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| I received a letter : what do you suppose it read | Beaman, Lottie; Wayward Girl Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14161A) Ge6607 OJL6 |
| Now I received a letter : some longdistance telegram | Pickett, Charlie; Down the Highway; New York, 3 Aug. 1937; (62488A) De7707 RBF RF202 |
| I received a letter : that my man was dying | Smith, Clara; Death Letter Blues New York, 15 Oct. 1924; (1401081) Co14045D VJM VLP17 |
| I received a letter : the girl I love was dead | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working Man; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60506A) De7200 BC4 |
| I just received a letter : baby won't you please come home | Gibson, Clifford; Drayman Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571752) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| She received that message : that the man she loved was gone | Thompson, Edward; Seven Sister Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2413) Pm12873 Yz L1006 |
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| And I run to the telephone : took the receiver down | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); She's Gone Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473061) Co14461D RBF RF15 |
| I picked up the receiver : I could not get a word | Short, Jaydee; Telephone Arguin' Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. 1 June 1930; (L4561) Pm13043 OJL11 |
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| And when the women receiving you : they'll sure to put their men all down | Chatman, Bo; Bo Carter Special; San Antonio, 26 Mar. 1934; (826111) BBB5489 Yz L1034 |
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RECKLESS.........12
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| Lord if you got a reckless woman : man don't never let her break your rule | McTell, Blind Willie; Runnin' Me Crazy; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140701) Vo02595 Rt RL324 |
| Now I'm wild and reckless : and nobody cares for me | Gibson, Clifford; Society Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57760 ) Vi38612 Yz L1027 |
| You stung me this morning : I been reckless all day long | Memphis Minnie; Bumble Bee; Memphis, 20 Feb. 1930; (MEM773 ) Vo1476 His HLP2 |
| You done got reckless : and change your mind | McTell, Blind Willie; Stomp Down Rider; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (4050021) OK8936 Yz L1005 |
| Well I done got reckless : and I broke my mama's rule | McTell, Blind Willie; Scarey Day Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (4050031) OK8936 Yz L1037 |
| Mama said I'm reckless : daddy said I'm young and wild | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); It's Cold in China Blues; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2021) Vo03166 OJL8 |
| My mama says I'm reckless : my daddy says I'm wild | Smith, Bessie; Reckless Blues; New York, 14 Jan. 1925; (1402421) Co14056D Co CL855 |
| My mother died and left me reckless : my daddy died and left me wild wild wild | McTell, Blind Willie; Statesboro Blues; Atlanta, 17 Oct. 1928; (471873) ViV38001 Yz L1005 |
| And by my reckless living : I've put myself in bad | Howell, Peg Leg; Low Down Rounder Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1928; (1461611) Co14320D RBF RF1 |
| Quit being so reckless : be my baby child | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); It's Cold in China Blues; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2021) Vo03166 OJL8 |
| Lord she's about to run me crazy : these reckless women are worrying me | McTell, Blind Willie; Runnin' Me Crazy; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140701) Vo02595 Rt RL324 |
| Your reckless disposition : done drove your good man away from home | McTell, Blind Willie; Your Time to Worry; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9957A) De7117 Rt RL324 |
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| I got a letter from home : reckon how it read | Wilkins, Robert; Nashville Stonewall Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM740A) Br7168 Rt RL307 |
| And I reckon I'd better take it over to Durhamville : and I'm going to stop at Vasser Williams' | Estes, Sleepy John; Brownsville Blues; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63653A) De7473 RBF RF8 |
| Well I'm sick and tired : I reckon I'm going to bed | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| He said if you don't pay it by next Wednesday : I reckon I'll have to let your insurance | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Insurance Man Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308561) BBB8034 RCA INT1088 |
| I reckon he must have had trouble with his machine : or *the word* the roads oh they must be | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| If you ask her about it : have to reckon with her man | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| 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 |
| I got a letter this morning : how do you reckon it read | House, Son; My Black MamaPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4092) Pm13042 OJL2 |
| Yes she wrote me a letter : what you reckon it read | Ledbetter, Huddie; Death Letter BluesPart 1; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (166951) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| I got a letter from Texas : how do you reckon it read | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; West Texas Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026511) BBB7178 CC35 |
| I got a letter from my rider : what do you reckon it read | Nelson, Romeo; Dyin' Rider Blues; Chicago, 26 Nov. 1929; (C4752 ) Vo1494 RBF RF12 |
| My good gal wrote a letter : how do you reckon it read | Stevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2 |
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| Now I got to do some recording : and I ought to be recording right now | Estes, Sleepy John; Special Agent; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63654A) De7491 RBF RF1 |
