NEW!! PRE-WAR BLUES LYRICS CONCORDANCE


PUTS.............13
Puts my mind on the wander : makes me want to go	Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135491) Ba32845 Rt RL317
Well the ground hog even gets it : puts it in his hole	Hill, Robert; I Had a Gal for the Last Fifteen Years; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026031) BBB6741 His HLP31
Well the bee gets the honey : puts it in his comb	Hill, Robert; I Had a Gal for the Last Fifteen Years; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026031) BBB6741 His HLP31
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
So when he puts me out : have some place to lay my head	Memphis Minnie; Lonesome Shark Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3166A) OK05728 BC1
Because he works all the time : he puts money in her hand	Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009
He puts his arms around me : like the ring around the good Lord's sun	Bogan, Lucille; Man Stealer Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1935; (169972) ARC350913 Rt RL317
He puts candy in my hand : and he calls me his candy doll	Waters, Ethel; Ethel Sings 'Em; New York, c. June 1923; (B) BS14154 Bio BLP12022
I puts up a solid foundation mens : and you know it don't never fall	Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003
When I love my woman : it puts me in a strain	Alexander, Texas; I Am Calling Blues; New York, 20 Nov. 1928; (401349A) OK8801 His HLP31
And she puts straw in your mattress : makes you wish you was dead	Batts, Will; Country Woman; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137181) Vo02531 Rt RL329
She put that thing on you : she puts it on you right	Gibson, Clifford; Don't Put That Thing On Me; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571742) ViV38572 Yz L1006
She gets up before day : and she puts that thing on me	Patton, Charley; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15220) Pm12854 Yz L1020

PUTTED...........1
Now I came in all in that Main West : and I putted down at Chicago Heights	Estes, Sleepy John; Hobo Jungle Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62481A) De7354 Sw S1219

PUTTING..........6
Putting up all my money : and I isn't got a doggone thing	Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487A) OK8692 Bio BLPC4
Heard my gal : putting cider in	McCoy, Joe; That Will Be Alright; New York, 18 June 1929; (1487083) Co14439D Yz L1021
Try to make a living : by putting on airs	Fuller, Blind Boy; Step It Up and Go; New York, 5 Mar. 1940; (26592A) Vo05476 BC11
Trying to make me a dime : oh well well to keep the rent man from putting me outdoors	Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working on the Project; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91164A) De7311 BC4
I done seen better days : but I'm putting up with these	Brown, Richard Rabbit; James Alley Blues; New Orleans, 11 Mar. 1927; (380001) Vi20578 Yz L1032
You know that's the last of my good man : because they putting him down in the cold cold	Spruell, Freddie; Your Man Is Gone; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85784 ) BBB6025 Mam S3802

QUACK............1
I mean to be a real snake doctor man : and you know I don't mean to be no quack	Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003

QUARRY...........1
They sent me to the stone quarry : I was standing in the door	Welsh, Nolan; The Bridwell Blues; Chicago, 16 June 1926; (9727A) OK8372 Fwy FJ2802

QUART............7
That be the case : I want a quart today	Hurt, Mississippi John; Got the Blues Can't Be Satisfied; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401484B) OK8724 Bio BLPC4
Well I ain't going to leave my home : till I order me a quart of gin	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Big Night Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1929; (214022) Pm12801 Riv RLP12125
Going in one of these alleys : get me [some lonesome, a quart of this] booze	McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005
Here is my shrimp : fifty cents a quart	Mason, Moses; Shrimp Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (203023) Pm12605 Rt RL325
Told her come on go out : come go and get a quart of wine	Williamson, Sonny Boy; You've Been Foolin' Round Town; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208481) BBB7756 RCA INT1088
And every time she'd come back : she'd say daddy buy me another quart of beer	Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581
I was lying down with my baby : we had one small quart of gin	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Happy New Year Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208192) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000

QUARTER..........7
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
Show them girls a quarter : they won't let you go	Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants to Knock a Jug; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C7223A) Vo1651 Yz L1036
I wouldn't spend a quarter : not to save your soul	Gibson, Clifford; I'm Tired of Being Mistreated; New York, 14 June 1929; (402459B) OK8742 Yz L1027
It's going to take two dollars and a quarter : I declare to send me a postal card	Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032
Keep a quarter for myself : have to give to my man	Jones, Maggie; Four Flushing Papa; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401042) Co14044D VJM VLP23
Come on back here man : and give me my quarter	Arnold, Kokomo; Salty Dog; Chicago, 12 Jan. 1937; (91070A) De7267 Rt RL318
Come on back here man : and give me my quarter	Jackson, Papa Charlie; Salty Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1924; (1893?) Pm12236 Yz L1029

