boy : just as long as these times stay hard | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
| I went to the mountain : look as far as my eyes could see | Johnson, Robert; If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26331) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| Legs look as nice : as Georgia ham | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Memphis, 12 May 1930; (599172) ViV38599 Jo SM3104 |
| I ain't found a woman : looked as sweet to me as you | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404782B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
| Mmm it give me many heartache : baby ooo Lord as the mamas come and go | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
| Now your ways and your actions : speaks almost as loud as words | Arnold, Kokomo; Your Ways and Actions; New York, 11 May 1938; (67344A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| She got a new way of getting down : have to get low as a toad | Alexander, Texas; CornBread Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81223A) OK8511 Rt RL315 |
| So take me to the basement : that's as low as I can go | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Down in the Basement; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26271) Pm12395 Jo SM3098 |
| Every day : I get as low as a *coat* | Smith, Clara; Basement Blues; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400521) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
| Now he ain't got no teeth : and *beard* so low as your toe | Wallace, Sippie; Lazy Man Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80839B) OK8470 CC32 |
| I'm feeling blue : lowdown as I can be | Blake, Blind; Come On Boys Let's Do that Messin' Around; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30612) Pm12413 Bio BLP12003 |
| She had a big fortyfive : and she was mad as she could be | Carr, Leroy; My Woman's Gone Wrong; New York, 14 Aug. 1934; (156261) Vo02950 Co C30496 |
| I see you wiggling and giggling : when I'm mad as I can be | Gillum, Bill Jazz; I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town; Chicago, 30 July 1942; (074648 ) BBB9042 RCA INT1177 |
| They got walls at the state penitentiary : you can't jump man as hard as you try | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Why don't you take me pretty mama : let you treat me as you do | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Butter and Egg Man Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1926; (110691) Pm12358 Bio BLP12042 |
| I ain't found a woman : looked as sweet to me as you | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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'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 |
| 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 |
| You might as well die : give your soul to the man far above | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Bad Luck Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (15962) Pm12081 BYG529.078 |
| You can't trust nobody : you might as well be alone | Smith, Bessie; Long Old Road; New York, 11 June 1931; (1515953) Co14663D Co CL858 |
| Found my long lost friend : and I might as well stayed at home | Smith, Bessie; Long Old Road; New York, 11 June 1931; (1515953) Co14663D Co CL858 |
| I might as well : to tell you the facts | Spand, Charlie; Good Gal; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15453) Pm12817 Yz L1015 |
| I might as well be gone : I ain't doing nothing around here | White, Joshua; Welfare Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149022) Ba33024 His HLP22 |
| You might as well laugh : ??? you fall | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
| Hang my head and cry friend I will : mmm as she pass away | Wilkins, Robert; I'll Go With Her Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM743 ) Br7158 OJL11 |
| He's the one will make you balky : or as high as a kite | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
| He as pretty as a white dog : but he ain't worth a doggone dime | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Black Skunk Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483602) Co14573D CC36 |
| You's a goodlooking woman : pretty as you can be | Washboard Sam; Save It for Me; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020809 ) BBB7866 BC10 |
| I can get me a woman : quick as you can a man | Evans, Joe; Sitting on Top of the World; New York, 21 May 1931; (106591) Ba32211 His HLP8002 |
| You take around to the city hospital : just as quick quick as you possibly can | Memphis Minnie; Memphis MinnieJitis Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5822 ) Vo1588 BC13 |
| Can get me a woman : quick as you can a man | Vincson, Walter; Sitting on Top of the World; Shreveport, La., 17 Feb. 1930; (403805B) OK8784 Mam S3804 |
| I was sitting in my kitchen : just as quiet as a lamb | Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021 |
| Because their husbands'll grab you : and beat you ragged as a cedar tree | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| Lord it rained : it rained as far as I could see | White, Joshua; Stormy Weather No 1; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149031) Ba33024 His HLP22 |
| I'm a ramrodding daddy : I rams as I walk along | Chatman, Bo; Ram Rod Daddy; New York, 4 June 1931; (404926A) OK8897 His HLP5 |
| I was reared as an orphan : never harmed a man | Texas Tommy; Jail Break Blues; Dallas, c. 25 Oct. 1928; (DAL689A) Br7044 Rt RL312 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| I can get a woman : same as you can a man | Blake, Blind; Depression's Gone from Me Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. June 1932; (L14762) Pm13137 Bio BLP12023 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Now the war is over : poor man must live the same as you | Smith, Bessie; Poor Man's Blues; New York, 24 Aug. 1928; (1468951) Co14399D Co CL856 |
| Says as I fly around now : I makes a beautiful song | Chatman, Bo; I'm an Old Bumble Bee; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404720B) OK8852 RBF RF9 |