| Now I got to do some recording : and I ought to be recording right now | Estes, Sleepy John; Special Agent; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63654A) De7491 RBF RF1 |
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| They say your day or night records : are kind that were hot | Washboard Sam; Let Me Play Your Vendor; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703751) BBB8967 RCA LPV577 |
| I couldn't understand all the records : because I was young and green | Washboard Sam; Let Me Play Your Vendor; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703751) BBB8967 RCA LPV577 |
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| Redhot mama : *eggs hardboiled* | Smith, Trixie; Black Bottom Hop; New York, c. Dec. 1925; (23641) Pm12336 CC29 |
| Red rooster comes back : with her *hen nipped* up | unknown artist (Birmingham Jug Band); Giving It Away; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404683A) OK8908 OJL19 |
| I would not have : this *here red suit on* | Lewis, Furry; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| We say we live in New York City : red white and blue brought us all the way through | Johnson, Lonnie; Life Saver Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81801B) OK8557 CC30 |
| Well I waved my hand : Red shook her head | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| Yon she gone she gone : with a red and green light behind | Black Ivory King (Dave Alexander); The Flying Crow; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61795A) De7307 BC5 |
| You's a redhot mama : meat shakes on the bone | Chatman, Bo; Ants in My Pants; New York, 5 June 1931; (404938B) OK8897 His HLP5 |
| I'm just a redhot papa : just blowed in your town | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Hot Papa Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22072) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| A train left the depot : with a red and blue light behind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| Got a redeyed captain : and a squabbling boss | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| I'm like a redhot stove : I'm burning down | Jones, Maggie; Dangerous Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404893) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| Now I'm a redhot chick : just *puffing* out with flame and youth | Smith, Trixie; No Good Man; New York, 14 June 1939; (65815A) De7617 AH158 |
| Now she's gone she's gone : with a red and green light behind | Washboard Sam; Flying Crow Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644801) BBB8844 BC10 |
| Had a redhot mama : that I sure did hate to lose | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| Sit here and study : with your eyes all red | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| Which away which away : do that Blood Red River run | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bye Bye Baby Blues; New York, 15 Dec. 1937; (221561) Vo04843 RBF RF9 |
| Because that Blood Red River mama : is rising six foot a day | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bye Bye Baby Blues; New York, 15 Dec. 1937; (221561) Vo04843 RBF RF9 |
| I want you talk babytalk to me : and then suck my tongue cherry red | Jones, Little Hat; Cross the Water Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404199B) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| Now you think you going to do me : like you done poor Cherry Red | Johnson, Tommy; Big Road Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418372) Vi21279 Rt RL330 |
| Well goodbye Red : now ain't going to cry | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| Men they call me oven : they say that I'm redhot | Florence, Nellie ; Jacksonville Blues ; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461741) Co14342D OJL6 |
| I'm redhot : and dangerous as can be | Jones, Maggie; Dangerous Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404893) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| See that woman : all dressed in red | Bell, Ed; She's a Fool Gal; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (1510382) Co14595D Rt RL325 |
| Tell all the women : please come dressed in red | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Death Valley Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648741) BBB8858 RCA LPV518 |
| Women went home : and *had it* out in red | James, Jesse; Southern Casey Jones; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90761A) De7213 AH158 |
| Womens going home : and *had it* out in red | James, Jesse; Southern Casey Jones; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90761A) De7213 AH158 |
| Uncle Sam's ship was coming : painted in red white and blue | Johnson, Lonnie; Life Saver Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81801B) OK8557 CC30 |
| Said the little red rooster : to the little red hen | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Move that Thing; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647402) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| Said the little red rooster : to the little red hen | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Move that Thing; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647402) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| I'm going to buy me a little red rooster mama : put it in my back door | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
| Well my little Red : she just don't know | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| Now tell me Red : what you want me to do | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Goodbye Red; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308541) BBB7995 RCA INT1088 |
| Says I'm going back to Georgia : where I can get my red beans and rice | Arnold, Kokomo; Red Beans and Rice; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91162A) De7347 BC4 |
| I don't want no foolishness : about my Red Cross check | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| My redhot shaker : plays it all the time | Davis, Madlyn; It's Red Hot; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (20908?) Pm12703 Yz L1039 |
