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NUMBER'S.........1
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| Now policy man my number's done come out : bring me twentyseven dollars on around | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
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NUMBERS..........7
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| Numbers numbers : about to drive me wild | Blake, Blind; Playing Policy Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1930; (L6471) Pm13035 Bio BLP12003 |
| Policy man if my numbers come out : don't fool around on the street | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| I'm going to cut out playing policy : because my numbers just won't fall | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Cut Out Blues; Chicago, 9 Apr. 1936; (C13551) Vo03444 Say SDR191 |
| Numbers numbers : about to drive me wild | Blake, Blind; Playing Policy Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1930; (L6471) Pm13035 Bio BLP12003 |
| I thought I'd play some numbers : like most colored people do | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| And if them numbers come out man : it'll bring my money back right again | Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
| Now when you change your numbers : play thirteen thirtytwo and fiftyone | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
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NURSE............1
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| I didn't have no money : to get a nurse to hold my head | Washboard Walter; Insurance Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2832) Pm12954 Her H205 |
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NURSES...........1
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| Then the nurses all began to stand around me : the doctors had done me out | Memphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
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NUT..............2
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| Well they got a nut factory : where the women do meet | Brown, Hi Henry; Nut Factory Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11506A) Vo1692 Yz L1003 |
| Got a nut factory : where they work so hard | Brown, Hi Henry; Nut Factory Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11506A) Vo1692 Yz L1003 |
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NUTHOUSE.........1
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| Nuthouse for crazy folks : folks got sense don't go there | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
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O................25
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| Fourteen long years : C and O run by my door | Amos, Blind Joe; C and O Blues; probably Chicago, c. July 1927; ( ) Vo1116 OJL17 |
| Which away which away : did the C and O leave your town | Amos, Blind Joe; C and O Blues; probably Chicago, c. July 1927; ( ) Vo1116 OJL17 |
| *Every time* that M and O : when she came on that Santa Fe | Batts, Will; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1933; (137291) Vo02531 Yz L1021 |
| I hate that train : that they all call the M and O | Bogan, Lucille; I Hate that Train Called the M. and O.; New York, 31 July 1934; (154911) ARC60204 OJL6 |
| To see that M and O train : and me and my daddy part | Bogan, Lucille; I Hate that Train Called the M. and O.; New York, 31 July 1934; (154911) ARC60204 OJL6 |
| Now when I leave here : I'm going to catch that M and O | Brown, Willie; M and O Blues; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4132) Pm13090 OJL5 |
| Oh she left me this morning : and she caught that M and O | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629072) ViV38618 RCA INT1085 |
| I'm a railroad man : and I love that M and O | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues No. 3; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706761) ViV23333 RBF RF12 |
| I'm going to leave here people : going to catch that M and O | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues No. 3; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706761) ViV23333 RBF RF12 |
| Now I love to hear : that M and O whistle blow | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bye Bye Baby Blues; New York, 15 Dec. 1937; (221561) Vo04843 RBF RF9 |
| If you don't find me on the M and O : you'll find me somewhere on that Santa Fe | McClennan, Tommy; Bluebird Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074107 ) BBB9037 RCA LPV518 |
| I'm going to find my baby : because she rode that B and O | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
| Because the gal I love : she rode that B and O | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
| Oh she broke my heart : when she grabbed that B and O | McTell, Blind Willie; B and O Blues No. 2; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140661) Vo02568 Yz L1037 |
| I'm going to take a ride : on the T and O | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Honey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO126 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031 |
| You know she's smelling : got B O all the time | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| She's a ugly : got B O all the time | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| Because she's buggish : she's got B O all the time | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Jasper's Gal; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594991) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
| You got to put on the stump : like a D O G | Jordan, Charley; Keep It Clean; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5836 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| If you want to get the rabbits : out the L O G | Jordan, Charley; Keep It Clean; Chicago, c. mid June 1930; (C5836 ) Vo1511 Yz L1030 |
| I hate to hear : that T and N O blow | Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135491) Ba32845 Rt RL317 |
| If he don't ride that T and N O : he sure ain't satisfied | Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135491) Ba32845 Rt RL317 |
| Double E double R : double E double N O P | Shade, Will; State of Tennessee; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403132) Vi21185 Rt RL322 |
| When I leave from here : going out on the O | Black, Lewis; Gravel Camp Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453662) Co14291D Fly LP103 |
| Every time I hear somebody speaking about you : I will beat you in the *B W O L* | McClennan, Tommy; Mozelle Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074100 ) BBB9015 Rt RL314 |
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O'BRIEN..........2
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| You can go tell the parson : you can tell Chief O'Brien | Gibson, Clifford; Tired of Being Mistreated Part 1; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (484A) QRSR7079 Yz L1027 |
| You can go tell the sergeant : you can tell Chief O'Brien | Gibson, Clifford; I'm Tired of Being Mistreated; New York, 14 June 1929; (402459B) OK8742 Yz L1027 |
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O'CLOCK..........14
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| Eight o'clock in the morning : don't say one mumbling word | Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP10701) Vo02711 Yz L1021 |
| Now I been waiting on the mailman : he usually come around about eleven o'clock | Estes, Sleepy John; Mailman Blues; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93004A) De7789 Sw S1220; |
