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| I'm the baddest man : ever came from Tennessee | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Jungle Man Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210452) Pm12721 Bio BLP12042 |
| And the baddest copper : ever walked that beat | Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018 ) De7102 Mam S3803 |
| And you can ask anybody : ain't that the baddest place in town | Roland, Walter; 45 Pistol Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1935; (170812) ARC60361 BC7 |
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BADLY............2
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| I've been badly mistreated : I've been drove from door to door | Martin, Carl; Badly Mistreated Man; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C8812) OK8961 Yz L1016 |
| You were badly mistreated : I know just what you mean | Estes, Sleepy John; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90176A) Ch50048 OJL21 |
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BAD].............1
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| I couldn't keep away from [wild, bad] women : bad [liquor, whiskey] cards and dice | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lock Step Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208152) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
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BAG..............7
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| *I ought to tell how much* for coal : thirtyfive cents a bag | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (42442) Pm12461 Bio BLP12042 |
| If I had swings : and a carpet bag | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You Got Me Rollin'; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (647412) Vi23274 Rt RL323 |
| Awhat you trying to do to me honey : I happen to have it in my bag | Chatman, Bo; Honey; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476571) BBB8555 Yz L1034 |
| Awhat you trying to do to me honey : I happen to have it in my bag | Chatman, Bo; Honey; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476571) BBB8555 Yz L1034 |
| 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'm a snake doctor man : got my medicine I say in my bag | Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003 |
| Well well right now I wonder : will a shopping bag hold my clothes | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Hang My Clothes on No Barbed Wire Line; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1930; (C6489A) Vo1649 Say SDR191 |
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BAGS.............1
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| When you get your money : then pack your bags and go | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
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BAIL.............29
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| And her crime was so evil : nobody will go her bail | Barefoot Bill; Big Rock Jail; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493562) Co14481D Rt RL313 |
| She ain't got nobody : come and go her bail | McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691A) De7182 AH77 |
| After he locked her up : he turned and went her bail | Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018 ) De7102 Mam S3803 |
| She didn't need nothing : to go her bail | Robinson, Bob; Selling That Stuff; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (210353) Pm12714 Riv RM8803 |
| But she didn't need nothing : to go her bail | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C3594 ) Vo1426 Yz L1039 |
| Now the judge : won't let me go his bail | Beaman, Lottie; Rolling Log Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14162) Ge6624 OJL6 |
| And the judge : won't let me go his bail | Beaman, Lottie; Rollin' Log Blues; Kansas City, early Nov. 1929; (KC605 ) Br7147 Yz L1018 |
| Oh well it's come on mama : and let me go his bail | Shade, Will; I Can Beat You Plenty; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (55599 ) ViV38586 Rt RL337 |
| I were the only person : to try and go his bail | Spivey, Victoria; Arkansas Road Blues; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80768B) OK8481 Spi LP2001 |
| Yes I told my gal : to bring me bail | Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977?) Co14463D His HLP5 |
| I sat and called you baby : to come and go my bail | Carr, Leroy; New How Long How Long BluesPart 2; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C7221A) Vo1585 RBF RF202 |
| Looking for my Louise : to come and go my bail | Edwards, Big Boy Teddy; Louise; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (806081) BBB5826 CC3 |
| I had shot the woman I love : ain't got no one to come go my bail | Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC251) Vo04897 BC11 |
| I got friend who's got money : please tell him come go my bail | Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC251) Vo04897 BC11 |
| Well I got nobody : Lord come and go my bail | Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC251) Vo04897 BC11 |
| I says mmm : I mean come and go my bail | Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC251) Vo04897 BC11 |
| Some hotshot got money : come in and go my bail | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| Some hotshot got money : come in and go my bail | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| Got me laying back here on my bunk : nobody in the world to go my bail | McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324 |
| Cold and dark all around me : no one to go my bail | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Cell Bound Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1924; (100012) Pm12257 Mil MLP2001 |
| I don't want no bonded man : to go my bail | Smith, Bessie; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (1435762) Co14209D Co CL858 |
| Would no one even come : and go my bail | White, Washington; When Can I Change My Clothes; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2979A) Vo05489 Co C30036 |
| They fined her eleven twentynine : and they even allowed her no bail | Carr, Leroy; Eleven TwentyNine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164291) Vo03157 Bio BLPC9 |
| The copper brought her in : she didn't need no bail | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); No Matter How She Done It; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11210A) Vo1699 Yz L1039 |
| If the jury finds them guilty : the judge'll go their bail | Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (1506582) Co14554D Co CL856 |
| You going to need somebody : to go your bail | Chatman, Bo; The Law Gonna Step on You; New York, 5 June 1931; (404935A) OK unissued Yz L1034 |
| Yes sweet papa Charlie Chicken : he will pay your bail | Davis, Carl (Dallas Jamboree Jug Band); Elm Street Woman Blues Dallas, 20 Sept. 1935; (DAL103 ) Vo03092 BC2 |
| Put so many crimes against you loving baby : take a millionaire to go your bail | Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310 |
