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REDBIRD..........1
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| Said to the redbird : skeedleumskee | Bunn, Teddy; Pattin' Dat Cat; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597401) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
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REDCAP...........3
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| Hey redcap porter : did my best woman ever get on board | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| Now Mr redcap porter : won't you help me with my heavy won't you help me with my heavy | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bus Rider Blues; Chicago, 19 June 1940; (WC3139A) OK05933 BC11 |
| Say Mr redcap porter : help me with my load | Thompson, Edward; Florida Bound; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2412) Pm12873 Yz L1006 |
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REDHEADED........2
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| A redheaded woman : make a freight train jump the track | Jackson, Jim; St. Louis Blues; Memphis, c. Feb. 1930; (MEM805 ) Vo1477 Yz L1003 |
| *Takes a* little redheaded woman : and I'll keep you company | Bracey, Ishman; Woman Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2392) Pm12970 OJL2 |
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REDUCE...........1
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| If you be in a gym : and want to reduce | Bell, Anna; Shake It, Black Bottom; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (175 ) QRSR7009 His HLP21 |
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REEFER...........1
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| Now I'm going to smoke my reefer : drink my good champagne and wine | Arnold, Kokomo; Rocky Road Blues; Chicago, 23 Oct. 1937; (91300A) De7449 CC25 |
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REEFERS..........1
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| You drink moonshine : I believe you smoke reefers too | Washboard Sam; Low Down Woman; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07618 ) BBB7048 BC10 |
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REEL.............5
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| You can shut your eyes : begin reel and rock | Church, Blind Clyde; Number Nine Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (56307) Vi23271 Rt RL329 |
| Oh reel and rock me baby : honey if it's all night long | Glaze, Ruby (Blind Willie McTell); Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603 ) Vi23328 Rt RL324 |
| The shack where we was living : she reel and rock but never fell | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| There was something in my bedroom : began to reel and rock | Bradley, Tommie; Four Day Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 July 1931; (17886A) Ch16339 OJL19 |
| When the old Titanic : begin to reel and rock | Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
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REELING..........3
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| I've been reeling and arocking : hounded like a hound | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Moonshine Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (1608?) Pm12083 BYG529.078 |
| I'm reeling and rocking : Lord howling like a hound | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Up the Way Bound; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25471) Pm12375 Yz L1029 |
| If you see me reeling : mama go hide in your trunk | Blake, Blind; Bootleg Rum Dum Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205661) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
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REELS............1
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| When she walks : she reels and rocks behind | Fuller, Blind Boy; Good Feeling Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1940; (26616A) OK06231 BC11 |
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REFUSE...........8
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| I want your love : I can't refuse | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); SecondHand Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16221) Ge7130 Riv RM8803 |
| For the lights in my room : even refuse to shine | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| And my fair brown told me : I refuse to go | Daddy Stovepipe; Sundown Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Mar. 1924; (11861A) Ge5459 Rt RL325 |
| Tell me cloudy weather : the sun refuse to shine | Stokes, Frank; Shiney Town Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555911) ViV38589 RBF RF202 |
| When I call you babe : you refuse to come | Carter, Spider; Don't Leave Me Blues; Chicago, c. 8 Nov. 1930; (C6165 ) Br7188 Rt RL340 |
| And if you refuse : they'll read about you in a short little while | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| And if you refuse : the answer will be from a racketeer's gun | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| Babe I'd do anything for you : I do swear to God and you refuse to come | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Gotta Shave 'Em Dry; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L1041) Pm12916 Her H205 |
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REFUSED..........6
