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| You is built for speed : and fast just like twenty grand | Davis, Walter; Let Me in Your Saddle; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405111) BBB8282 RCA INT1085 |
| I ain't no race horse : I ain't built for speed | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Hot Papa Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22072) Pm12305 Bio BLP12042 |
| But that sixinch right : come with lightning speed | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
| You said you craved a gal with speed : that's why I wouldn't do | Martin, Daisy; What You Was You Used to Be; New York, c. late July 1923; (52381) Ba1262 VJM VLP40 |
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| When I leave these walls : I'll be running ??? *a speed* | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
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| She got four speeds forward : and she don't never stall | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Low Down Mojo Blues; Chicago, c. June 1928; (206361) Pm12650 Mil MLP2004 |
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| The blues is like the devil : it comes on you like a spell | Johnson, Lonnie; Devil's Got the Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63518A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| Can't read and write : can't spell my name | McTell, Blind Willie; Come On Around to My House Mama; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493022) Co14484D Rt RL324 |
| The dry spell blues have fallen : drive me from door to door | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4254) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| The dry spell blues : have put everybody on the killing flood | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4254) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| Because the dry spell : have parched all this cotton and corn | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4254) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| Can't read and write : can't even spell my name | McTell, Blind Willie; Drive Away Blues; Atlanta, 26 Nov. 1929; (565991) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
| It's a dry old spell : everywhere I been | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| If you's a real hot mama : drive away daddy's weeping spell | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine Blues; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519051) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| They taking away that willow tree : that give me this weeping spell | Smith, Bessie; Weeping Willow Blues; New York, 26 Sept. 1924; (1400622) Co14042D Co CL856; |
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| Got a new way baby : spelling Memphis Tennessee | Darby, Blind; Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15566) Pm12828 Yz L1003 |
| My gal's got a new way : Lord spelling Tennessee | Harrison, Smoky; Iggly Oggly Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L801) Pm12920 Rt RL340 |
| We got a new way of spelling : Memphis Tennessee | Lewis, Furry; Jellyroll; probably New York, 28 May 1927; ( ) Vo1115 RBF RF11 |
| I got a new way of spelling : dear old state of Tennessee | Shade, Will; State of Tennessee; Atlanta, 19 Oct. 1927; (403132) Vi21185 Rt RL322 |
| I got a new way of spelling : sweet old Tennessee | Thompson, Edward; Seven Sister Blues; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2413) Pm12873 Yz L1006 |
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| Spend my woman's money : mama and she won't come | Coleman, Jaybird; Save Your MoneyLet These Women Go; Birmingham, Ala., c. 11 Aug. 1927; (GEX802B) BP8052 Rt RL313 |
| We'll drop in : and spend the day | Big Bill (Broonzy); Eagle Riding Papa; New York, 9 Apr. 1930; (95951) Ba0712 Yz L1011 |
| [Awful] nice to meet strangers : just to come and spend the day | Gibson, Clifford; Old Time Rider; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571762) Vi23255 Yz L1027 |
| The blues will drive you to drink and murder : and spend the rest of your life in jail | Johnson, Lonnie; Devil's Got the Blues; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63518A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| You can spend my money : you can pawn my *sicking* clothes | Church, Blind Clyde; Pneumatic Blues; Memphis, 30 Sept. 1929; (56308) Vi23271 Rt RL329 |
| You can spend my money : but you got to stay at home with me | Gibson, Clifford; Sunshine Moan; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (478A) QRSR7083 Yz L1027 |
| You can spend my money baby : you can get my loving too | Gibson, Clifford; Jive Me Blues; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (577581) ViV38572 Yz L1027 |
| But she can spend more money : than any woman that you ever seen | Nelson, Sonny Boy; Street Walkin'; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026001) BBB6672 Yz L1038 |
| If you can't do my rolling mama : you can't spend my change | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Third Street Woman Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647242) Vi23258 OJL11 |
| I'll either spend a month in jail : or I'm sure to lose my job | Miles, Lizzie; Shootin' Star Blues; New York, 4 Jan. 1928; (77082) Ba7025 VJM VLP40 |
| Say little girl : can I spend the night | McCoy, Joe; You Got to MovePart 1; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9380 ) De7038 BC1 |
| You spend your money : and I'll spend mine | Washboard Sam; I'm Not the Lad; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644781) BBB8878 RCA LPV577 |