| You didn't have a friend : to come and go your bail | McClure, Matthew; Prisoner's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18798) Ch18514 Riv RM8819 |
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BAILEY...........1
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| Now Barnum Bailey Circus : came to town | Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398212) Vi21076 Rt RL326 |
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BAIT.............2
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| I've sold you my best bait baby : and I can't do that no more | Johnson, Robert; Dead Shrimp Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26282) ARC70481 Co C30034 |
| Now I'm a kingfish papa : and I know what kind of bait to choose | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Kingfish Blues; Chicago, 22 Mar. 1934; (803851) BBB5617 RCA LPV518 |
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BAKE.............11
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| I got a range in my kitchen : bake bread nice and brown | Fuller, Blind Boy; I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy; New York, 23 July 1935; (178622) ARC60156 BC11 |
| I'll wash you clothes in the morning : bake jellyroll at night | Glover, Mae; I Ain't Giving Nobody None; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15395A) Ge6948 Her H201 |
| When you see me coming : bake your biscuits brown | Hull, Papa Harvey; Two Little Tommies Blues; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12691) Ge6122 Yz L1009 |
| I'll cook some meat : bake some bread | Washboard Sam; Come On In; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01884 ) BBB6870 RBF RF16 |
| When a woman's too lazy : to try and bake an apple pie | Calloway, Blanche; Lazy Woman's Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9458A) OK8279 CC32 |
| Ain't a baker in town : can bake a sweet jellyroll like mine | Bell, Ed; Ham Bone Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48173) Pm12524 OJL14 |
| Well she can bake good jellyroll : and she's so nice and clean | Gibson, Clifford; She Rolls It Slow; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69405 ) Vi23290 RCA INT1175 |
| She won't do nothing I tell her : but she done bake me jellyroll | McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305 |
| Now she bake good jellyroll : she bakes it nice and hot | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
| What please me so well : she bake them with her damper down | Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9943A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| She bake her jellyroll : all the time | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26134) Pm12383 Yz L1029 |
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BAKED............3
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| My baby baked me fresh biscuits : baked them nice and brown | Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9943A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| My baby baked me fresh biscuits : baked them nice and brown | Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9943A) Ch50077 Rt RL326 |
| Grandma baked grandpa : some jellyroll | Bunn, Teddy; It's Sweet Like So; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (597391) ViV38592 His HLP5 |
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BAKER............2
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| Ain't a baker in town : can bake a sweet jellyroll like mine | Bell, Ed; Ham Bone Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48173) Pm12524 OJL14 |
| Want you to roll me baby : like the baker rolls his dough | Glaze, Ruby (Blind Willie McTell); Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603 ) Vi23328 Rt RL324 |
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BAKERSHOP........3
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| I'm standing in front of the bakershop : and I'm feeling lowdown in mind | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| Girl in the bakershop : she hollered papa don't look so sad | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| If I don't get a break soon : I'll fall dead front of this bakershop | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
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BAKES............3
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| I got a range in my kitchen : bakes nice and brown | Lincoln, Charley; Jealous Hearted Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451032) Co14305D RBF RF9 |
| There's a fire in my range : bakes nice and brown | Smith, Clara; Mama's Gone Goodbye; New York, 20 Sept. 1924; (1400534) Co14039D VJM VLP17 |
| Now she bake good jellyroll : she bakes it nice and hot | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
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BAKING...........9
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| I'm a rambling roller : jellybaking jellybaking fool | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| I'm a rambling roller : jellybaking jellybaking fool | Baker, Willie; No No Blues; Richmond, Ind., 9 Jan. 1929; (14667) Ge6766 BC5 |
| Lord that jellybaking strut : will make a monkeyman leave his town | Patton, Charley; Love My Stuff; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (14746 ) Vo02782 Mam S3802 |
| I'm just a roller : jellybaking jellybaking fool | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| I'm just a roller : jellybaking jellybaking fool | Weaver, Curley; No No Blues; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473052) Co14386D His HLP32 |
| Mama's baking cookies : out in the kitchen | Carr, Leroy; Papa Wants a Cookie; Chicago, 2 Jan. 1930; (C5070 ) Vo1561 Yz L1036 |
| Baby don't put no more baking powder : in your bread you see | Chatman, Bo; Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026191) BBB8159 Yz L1014 |
| Lord I like them baking powder blues : and I sure don't care | Bogan, Lucille; Baking Powder Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135691) Ba33059 Yz L1017 |
| I got to win tonight : and buy this baking powder man some shoes | Bogan, Lucille; Baking Powder Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135691) Ba33059 Yz L1017 |
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BALD.............2
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| Said give me back the wig I bought you : let your head go bald | Cannon, Gus; Heart Breakin' Blues; Memphis, 9 Sept. 1928; (470012) ViV38523 OJL4 |
| Hand me back that wig I bought you : mama let your doggone head go bald | Jordan, Luke; Church Bells Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398192) Vi21076 RBF RF9 |
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BALE.............2
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| Pair of old britches : and a bale of hay | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; New York, 17 Sept. 1930; (100482) Or8033 Yz L1035 |
| Pair of old britches : and a bale of hay | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Terrible Operation Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17276B) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