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| I'm so sad and lonely : love has been refused | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Grievin' Me Blues; Chicago, c. 6 Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1 |
| Lord look ayonder people : my love had been refused | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Lost Wandering Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1924; (16982) Pm12098 BYG529.078 |
| I walked down the track : when the stars refused to shine | McCoy, Charlie; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404726A) OK8863 RBF RF14 |
| I been walking all night : when the sun refused to shine | Vincson, Walter; Overtime Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M178) Br7141 Yz L1007 |
| Lord I tried to cry : but my tears refused to fall | Wallace, Sippie; Bedroom Blues; Chicago, 20 Nov. 1926; (9930A) OK8439 Sw S1240 |
| He looked at me and smiled : but yet they refused to say | Cox, Ida; Rambling Blues; Chicago, Sept. 1925; (2294?) Pm12318 BYG529073 |
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REGARDED.........1
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| I regarded you : like I were your baby child | Darby, Blind; Deceiving Blues; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675831) Vi23311 OJL20 |
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REGISTERING......1
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| Because she's registering a cold one hundred : and I'm booked till I got to go | Johnson, Robert; Terraplane Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25861) ARC70356 Co CL1654 |
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REGRET...........4
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| If I catch you stealing : regret the day you's born | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Kid Man Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9457A) OK8273 Bio BLPC6 |
| And if I die : you will regret | Carr, Leroy; Gettin' All Wet; Chicago, 13 Aug. 1929; (C4034 ) Vo1423 Yz L1036 |
| If you don't believe it's pigmeat : come in and you won't regret | Ledbetter, Huddie; Pig Meat Papa; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (171812) ARC60455 His HLP4 |
| I know this is pigmeat : the kind that you won't regret | White, Georgia; Pigmeat Blues; Chicago, 12 May 1936; (90722A) De7209 AH158 |
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REGULAR..........30
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| I have got a regular man here : Lord the good kidman's downtown | Moore, Alice; Kid Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1712) Pm13107 CC37 |
| I ain't going to pick no more pockets : I'm going to be a regular man | Welsh, Nolan; Dying Pickpocket Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210983) Pm12759 Yz L1028 |
| But he will do more stealing : than I can get regular meals | McCoy, Joe; Preachers Blues; Chicago, c. 31 Jan. 1931; (C7247 ) Vo1643 BC13 |
| Kansas City Missouri : has been her regular trade | Wilkins, Robert; Alabama Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M190 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| I'm just stealing from my regular : back to my usedtobe | Bell, Anna; Every Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (172A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| Come and got my regular : then took my usedtobe | Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble BluesPart 1; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C2229 ) Vo1213 Yz L1019 |
| He chased me from my regular : now he's after my usedtobe | Blake, Blind; Black Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (43621) Pm12464 Bio BLP12003 |
| Now my regular woman : totes my pocket change | Bracey, Ishman; Saturday Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418421) Vi21349 OJL8 |
| And you better not let : my regular catch you here | Bracey, Ishman; Saturday Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418421) Vi21349 OJL8 |
| Going back to my regular : because she got everything | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Cloudy Sky Blues; Atlanta, 25 Mar. 1927; (1437582) Co14205D CC36 |
| Said my regular occupation : taking women from their men | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); New Minglewood Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647372) Vi23266 OJL4 |
| I'm going home to my regular : drunk as I can be | Miller, Sodarisa; Sunshine Special; Chicago, c. Apr. 1925; (2092?) Pm12276 Mil MLP2018 |
| I can't quit my regular : and I won't throw my kidman down | Moore, Alice; Kid Man Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1712) Pm13107 CC37 |
| Folks I'll tell : that he's not my regular man | Smith, Clara; I Want My Sweet Daddy Now; New York, 31 Aug. 1923; (811831) CoA3991 VJM VLP15 |
| But he loves me better : than my regular can | Smith, Clara; I Want My Sweet Daddy Now; New York, 31 Aug. 1923; (811831) CoA3991 VJM VLP15 |
| I'm atell you : that he's not my regular man | Sylvester, Hannah; I Want My Sweet Daddy; New York, c. 21 Sept. 1923; (70329) Pat032007 VJM VLP40 |
| But he loves me nicer : than my regular can | Sylvester, Hannah; I Want My Sweet Daddy; New York, c. 21 Sept. 1923; (70329) Pat032007 VJM VLP40 |
| All I want : is my regular right | Williams, Joe; I'm Getting Wild About Her; Chicago, 27 Mar. 1941; (0539901) BBB8774 BC6 |