| Well I'm laying here in this jailhouse : scared as any fool can be | Spivey, Victoria; Murder in the First Degree; New York, 1 Nov. 1927; (81596B) OK8581 Spi LP2001 |
| 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 |
| He sells as fast : a hog can chew his corn | Hurt, Mississippi John; Candy Man Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401483B) OK8654 Bio BLPC4 |
| I woke up this morning : just as sick as I could be | Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| The jailhouse steps : was slick as glass | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| Take your time kind mama : I'm going to do it just as slow as I can | Collins, Sam; Slow Mama Slow; New York, 8 Oct. 1931; (108392) Ba32311 OJL10 |
| Got ways like a monkey : as sly as a fox | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| Because the womens can play : well so as the men | Memphis Minnie; Georgia Skin; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62540 ) Vi23352 His HLP32 |
| I'm just a butter and egg man : just as soft as I can be | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Butter and Egg Man Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1926; (110691) Pm12358 Bio BLP12042 |
| But to tell you the truth man : she is as soft as a butterball | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Change My Luck Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203872) Pm12639 Mil MLP2007 |
| Just as soon as you feel downhearted: the whole round world turns blue | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as soon as it start to raining : you quiver just like a leaf on a tree | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as soon as I got ragged and hungry : now they all wants to laugh and grin | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| Just as soon as I get my money : I won't have to rustle this away | Big Bill (Broonzy); Rustlin' Man; Chicago, 9 Dec. 1935; (C8903) ARC unissued Rt RL316 |
| I want to roll your lemon baby : soon as I got in | Chatman, Bo; Let Me Roll Your Lemon; New Orleans, 19 Jan. 1935; (876241) BBB5861 Yz L1034 |
| And as soon as all the taverns close : you then head for some moonshine joint | Gillum, Bill Jazz; You Drink Too Much Whiskey; Chicago, 5 Dec. 1941; (070445 ) BBB9004 RCA INT1177 |
| As soon as your money : grows treetop tall | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| As soon as I saw : that I had won | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| And I will tell everything : just as soon as I get back home | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
| I don't want no woman : she just soon as say yes as to say no | Sykes, Roosevelt; No Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1930; (C6475A) MeM12086 Yz L1033 |
| But as soon as I'm gone : you always bite me in the back | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Somebody's Got to Go; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1936; (100324) BBB6356 Rt RL329 |
| Soon as we make a few more lurches : I will be right back in New York town | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Ship Blues; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91167A) De7361 Say SDR163 |
| Soon as hard time strike me : my baby puts me out | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Hard Time Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Nov. 1931; (18220) Ch16361 Yz L1019 |
| Soon as I got her : somebody took her from me | Estes, Sleepy John; Mary Come On Home; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93006A) De7814 Sw S1220; |
| Soon as I reach old Georgia : the niggers carried a handcuff to me | Howell, Peg Leg; Skin Game Blues; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451852) Co14473D RBF RF202 |
| Soon as you get some of my loving : they can't keep you out of town | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Empty House Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212001) Pm12946 Rt RL335 |
| Soon as I leave my home : you trying to bite me in my back | Johnson, Lonnie; Sam, You're Just a Rat; New York, 9 Feb. 1932; (405141A) OK8937 Yz L1028 |
| Soon as I get sober : I'll make me drunk again | Lincoln, Charley; Country Breakdown; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451071) Co14475D RBF RF15 |
| Soon as I left home : start to cutting up in my bed | Little Son Joe; Black Cat Swing; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (C40981) OK06707 BC1 |
| Soon as I get sober : going to get drunk again | Lucas, Jane; Pussy Cat Blues; New York, 15 Sept. 1930; (100312) Ba32138 Yz L1035 |
| Soon as I get out : kiss the ground | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| Soon as I get out : kiss the ground | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| Soon as you got up mama : you changed your mind | McTell, Blind Willie; Cold Winter Day; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9956A) De7810 Yz L1037 |
| Soon as you got bid change : you put me outdoors | McTell, Blind Willie; Cold Winter Day; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9956A) De7810 Yz L1037 |
| Soon as you got on your feet : you wouldn't pay me no mind | McTell, Blind Willie; Cold Winter Day; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9956A) De7810 Yz L1037 |
| Soon as I get cold in hand : you be ready to kick me out | Memphis Minnie; It's Hard to Please My Man; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3170A) OK05728 BC1 |
| Soon as I get : enough steam just right | Smith, Bessie; J. C. Holmes Blues; New York, 27 May 1925; (1406292) Co14095D Co CL855 |
| Soon as my back was turned : you love just who you please | Speckled Red (Rufus Perryman); House Dance Blues; Memphis, 22 Sept. 1929; (M184 ) Br7137 OJL20 |
| I know I did do wrong : I'm just as sorry as I can be | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Christmas Eve Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208182) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| Now I'm sorry that I mistreated her : just as sorry as a man can be | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35 |
