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| The weather's getting cloudy Lord : how these *birdies sing* | Johnson, Margaret; When a 'Gator Holler, Folk Say It's a Sign of Rain; New York, 20 Oct. 1926; (368461) Vi20333 Fwy FJ2801 |
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| Singing is my trade : I don't have to lie | Hart, Hattie; Coldest Stuff in Town; New York, 14 Sept. 1934; (15952 ) Vo02821 Yz L1021 |
| Singing : these doggone Atlanta blues | McTell, Blind Willie; Georgia Rag; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1931; (4050851) OK8924 Yz L1005 |
| Singing now hey how long : is you going to still [do, treat] me wrong | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
| That's the reason why : singing this badluck moan | Baker, Willie; Bad Luck Moan; Richmond, Ind., 10 Jan. 1929; (14892) Ge6812 Rt RL326 |
| You ought to hear the frogs on Durban : singing and crying | Jaxon, Frankie Half Pint; It's Heated; Chicago, 11 June 1929; (C3585 ) Vo1539 Yz L1039 |
| I'm a guitar king : singing the blues everywhere I go | McClennan, Tommy; I'm a Guitar King; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064890 ) BBB8957 RBF RF1 |
| Sisters in the amen corner : singing let's go round and round | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Round and Round; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64732 ) Vi23256 Jo SM3104 |
| Lord that's why you hear Crow Jane : singing these lonesome songs | Rachel, James Yank; Expressman Blues; Memphis, 17 May 1930; (59934 ) Vi23318 Fwy FA2953 |
| Because mama's going home : singing the Bessemer blues | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Bessemer Bound Blues; New York, Jan. 1926; (23732) Pm12374 Mil MLP2001 |
| That is why you hear me : singing these lonesome blues | Smith, Six Cylinder; Oh Oh Lonesome Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2131) Pm12968 Yz L1004 |
| And the members in the corner : singing Alabama bound | Stevens, Vol; Coal Oil Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (418882) Vi21278 OJL4 |
| Women all singing the blues : I can't raise my right hand | Baker, Willie; WeakMinded Blues; Richmond, Ind., 10 Jan. 1929; (14668) Spt9427 Yz L1012 |
| Women all singing the blues : I ain't raise my right hand | Baker, Willie; WeakMinded Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (14896) Ge6751 Her H201 |
| Know if you hear me doing any singing : I'll be standing around my door | Stokes, Frank; Memphis Rounders Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (563062) Vi23411 Rt RL308 |
| I wouldn't have been singing : these crooked woman blues | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Crooked Woman Blues; Atlanta, 10 Nov. 1927; (1451981) Co14280D CC36 |
| Lord if someone don't save me : I'll go down singing the shipwreck blues | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| Now this world is in a tangle : everybody singing this song | Sykes, Roosevelt; All My Money Gone Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402452A) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| I know you'll miss me : from singing this lonesome song | Beaman, Lottie; Goin' Away Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14163A) Ge6624 OJL6 |
| I know you'll miss me : from singing this lonesome song | Beaman, Lottie; Going Away Blues; Kansas City, early Nov. 1929; (KC604 ) Br7147 Yz L1018 |
| I just stop to see : would you miss me from singing these lonesome songs | Johnson, Lonnie; Mr. Johnson Swing; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63520A) De7509 Sw S1225 |
| Too tight : I'm singing it | Blake, Blind; Too Tight; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30592) Pm12431 Bio BLP12031 |
| I'm singing now mama : because it won't be long | Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11012) Pm13103 Bio BLP12037 |
| That's why I'm singing : these barrelhouse woman blues | McTell, Blind Willie; Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603 ) Vi23328 Rt RL324 |
| I'm singing this tune : I ain't going to [play, pick] it no more | Shade, Will; Jim Strainer; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (599612) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
| That's why I'm singing : these old experience blues | Willis, Ruth Mary; Experience Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519061) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| Now the angels keep singing : the moon shines down at night | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Been Mistreated Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1930; (17290) Ch16237 Riv RM8803 |
| When you hear me singing : my so lonesome song | James, Skip; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7522) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Sometime you hear me singing : Nearer My God To Thee | Jones, Little Hat; Hurry Blues; San Antonio, 21 June 1929; (402699A) OK8735 Yz L1010 |
| Then again you hear me singing : sweet Atlanta blues to you | Jones, Little Hat; Hurry Blues; San Antonio, 21 June 1929; (402699A) OK8735 Yz L1010 |
| Said I'm tired of hearing me singing : Our Father Kingdom Come | Jones, Little Hat; Little Hat Blues; San Antonio, 21 June 1929; (402700A) OK8794 Yz L1032 |