| My regular found out I was a Saturday night spender : and it sure did make her mad | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Saturday Night Spender Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212012) Pm12771 Rt RL335 |
| I ain't got no regular : baby please take me | Blake, Blind; One Time Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (43632) Pm12479 Bio BLP12037 |
| And I know : you won't have no real regular man at all | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Shady Grove Blues; Chicago, 2 July 1941; (064492 ) BBB8914 BC20 |
| Some people wants to know : the regular price | Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017 |
| Twentyfive cents : is the regular price | Collins, Sam; New Salty Dog; New York, 8 Oct. 1931; (108371) Ba32311 OJL10 |
| Baby if I see you regular : mama see me when you can | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Said I used to be your regular : now I've got to be your dog | Big Bill (Broonzy); The Banker's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17281) Ch16327 Yz L1011 |
| Ah : mama who can your regular be | Blake, Blind; One Time Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (43632) Pm12479 Bio BLP12037 |
| Now if I can't be your regular mama : I sure ain't going to be your dog | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); Weary Worried Blues; Chicago, 6 Sept. 1934; (C9403A) Ch50064 RBF RF9 |
| Look here pretty mama : who can your regular be | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Will I be your regular : or did I come too late | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Hot Papa Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22072) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| The dumb man asked her : said who is your regular be | Sluefoot Joe; Tootin' Out Blues; Long Island City, c. Apr. 1929; (490A) QRSR7086 His HLP17 |
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REGULAR*.........1
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| She got *the regular* : doing that thing | Davis, Walter; Sweet Sixteen; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854841) BBB5931 RCA INT1085 |
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REGULAR].........1
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| Dumb man asked her : who your [man, regular] can be | Bell, Ed; Mamlish Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48163) Pm12524 OJL14 |
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REIN.............1
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| Hold tight rein on Timbrook : so that horse can run | Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8 |
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REINDEER.........1
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| And Jackson got down like a reindeer : and he runned her some | Covington, Blind Bogus Ben; BoodleDeBum Bum; Chicago, c. 9 Oct. 1928; (C4631 ) Br7121 Rt RL325 |
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REINS............2
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| Just get in the saddle : tighten up on your reins | Patton, Charley; Pony Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15216) Pm12792 Yz L1020 |
| When I get in my bed mama : baby tighten up on your reins | Williams, Joe; My Grey Pony; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85491 ) BBB5948 RBF RF14 |
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RELATION.........1
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| Say I'm a poor boy partner : and I ain't got no relation here | Shade, Will; Memphis BoyBlues; Chicago, 9 June 1927; (386591) Vi20809 Rt RL337 |
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RELATIVES........1
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| She's a long tall woman : she got relatives in Arkansas | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Booger Rooger Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30882) Pm12425 Bio BLP12015 |
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RELEASE..........2
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| Ain't but one thing could release me : and that's old father time | McTell, Blind Willie; Death Cell Blues; New York, 19 Sept. 1933; (140491) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| Looking for some sergeant : to release some man | Collins, Sam; Midnight Special Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 17 Sept. 1927; (13035) Ge6307 OJL10 |
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RELIEF...........5
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| Relief station's closing down : I know just how you feel | Martin, Carl; Let's Have a New Deal; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90294A) De7114 BC14 |
| I couldn't find nobody : to give my poor heart relief | Washboard Sam; Flying Crow Blues; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644801) BBB8844 BC10 |
| They don't rent : to no relief clients no more | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| Well well went to the relief station : and I didn't have a cent | Weldon, Will (Casey Bill); W. P. A. Blues; Chicago, 12 Feb. 1936; (C12561) Vo03186 BC7 |
| I was working on the project : begging the relief for shoes | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working on the Project; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91164A) De7311 BC4 |