| Big as an elephant : strong as a mule | Bell, Ed; She's a Fool Gal; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (1510382) Co14595D Rt RL325 |
| Now just as sure as a freight train : rolls up in the yard | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| Just as sure as the sun : sets in the golden west | Baxter, Jim (Andrew and Jim Baxter); Bamalong Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 9 Aug. 1927; (397842) Vi20962 Rt RL318 |
| Just as sure as the grape vine : grows all around that stump | Big Bill (Broonzy); Grandma's Farm; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (96001) Pe187 Yz L1035 |
| Just as sure as the rabbit : mama plays on your grandma's farm | Big Bill (Broonzy); Grandma's Farm; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (96001) Pe187 Yz L1035 |
| Mama sure as I told you : I fall down on my knees | Bracey, Ishman; Left Alone Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418432) Vi21349 Rt RL330 |
| Lord that's a heart filled with squalor: Lord just sure as you born | Bradley, Tommie; Four Day Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 July 1931; (17886A) Ch16339 OJL19 |
| Just as sure as the train : leaves the rounded curve | Collins, Sam; Yellow Dog Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12738) Ge6146 OJL10 |
| Just as sure as your train : Lord backs up in your yard | Collins, Sam; Riverside Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12740) Ge6167 OJL10 |
| Now sure as the grass : on Texas earth grow green | Estes, Sleepy John; Poor John Blues; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (59968 ) ViV38628 Rt RL323 |
| Now just as sure as the grass : on the ground grow green | Estes, Sleepy John; Married Woman Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90175A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
| Now sure as the stars : shine in the world above | Estes, Sleepy John; Jack and Jill Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62479A) De7365 RBF RF8 |
| And as sure as the devil : I believe he's got aloose | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); We Sure Got Hard Times Now; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502731) Co14558D CC36 |
| Just sure as the winter : follows the fall | Jackson, Papa Charlie; All I Want Is a Spoonful; Chicago, c. Sept. 1925; (22981) Pm12320 Bio BLP12042 |
| 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 |
| Just as sure as the train come in San Antone : then ease up in the yard | Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| You sure going to miss me : just as sure as you born | Kelly, Eddie; Poole County Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 6 Aug. 1937; (0130231) BBB7204 RBF RF9 |
| Just as sure as the birds : fly in the sky above | King David; I Can Deal Worry; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404668A) OK8901 Rt RL311 |
| For you're a mistreating mama : baby as sure as you born | Lewis, Furry; Mistreatin' Mama; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454282) ViV38519 Rt RL323 |
| Just as sure as a sparrow mama : babe flying in the air | Lincoln, Charley; Hard Luck Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451042) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| Babe just as sure as a blackbird : flies in the skies above | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| Looks good to me : just as sure as you're born | McTell, Blind Willie; Kind Mama; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1929; (1493192) Co14657D Yz L1037 |
| Just as sure as this paper : sticks aside the wall | Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021 |
| It's a harddriving papa : just as sure as you born | Rupert, Ollie; I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (379632) Vi20577 Rt RL323 |
| You are looking good : as sure as you're born | Smith, Clara; Good Looking Papa Blues; New York, 29 Jan. 1924; (815081) Co14026D VJM VLP16 |
| 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 |
| Just as sure as the good Lord : sits in the heaven above | Spand, Charlie; Back to the Woods Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 Aug. 1929; (15456) Pm12817 Yz L1015 |
| Just sure as that train : leaves out of that Mobile yard | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| Just sure as the train leaves out of the yard : she's Alabama bound | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
| Just as sure as a bluebird : flies in the skies above | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| Just as sure as you hear me : sing you this lonesome song | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404710A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| Just as sure as *the little pea* : ain't *leaving in the land* | Wallace, Minnie; The Old Folks Started It; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555722) ViV38547 OJL21 |
| Just as sure as the red light [says, means] stop : and the green light means go | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
| Just as sure as we live : sure we's born to die | White, Washington; Fixin' to Die Blues; Chicago, 8 Mar. 1940; (WC2989A) Vo05588 Co C30036 |
| Now I'm just as sure : just as sure as one and one is two | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Rainy Day Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308571) BBB8094 RCA INT1088 |
| Sure as that spider : hanging on the wall | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Sure as you appreciate my death baby : will you please hang crepe on your door | Spruell, Freddie; Your Man Is Gone; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85784 ) BBB6025 Mam S3802 |
| 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 |
| Ring around her mouth : is just as sweet as any honey | Anderson, . . . (Walter Taylor); ThirtyEight and Plus; Richmond, Ind., 14 Feb. 1930; (16266B) Ge7157 Fwy FJ2801 |
| The lips around her mouth : just sweet as any honey | Arnold, Kokomo; Salty Dog; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7267 Rt RL318 |