QUEEN............9
A workingman's wife is starving : your wife is living like a queen	Smith, Bessie; Poor Man's Blues; New York, 24 Aug. 1928; (1468951) Co14399D Co CL856
He never lost no money : until he drew that black queen of spades	Bogan, Lucille; Skin Game Blues; New York, 8 Mar. 1935; (170141) Ba33448 Rt RL317
Treated me like I was a doggone king : and she was a doggone queen	McTell, Blind Willie; Statesboro Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471873) ViV38001 Yz L1005
My buddy played the jack : when he give me that hardluck queen	Campbell, Bob; Dice's Blues; New York, 30 July 1934; (154831) Vo02830 Rt RL340
Mmm she is a little queen of spades : and the men will not let her be	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034
Now she is a little queen of spades : and the men will not let her be	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31
Showed her once : now she's a scraunching queen	Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Doin' the Scraunch; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510562) Co14591D CC36
Well well little girl says I'm the king : fair brown and you is the queen	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034
Now little girl say I'm the king : baby and you is the queen	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31

QUEENS...........1
Some got both queens : some got both kings	McCoy, Joe; Beat It Right; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7246 ) Vo1643 Pal PL101

QUESTION.........3
I'm asking you a question : mama asking you very clear	Short, Jaydee; Telephone Arguin' Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. 1 June 1930; (L4561) Pm13043 OJL11
I used to ask a question : then answer that question myself	Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Fool's Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO167A) Vo1674 Yz L1010
I used to ask a question : then answer that question myself	Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Fool's Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO167A) Vo1674 Yz L1010

QUESTIONED.......1
Now the prosecutor questioned me partner : the clerk he wrote it down	Welsh, Nolan; The Bridwell Blues; Chicago, 16 June 1926; (9727A) OK8372 Fwy FJ2802

QUESTIONS........6
And might be a few questions : she swore sure kill her dead	Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); Mississippi Moan; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2011) Vo03166 Yz L1009
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
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
Judge don't ask me no questions : about how our trouble began	Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; County Jail Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO132A) Vo1679 Yz L1031

QUICK............12
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
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 need a quickfilling dentist : because I'm mean and cross	Bryant, Laura; Dentist Chair BluesPart 1; Long Island City, c. Jan. 1929; (322A) QRSR7055 His HLP21
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
Now run here mama : and run here quick	Evans, Joe; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 21 May 1931; (106641) Or8083 Yz L1015
I want you to come here baby : come here quick	Memphis Minnie; Dirty Mother For You; Chicago, 10 Jan. 1935; (C9641A) De7048 Pal PL101
Her mama phoned the doctor : says come here quick	Newbern, Hambone Willie; She Could ToodleOo; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402295A) OK8740 Rt RL323
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
Are you coming in Mr gasman : I want to tell you something right quick	Glover, Mae; Gas Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15396A) Ge7040 Yz L1009
Down in Black Mountain : they all shoots quick and straight	Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856
You running so quick and dangerous : that I won't have no woman at all	Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018
Give me a match : and let me take a whiff quick	Green, Lil; Knockin' Myself Out; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591521) BBB8659 RCA LPV574

QUICKER..........2
He trails me like a bloodhound : he's quicker than a snake	Smith, Clara; Done Sold My Soul to the Devil; New York, 30 Sept. 1924; (1400763) Co14041D VJM VLP17
Lemon won't kill no quicker : if you bother with my jellyroll	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15672) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015

QUIET............5
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
To keep her quiet : I knocked her teeth out her mouth	Blake, Blind; Notoriety Woman Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208752) Pm12754 Bio BLP12031;
When everything is quiet and easy : Mr grinder can have his way	Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Grinder Man Blues; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535921) BBB8584 RCA730.581
Well I would ask of you my darling : just so quiet so soft and low	Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17
I wasn't too quiet : to hear my back door slam	Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021

QUILT............2
Nothing but a bed quilt : where your coat ought to be	Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951
Pockets in a bed quilt : I've never seen before	Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951

QUINCE...........1
To order in some quince meat : and get all ???fied	Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); The Spider and the Fly; Atlanta, 23 Apr. 1930; (1503652) Co14558D CC36