| Now red ripe tomatoes : don't forget your Tbone steak | Kelly, Jack; Red Ripe Tomatoes; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137142) Ba32844 OJL4 |
| Oh Red : wish you were dead | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Oh Red : what you going to do | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Oh Red : baby's in jail | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Oh Red : she's outdoors | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Oh Red : she's all right | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Oh Red : all over now | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| Then he wrote a little song : by the name of Oh Red | McCoy, Joe; Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More; Chicago, 14 Jan. 1937; (91074A) De7299 AH77 |
| Every night I come home : you got your lips painted red | Fuller, Blind Boy; Piccolo Rag; New York, 5 Apr. 1938; (226771) OK06437 BC11 |
| Said my vine's coloured green : potatoes solid red | Washboard Sam; Diggin' My Potatoes; Chicago, 15 May 1939; (034797 ) BBB8211 BC10 |
| Just see Tampa Red : and his best gal too | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C3594 ) Vo1426 Yz L1039 |
| In case old Tampa Red should flutter : don't you be ashamed to shoo | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Kingfish Blues; Chicago, 22 Mar. 1934; (803851) BBB5617 RCA LPV518 |
| He caught that red shirt mama : trying to flag a train | Byrd, John; Billy Goat Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2892) Pm12997 Yz L1001 |
| Took me way down : to that redhot land | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| Well now the red mean trouble : and the green means a rambling mind | Black Ivory King (Dave Alexander); The Flying Crow; Chicago, 15 Feb. 1937; (61795A) De7307 BC5 |
| Because the redhot mama : drives your dollar down | Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| I don't have the white : but I have the red | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; It's a Fight Like That; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4630 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
| It's called : the redhot shaker rag | Davis, Madlyn; It's Red Hot; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (20908?) Pm12703 Yz L1039 |
| Let's play : the redhot shaker's rag | Davis, Madlyn; It's Red Hot; Chicago, c. Oct. 1928; (20908?) Pm12703 Yz L1039 |
| Well the blue light's the blues : the red light's the worried mind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| Well the blue light was my blues : and the red light was my mind | Johnson, Robert; Love in Vain; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL402?) Vo04630 Co C30034 |
| Well the blue light was my blues : and the red light was my mind | Johnson, Robert; Love in Vain; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL402?) Vo04630 His HLP31 |
| Tell me which away : do the Red River run | Ledbetter, Huddie; Red River Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (16704 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Because she told me : which away the Red River was arunning down | Ledbetter, Huddie; Red River Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (16704 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Let me tell you : what the what the Red Cross people will do | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| You know I can't go down the hill : but I've got to go to the Red Cross store | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| Go to the Red Cross in the morning babe : go up there at night | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| Want me to tell the Red Cross : stop off day and night | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| Because I can't go down the hill : you know I go to the Red Cross store | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| They asked me I go down to the Red Cross store : to get them to give me something to eat | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| Because I can't take you down the hill : but I'll show you to the Red Cross store | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| There's some folks say : that the redhot blues ain't bad | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| 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 |
| The red is for trouble : and the green is for my rambling mind | Washboard Sam; Flying Crow Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644801) BBB8844 BC10 |
| Then you can dance : to these redhot blues | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| So my best gal's gone : I got those redhot blues | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| It must not have been : those redhot blues they had | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| But now she's gone : and I got those redhot blues | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); Red Hot Blues; Chicago, 21 Oct. 1937; (C20311) Vo04066 CC3 |
| I was way up Red River : calling all night long | Patton, Charley; Hammer Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L472) Pm12998 Yz L1020 |
| When the rooster saw the eggs : and they was red | Blake, Blind; Low Down Loving Gal; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208875) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| [Jury, jurymen] heard my case : and it said my hand was red | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Hangman's Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208162) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
| Louise wasn't so goodlooking : and her hair wasn't red | Temple, Johnnie; New Louise Louise Blues; Chicago, 14 May 1937; (91248A) De7337 RBF RF16 |
| Get your red ripe tomato : and your Tbone steak | Carr, Leroy; Bread Baker; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164321) Vo03296 Yz L1036 |
| Say you talking about your red ripe tomato : I'm crazy about my Tbone steak | Rachel, James Yank; TBone Steak Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563362) ViV38595 Rt RL310 |