| about eleven o'clock | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| Oh it left here this evening : just about five o'clock | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| Woke up this morning : about five o'clock | Howell, Peg Leg; Coal Man Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431162) Co14194D RBF RF202 |
| Lord it's early this morning : Lord about four o'clock | Bradley, Tommie; Four Day Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 July 1931; (17886A) Ch16339 OJL19 |
| Early one morning : just about four o'clock | Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
| And I went upstairs : about four o'clock | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); Bed Slats; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80760B) OK8543 His HLP4 |
| Four o'clock that morning : I was thinking on my baby *door* | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Streamline Train; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| Four o'clock every morning : she turn it loose on me | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Third Street Woman Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647242) Vi23258 OJL11 |
| It was about three o'clock : before he could let me be | White, Washington; High Fever Blues; Chicago, 8 Mar. 1940; (WC2987A) Vo05489 Co C30036 |
| Three o'clock in the morning : by the clock hanging on the wall | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Night Time Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22111) Pm12303 Mil MLP2001 |
| And when I come in twelve o'clock : ??? shake it up right | Evans, Joe; Shook It This Morning Blues; New York, 21 May 1931; (106652) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| The whistle was blowing for New Year : around twelve o'clock at night | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Happy New Year Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208192) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
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O*...............1
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| You wouldn't have no time *with mano* : to pass the time away | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sleepless Nights Blues; New York, 17 Mar. 1932; (11519A) Vo1727 Yz L1030 |
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OBEY.............4
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| Now you acted bad : and you don't obey my rules | Arnold, Kokomo; Back on the Job; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91333A) De7390 Say SDR163 |
| Lord that brownskin man : caused me not to obey my poor mother's rule | Moore, Rosie Mae; School Girl Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418322) Vi21408 OJL17 |
| Lord the water will obey : if you just say be still | Wallace, Sippie; The Flood Blues; Chicago, 6 May 1927; (80840B) OK8470 Sw S1240 |
| If you obey your preacher : the good Lord is going to bless your soul | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
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OBLIGED..........4
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| Have a handful of giveme : a mouthful of muchobliged | Estes, Sleepy John; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90176A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
| *Oh joyful* : much obliged | Memphis Minnie; I Don't Want that Junk Outa You; Chicago, c. 30 Jan. 1931; (VO111A) Vo1678 Yz L1008 |
| Got a handful of giveme : mouthful of muchobliged | Patton, Charley; Going to Move to Alabama; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L371) Pm13014 Yz L1020 |
| What you reckon she said : you're not obliged to go | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Poor Boy a Long Ways from Home; New York, 16 June 1927; (1442812) Co14246D Rt RL326 |
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OBSESSED*........1
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| Everybody : *is still obsessed* | Waters, Ethel; That Da Da Strain; New York, c. May 1922; (A) BS14120 Bio BLP12022 |
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OCCUPATION.......3
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| Says my chief occupation : taking *musky* men women | Alexander, Texas; Water Bound Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402642A) OK8785 Rt RL327 |
| But my chief occupation : taking women from their monkeymen | Jackson, Papa Charlie; The Cats Got the Measles; Chicago, c. Jan. 1925; (100193) Pm12259 Bio BLP12042 |
| Said my regular occupation : taking women from their men | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); New Minglewood Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647372) Vi23266 OJL4 |
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OCCUPIED.........1
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| He occupied my livingroom : and broke my *fairybook* down | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; That Black Snake Moan No 2; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212021) Pm12756 Mil MLP2013 |
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OCEAN............15
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| Now if I get across the Atlantic Ocean : good people I will not live to Spain | Arnold, Kokomo; Big Ship Blues; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91167A) De7361 Say SDR163 |
| I looking for my babe on Indian Ocean : but she come on that China sea | Kelly, Jack; Highway No. 61 Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137121) Ba32844 Rt RL316 |
| You can go to the ocean : you can go to the deep blue sea | Church, Blind Clyde; Pneumatic Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (56308) Vi23271 Rt RL329 |
| My mama was a sailor : she love the ocean life | Daniels, Julius; My Mama Was a Sailor; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379312) Vi20658 Rt RL326 |
| Now change in the ocean : change in the deep blue sea | Estes, Sleepy John; Everybody Oughta Make a Change; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63647A) De7571 RBF RF8 |
| I feel like jumping in the ocean : I feel like jumping in the deep blue sea | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; 'Lectric Chair Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203642) Pm12608 Bio BLP12015 |
| I was shipwrecked on the ocean : throwed off on the southern sea | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| I was standing beside the ocean : looking across on the other side | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| I went down to the ocean : just to get a permanent wave | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| When it storms on the ocean : you cannot see the sky | Jones, Jake; Southern Sea Blues; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL474 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| I took a trip out on the ocean : walked the sand of the deep blue sea | McTell, Blind Willie; Talking to Myself; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502572) Co14551D Yz L1005 |
| You may search the ocean : you might go across the deep blue sea | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| I been to the ocean : peeped down the deep blue sea | Patton, Charley; Devil Sent the Rain; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L401) Pm13040 Yz L1009 |
| My man's on the ocean : bobbing up and down | Smith, Clara; Deep Blue Sea Blues; New York, 19 Aug. 1924; (819313) Co14034D VJM VLP17 |
| Well I would shine my light : ooo Lord in the ocean spring | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
