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 SEED.............12
But if the man had aseed me : around the mountain I'd have been goneHicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); California Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483582) Co14573D CC36
Because I don't want my woman : mmm reap no bad seedWilkins, Robert; Dirty Deal Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX104 ) Vo03223 BC5
Know he'll say going back to the country : going to sow some more cotton seed downChatman, Bo; Country Fool; San Antonio, 22 Oct. 1938; (0278791) BBB8122 Yz L1014
And I seed something : that I did not want to see Gillum, Bill Jazz; Keyhole Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1939; (034813 ) BBB8221 RCA INT1177
And the last time I seed him : he had done gone way up the roadLee, Bertha; Mind Reader Blues; New York, 31 Jan. 1934; (147361) Vo02650 OJL17
You know you told me you love me : but what about that man I seed you with the other dayRoland, Walter; T Model Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (135521) Ba32932 Yz L1017
Well the last time I seed you : I give you a five dollar billSmith, . . . (Smith and Harper); Insurance Policy Blues; Augusta, Ga., 26 or 27 June 1936; (AUG1263) ARC61061 Rt RL334
I seed a goodlooking girl : can I make love with youVincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; Atlanta, 25 Oct. 1931; (4050231) Co14660D Mam S3804
I looked down the track : I seed it in the bend Wilkins, Robert; Get Away Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM742B) Br7158 OJL11
If I don't make nothing off my cotton : boss will pay me for my seedWhite, Joshua; Welfare Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149022) Ba33024 His HLP22
Lord I never seed Black Annie : but I sure God heard her laughArnold, Kokomo; Black Annie; Chicago, 5 Feb. 1935; (C9777A) De7092 Say SDR163
Please God ??? : make my woman reap righteous seedWilkins, Robert; Dirty Deal Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX104 ) Vo03223 BC5
 
 SEEDS............1
Seeds taste good : right in your mouth Lewis, Archie; Miss Handy Hanks; Richmond, Ind., 30 Mar. 1933; (19107) Ch16677 Rt RL334
 
 SEEING...........3
Seeing my sweet baby : treated this away Hull, Papa Harvey; Mama You Don't Know How; Chicago, c. May 1927; ( ) BP8030 Her H201
I mean I'm used to drinking : and I'm used to seeing a great good timeSpruell, Freddie; Way Back Down Home; Chicago, 17 Nov. 1926; (9909A) OK8422 Mam S3802
We was seeing a film : when they broke it off Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); It's Tight Like That; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1
 
 SEEK.............1
I'm tired of old style loving : a modern man I'm forced to seekSmith, Trixie; No Good Man; New York, 14 June 1939; (65815A) De7617 AH158
 