| And old Mr Eddie liking me singing them : I swear to goodness there's no one else to please | Williams, Henry; Lonesome Blues; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1928; (1461492) Co14328D Fly LP103 |
| When you hear me singing : mama this old lonesome song | Williams, Joe; I Know You Gonna Miss Me; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076611) BBB7022 RCA INT1087 |
| I got a new way of singing : makes a good woman lose her home | Hart, Hattie; Coldest Stuff in Town; New York, 14 Sept. 1934; (15952 ) Vo02821 Yz L1021 |
| Well she said I'm tired : daddy of singing these lonesome songs | White, Washington (Booker Washington White); Pinebluff Arkansas; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19962) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
| When I go out singing : I goes out all alone | Hart, Hattie; Coldest Stuff in Town; New York, 14 Sept. 1934; (15952 ) Vo02821 Yz L1021 |
| Ease my head in the window : she's singing Lemon's worried blues again | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lemon's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203753) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| Now papa got to singing : my folks got to crying | Stokes, Frank; Nehi Mama Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454212) Vi21738 Rt RL308 |
| She was singing sweet patuni : only thing I crave | Baker, Willie; Sweet Patunia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (14897) Ge6751 His HLP22 |
| Now I was singing : them lonesome kind of blues | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
| Well well then I'm going to tell them don't get excited : ooo same ??? *bit* I was singing about | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Project Highway; Aurora, Ill., 11 Nov. 1937; (016525 ) BBB7302 RCA INT1175 |
| It's all right : we're singing it | Manning, Leola; The Blues Is All Wrong; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Apr. 1930; (K8089 ) Vo1529 Yz L1015 |
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| Now love ain't nothing : single women loving married men | McTell, Blind Willie; Ticket Agent Blues; Chicago, 25 Apr. 1935; (C9954A) De7078 Yz L1037 |
| Don't a man act funny : when a single woman ease in town | Estes, Sleepy John; You Shouldn't Do That; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649161) BBB8915 BC7 |
| I'm going take my females : hang them on a single line | Johnson, Buster; Undertaker Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18323) Ch16718 OJL2 |
| If you're a single man : you better drink and have your fun | Johnson, Lonnie; Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91340A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
| Now I'm going to get myself a single man : and leave these married mens alone | Memphis Minnie; It's Hard to Be Mistreated; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (C16711) Vo03474 BC1 |
| I got a letter from my darling : didn't have a single dime | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Got a Letter from My Darlin'; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64731 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
| What make a single woman : crazy about a married man | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009 |
| What make a married woman : so crazy about a single man | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009 |
| Now I'll tell you the reason : I don't like a single man much | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| Well a single man's all right : but he ain't got that married man's touch | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| I've hop down in your basement : don't mean to harm a single soul | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hoppin' Toad Frog; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO166A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| Know it's the best to get single : then you won't have to cry no more | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Booger Rooger Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30882) Pm12425 Bio BLP12015 |
| You're living single : Lord you know I ain't going to stay | Patton, Charley; Pea Vine Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15221A) Pm12877 Yz L1001 |
| Going to stay single : till my mustache drags the ground | unknown artist (Kansas City Blues Strummers); String Band Blues; probably Chicago, c. late July 1926; ( ) Vo1048 Rt RL311 |
| You want to take care of the man's labour : and let these single boys alone | Reynolds, Blind Joe; Outside Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1443) Pm12927 OJL8 |
| Take care of your husband's labour : and let these single boys alone | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009 |
| That's the reason : we single men Lord don't know what we wants to do | Reynolds, Blind Joe; Nehi Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1462) Pm12927 OJL11 |
| So we single men : can tell a married woman from a child | Reynolds, Blind Joe; Nehi Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1462) Pm12927 OJL11 |