| Sweety in the basement mama Lord : sweet as she can be | Big Bill (Broonzy); Down in the Basement Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (209221) Pm12707 Yz L1035 |
| Lord I got me a little old brownskin : just as sweet as she can be | Big Bill (Broonzy); How You Want It Done; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116112) Ba32436 Yz L1011 |
| Said she's long and tall : and half as sweet as she can be | Big Bill (Broonzy); Long Tall Mama; New York, 30 Mar. 1932; (116171) Ba33085 Yz L1011 |
| I had a brown in my town : sweet as any gal could be | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Levee Bound Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16224) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| Now my little woman : I said she's sweet as she can be | Fuller, Blind Boy; Thousand Women Blues; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3142A) OK05657 RBF RF202 |
| Honey honey : you sweet as a plum | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Easy Rider Don't Deny My Name; New York, 16 June 1927; (1442823) Co14231D RBF RF15 |
| Kiss her on the mouth : just sweet as any honey | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Salty Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1924; (1893?) Pm12236 Yz L1029 |
| She's a brownskin woman : just as sweet as a girl friend can be | Johnson, Robert; When You Get a Good Friend; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25841) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| I've got another daddy : and he's sweet as can be | Jones, Maggie; You May Go, But You'll Come Back Some Day; New York, 18 Dec. 1924; (1401922) Co14063D VJM VLP23 |
| I say my little girl : just as sweet as she can be | McClennan, Tommy; My Little Girl; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044988 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| I had a good *cake* : *now sweet as mama's shelf* | McCoy, Joe; That Will Be Alright; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487083) Co14439D Yz L1021 |
| I've got a woman : she's sweet as she could be | Moss, Buddy; Gravy Server; New York, 21 Aug. 1935; (17981 ) ARC61156 Rt RL318 |
| There's a gal : sweet as she can be | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Memphis, 12 May 1930; (599172) ViV38599 Jo SM3104 |
| Daddy you as sweet as you can be : when you take me for a buggy ride | Smith, Bessie; Take Me for a Buggy Ride; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525792) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| Well now when I lay my racket : ooo well well now I'm as sweet as I can be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King of Spades; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1082B) Vo03066 Say SDR191 |
| There's a brown across town : and she's taller as a sycamore tree | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Deceitful Brownskin Woman; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200652) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
| So take me to the basement : that's as low as I can go | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Down in the Basement; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26271) Pm12395 Jo SM3098 |
| 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 |
| I wrote these blues : I'm going to sing them as I feel | Williams, Henry; Lonesome Blues; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1928; (1461492) Co14328D Fly LP103 |
| Skin on her head : just as tight as a drum | Estes, Sleepy John; Stop That Thing; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90095A) Ch50001 Sw S1219 |
| And now I'm tired : tired as I can be | Bogan, Lucille; Tired as I Can Be; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155051) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| And now I'm tired : tired as I can be | Bogan, Lucille; Tired as I Can Be; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155051) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| The man that built the SixtyOne flattop : he's just as true as a *fox* | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (13713) Ba32934 Rt RL329 |
| Mistreat me for another man : as true as I have been to you | Sykes, Roosevelt; As True As I've Been to You; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (694031) Vi23286 Yz L1033 |
| I worried a long time ago : and you was as happy as you could be | Washboard Sam; You Stole My Love; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703821) BBB9018 RCA LPV577 |
| So you well as to give me some of your loving : before you pass away | Big Bill (Broonzy); Bull Cow Blues; New York, 29 Mar. 1932; (116102) Ba32653 Yz L1035 |
| I went to see the doctor the other day : he said I was well as well could be | Smith, Bessie; Baby Doll; New York, 4 May 1926; (1421472) Co14147D Co CL857 |
| Ain't no way she can forget : ooo well as close as we used to be | Wheatstraw, Peetie; True Blue Woman; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12581) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| Had a white ring around his forepaw : white as any snow | Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8 |
| 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 I'm so crazy about my black gal : I'm just as wild as I can be | Pickett, Charlie; Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal; New York, 2 Aug. 1937; (62467A) De7762 Rt RL310 |
| Just as happy : woman as I can be | Dickson, Tom; Happy Blues; Memphis, 27 Feb. 1928; (400359B) OK8590 Yz L1002 |
| I don't want no woman : she just soon as say yes as to say no | Sykes, Roosevelt; No Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1930; (C6475A) MeM12086 Yz L1033 |
| Daddy you as sweet as you can be : when you take me for a buggy ride | Smith, Bessie; Take Me for a Buggy Ride; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525792) OK8949 Co CL856 |
| What made you quit me : I love you as I did three years ago | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6404A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| You know you're as sweet : as a candy doll | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