 SEEM.............60
Seem like to me : I can hear my Atlanta mama call McTell, Blind Willie; Drive Away Blues; Atlanta, 26 Nov. 1929; (565991) ViV38580 Yz L1005
Seem like them Bell Street Crow Janes : have done got rough with meMcTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324
Seem like every minute : is going to be my last Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078
Seem like he wants me to be a prowler : and a howling wolf all the timeSmith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6404A) Vo1558 Yz L1031
Seem like I can hear : my good gal's voice in the airStevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2
Seem like the snitches and the police babe : trying to tear poor Joe's reputation downWilliams, Joe; I Won't Be in Hard Luck No More; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076641) BBB7065 RCA INT1087
Everybody here baby : seem to have a jolly time Bradley, Tommie; Pack Up Your Trunk Blues; Richmond, Ind., 27 Oct. 1930; (17206) Ch16149 Yz L1019
Scuffling have got so hard : seem like I can't even make a dimeDoyle, Little Buddy; Hard Scufflin' Blues; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM171) OK05771 Rt RL329
I must ahave the wrong woman : seem like can't save money all the timeDoyle, Little Buddy; Hard Scufflin' Blues; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM171) OK05771 Rt RL329
Life have gotten miserable : seem like no more happiness to be madeDoyle, Little Buddy; Hard Scufflin' Blues; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM171) OK05771 Rt RL329
I been breaking down with you dizzy mares : seem like you want me to dig a country wellLofton, Cripple Clarence; Monkey Man Blues; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1935; (C948A) Vo02951 Yz L1015
I want to tell you something mama : seem mighty doggone strangeMcTell, Blind Willie; Talking to Myself; Atlanta, 17 Apr. 1930; (1502572) Co14551D Yz L1005
My head and neck was paining me : seem like my back going to break in twoMemphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337
My head and neck was paining me : seem like my back going to break in twoMemphis Minnie; Memphis MinnieJitis Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5822 ) Vo1588 BC13
Every day : seem like murder here Patton, Charley; Down the Dirt Road Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15215) Pm12854 Yz L1020
Just one day from that man of mine : seem like a thousand yearsSmith, Bessie; I'm Down in the Dumps; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525802) OK8945 Co CL856
No place I go to : seem like home to me Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Unhappy Blues; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404712B) OK8859 Mam S3804
The trouble I been having : seem like I was raised in a orphan's homeWashboard Sam; I've Been Treated Wrong; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703781) BBB9007 RBF RF1
My days seem lonesome : and my nights they are so longBlackwell, Francis Scrapper; Blue Day Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Nov. 1931; (18217A) Ch16452 Yz L1019
Say the days seem so lonesome : and the nights so longGibson, Clifford; Drayman Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571752) ViV38562 Yz L1027
Thirty days seem like years in the jailhouse : where there is no boozePatton, Charley; Tom Rushen Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15222A) Pm12877 Yz L1020
Thirty days seem like years in a jailhouse : where there is no boozePatton, Charley; High Sheriff Blues; New York, 30 Jan. 1934; (147252) Vo02680 Yz L1020
It didn't seem : that he paid me no mind Blake, Blind; Doing a Stretch; Richmond, Ind., 20 July 1929; (15249A) Pm12810 Bio BLP12023
Mama this lonesome place : don't seem like home to meBracey, Ishman; My Brown Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (45459?) Vi21691(?) Rt RL330
I don't seem happy no more : I done got it bad Chatman, Lonnie; It's a Pain to Me; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15452) Pm13143 Bio BLP12041
She's acting funny : and I she don't seem the sameHicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); unnamed title; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493471) Co unissued Yz L1012
Friends it could be worser : you don't seem to understandJohnson, Lonnie; Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91340A) De7388 Sw S1225
Lonesome place : don't seem like it's home to me Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2302) Pm13000 Yz L1007
But every man I love : don't seem like he want to pay me no mindMemphis Minnie; It's Hard to Be Mistreated; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (C16711) Vo03474 BC1
People it don't seem like to me : that God takes care of old folks and foolsSmith, J. T. Funny Paper; Fool's Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO167A) Vo1674 Yz L1010
My ice don't seem : to melt away Spivey, Victoria; My Handy Man; New York, 12 Sept. 1928; (401114B) OK8615 Sw S1240
Since we been apart : my life don't seem the same Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033
Now ever since Louisa you been gone : my life don't seem the sameWilliamson, Sonny Boy; Miss Louisa Blues; Aurora, Ill., 13 Mar. 1938; (020114 ) BBB7576 RBF RF14
Everybody seem welcome : here and every place but meVincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Unhappy Blues; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404712B) OK8859 Mam S3804
Minutes seem like hours : and hours seem like yearsCarr, Leroy; BrokenHearted Man; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164251) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9
Minutes seem like hours : hours seem like days Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078
But I seem so miscontented : every time I ride the big I CAnderson, Jelly Roll; I. C. Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 19 Apr. 1927; (12722) Ge6135 His HLP22
Lord it seem like tomorrow : going to be the same old wayAlexander, Texas; Long Lonesome Day Blues; New York, 11 Aug. 1927; (81213A) OK8511 Rt RL315
Does it seem like hell was broke out : in this place belowAlexander, Texas; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404117B) OK8890 Rt RL316
Sometime it seem like at night : that the old house is falling downDavis, Walter; Can't See Your Face; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493201) BBB8600 Yz L1025
But it seem like the *many ways draining* out of me : more and more every dayDoyle, Little Buddy; Hard Scufflin' Blues; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM171) OK05771 Rt RL329
Well it seem like you hungry : honey come and lunch with meJefferson, Blind Lemon; Rabbit Foot Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30891) Pm12454 Mil MLP2004
I been down so long : it seem like up to me Lewis, Furry; I Will Turn Your Money Green; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454252) ViV38506 Yz L1008
Now it seem like the more that I do for her : it is the less she care for meMontgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35
It seem like my daddy : won't stop his evil ways Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078
It seem like trouble : going to follow me to my graveSmith, Bessie; Down Hearted Blues; New York, 16 Feb. 1923; (808635) CoA3844 Co CL855
It seem like everybody want to knock him around : like he's an old ballWheatstraw, Peetie; When a Man Gets Down; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90961A) De7243 Say SDR192
I just seem like you trying : to beat your loving *self on down*Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Awful Fix Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200341) Pm12539 Yz L1004
It don't make me no difference : just seem so lonesome here to meMemphis Minnie; Boy Friend Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3168A) OK05670 BC1
Minutes seem like hours : and hours seem like yearsCarr, Leroy; BrokenHearted Man; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164251) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9
Minutes seem like hours : hours seem like days Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078
Didn't nobody seem to know me : everybody passed me byJohnson, Robert; Cross Road Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26292) ARC unissued Co CL1654
Now seem everything everything you do : it is to worry my mindBradley, Tommie; Pack Up Your Trunk Blues; Richmond, Ind., 27 Oct. 1930; (17206) Ch16149 Yz L1019
My road seem rocky : so the people do say Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016
I got stones in my passway : and my road seem dark as nightJohnson, Robert; Stone in My Passway; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL3772) ARC71267 Co CL1654
Well seem like she fall in love : ooo well with every lowdown rascal she meetsWheatstraw, Peetie; Low Down Rascal; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60507A) De7200 Say SDR192
Don't the world seem lonely : when you got to battle it all by yourselfJohnson, Lonnie; Friendless and Blue; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63517A) De7487 Sw S1225
Says I knocked on my front door mama : my good gal wouldn't seem to let me inArnold, Kokomo; Front Door Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9655A) De7156 BC4
Lord my needle is in you baby : and you seem to feel all rightDavis, Walter; Think You Need a Shot; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003391) BBB6498 RCA INT1085
Don't try to be ritzy : you ain't what you seem to beWashboard Sam; Sophisticated Mama; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020814 ) BBB7780 BC2
 
 SEEMED...........4
Seemed like I'm treated : every way but right Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble BluesPart 2; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C2230 ) Vo1213 Yz L1019
Walked by you baby : everything seemed to be all rightWeaver, Curley; Sometime Mama; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9939B) Ch50065 His HLP31
All last night : baby it seemed so long Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Penal Farm Blues; Indianapolis, c. June 1928; (IND625 ) Vo1192 Yz L1019
They was standing seemed to be in mourning : with their heads all hanging downDavis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085
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