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| Yes I whipped my woman : with a singletree | Blackman, Tewee (Memphis Jug Band); I Whipped My Woman With a Single Tree; Memphis, 4 Oct. 1929; (563472) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| Well I whips my woman : with a singletree | Shaw, Allen (Hattie Hart); I Couldn't Help It; New York, 17 Sept. 1934; (159671) Vo02844 OJL21 |
| Hit my woman : with a singletree | Sykes, Roosevelt; Single Tree Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15563) Pm12827 Riv RM8819 |
| I beat my girl : with a singletree | Thomas, Henry; Don't Ease Me In; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
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| The girl I love : sings like a turtledove | Johnson, Joe (Memphis Minnie); Don't Want No Woman; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (62539 ) Vi23313 Pal PL101 |
| Want all of you people to listen : while my guitar sings | Johnson, Lonnie; Mr. Johnson Swing; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63520A) De7509 Sw S1225 |
| Love you while he's talking : love you while he sings | Waters, Ethel; Memphis Man; New York, c. Mar. 1923; (5641) BS14146 Bio BLP12022 |
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| The ??? won't bring ??? : just let her sink on down | Blind Percy; Coal River Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201382) Pm12584 Yz L1010 |
| I'd sink to the bottom : and I'd never come up | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
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| For I feel myself : sinking every day | Darby, Blind; Built Right on the Ground; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675841) Vi23311 Yz L1003 |
| Storm begin rising : and the sun begin sinking down | Johnson, Lonnie; Flood Water Blues; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91341A) De7397 Sw S1225 |
| Don't believe I'm sinking : believe what a hole I'm in | Bracey, Ishman; TroubleHearted Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454601) Vi21691 Yz L1007 |
| Don't believe I'm sinking : believe what a hole I'm in | Bracey, Ishman; TroubleHearted Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454602) ViRCX7167 Rt RL330 |
| Lord that I'm standing at the crossroad baby : I believe I'm sinking down | Johnson, Robert; Cross Road Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26292) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a whole I'm in | Poor Jab (Jab Jones); Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 RBF RF1 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a hole I'm in | Shade, Will; Stealin' Stealin'; Memphis, 15 Sept. 1928; (470372) ViV38504 Rt RL337 |
| Because my heart is getting weaker : and I'm sinking lower and lower every day | Smith, Clara; My John Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404931) Co14077D CC32 |
| Lonesome lonesome : yes I'm sinking sinking sinking down below my grave | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a hole I'm in | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| If you don't believe I'm sinking : look what a fool I've been | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| Oh the ship is sinking : and the line in such a mess | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| I feel like sinking : six feet in the lonesome ground | Willis, Ruth Mary; Painful Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519071) Co14642D Yz L1037 |
| Mmm : I feel myself sinking down | Johnson, Lonnie; Blue Ghost Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81802B) OK8557 CC30 |
| This haunted house blues is killing me : I feel myself sinking down | Johnson, Lonnie; Blue Ghost Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81802B) OK8557 CC30 |
| Blue ghost has got me : I feel myself sinking down | Johnson, Lonnie; Blue Ghost Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63523A) De7537 AH158 |
| I've got consumption of the heart : I feel myself sinking low | Martin, Sara; Death Sting Me Blues; Long Island City, Nov. 1928; (278A) QRSR7042 BYG529073 |
| Have all my money gone : I feel myself sinking down | Sykes, Roosevelt; All My Money Gone Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402452A) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| The very thought of Sam sinking : that's my *cup* | Waters, Ethel; One Man Nan; New York, c. Aug. 1921; (P1461) BS2021 Bio BLP12022 |
| Lonesome lonesome : yes I'm sinking sinking sinking down below my grave | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| Lonesome lonesome : yes I'm sinking sinking sinking down below my grave | Spivey, Victoria; I Can't Last Long; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1936; (C14502) Vo03314 Spi LP2001 |
| I'm going up on the mountain : to watch the sinking sun | Smith, Clara; I Never Miss My Sunshine; New York, 7 Sept. 1923; (812022) CoA4000 VJM VLP15 |
| Titanic sinking : in the deep blue sea | Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
| Something tells me : won't be long before we're sinking down | Johnson, Lonnie; Life Saver Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81801B) OK8557 CC30 |
| Because we're sinking down : and the lifeboat is your safest place | Johnson, Lonnie; Life Saver Blues; New York, 9 Nov. 1927; (81801B) OK8557 CC30 |