| The folks down in Tallahassee : make me spend all the money I ever had | Washington, Louis; Tallahassee Woman; New York, 18 Jan. 1934; (146371) Ba33105 Fly LP103 |
| Because she'll spend your money : then she will throw you out | Big Bill (Broonzy); The Banker's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17281) Ch16327 Yz L1011 |
| They'll spend all their money : leave you sad and blue | Hill, Bertha Chippie; Kid Man Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9457A) OK8273 Bio BLPC6 |
| They'll spend all your money : turn around and run you insane | McTell, Blind Willie; Runnin' Me Crazy; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140701) Vo02595 Rt RL324 |
| She used to spend my dollars : just like she spent my dimes | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| You know long through the spring : then you can have some money to spend | Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219 |
| I haven't nothing so long as corn liquor lasts : and I got no money to spend | Jackson, Jim; Bootlegging Blues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419042) Vi21268 Rt RL323 |
| Take a trip down south : *it's tough to spend my round* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Dry Southern Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24751) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| I don't want : to spend no ninetyninety years in jail | Smith, Bessie; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (1435762) Co14209D Co CL858 |
| When I start to spend my money : a man pulled a great big gun | Thomas, George; Don't Kill Him in Here; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L182) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| I told her I'm going back to Tallahassee : I ain't got no money to spend | Washington, Louis; Tallahassee Woman; New York, 18 Jan. 1934; (146371) Ba33105 Fly LP103 |
| Not for so much talk : but to spend your dough | Wilkins, Robert; New Stock Yard Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX107 ) Vo03223 OJL21 |
| To spend your money : for the corn that the bootlegger makes | Jackson, Jim; Bootlegging Blues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419042) Vi21268 Rt RL323 |
| Pretty mama's in Avalon : sure will spend your change | Hurt, Mississippi John; Avalon Blues; New York, 21 Dec. 1928; (401473B) OK8759 Bio BLPC4 |
| She'll keep you up all night long : then will spend your money too | Nelson, Sonny Boy; Street Walkin'; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (026001) BBB6672 Yz L1038 |
| Before a woman spend fifty cents on corn liquor : she'll buy that bottle of canned heat on the sly | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| I wouldn't spend a nickel : not to save your soul | Gibson, Clifford; Tired of Being Mistreated Part 1; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (484A) QRSR7079 Yz L1027 |
| I wouldn't spend a quarter : not to save your soul | Gibson, Clifford; I'm Tired of Being Mistreated; New York, 14 June 1929; (402459B) OK8742 Yz L1027 |
| I'm a freehearted woman : I let you spend my dough | Bogan, Lucille; Tired as I Can Be; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155051) Ba33313 His HLP4 |
| Then I wouldn't have to wonder : where you spend all your time | Johnson, Edith North; Can't Make Another Day; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15560) Pm12864 Riv RM8819 |
| Now they will love you and fool you : make you spend all your dough | Spivey, Victoria; Don't Trust Nobody Blues; Chicago, 20 Mar. 1931; (VO150 ) Vo1640 Spi LP2001 |
| You spend your money : and I'll spend mine | Washboard Sam; I'm Not the Lad; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644781) BBB8878 RCA LPV577 |
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| 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 |
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| Spending and alending : and it left me broke today | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Broke Man's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 8 July 1929; (15306A) Ge7008 Riv RM8803 |
| Spending all my money for whiskey and getting drunk : mama you don't know how you carry on | Short, Jaydee; Barefoot Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11475 ) Vo1704 Yz L1003 |
| Spending my money : I didn't care | Smith, Bessie; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, 15 May 1929; (1485343) Co14451D Co CL856 |
| Now my home's on the water : spending awhile on land | Alexander, Texas; Water Bound Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402642A) OK8785 Rt RL327 |
| White folks standing around here : spending amany dimes | Mason, Moses; Molly Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (202832) Pm12605 OJL8 |
| Ain't but the one thing that she's after : that is your doggone spending change | Townsend, Henry; Sick with the Blues; possibly Chicago, 1933; ( ) record unknown Yz L1030 |
| But when it comes time : for spending my dough | Hart, Hattie; I Let My Daddy Do That; New York, 13 Sept. 1934; (15899 ) Vo02855 Mam S3803 |
| I'll ride the train : keep the women from spending my change | White, Washington; Black Train Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2977A) Vo05588 Co C30036 |
| Working on the project : my gal's spending all my dough | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working on the Project; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91164A) De7311 BC4 |
| Now I'm spending all my money : goodbye country guy | Estes, Sleepy John; Black Mattie Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563351) ViV38582 Rt RL307 |
| I've got a Tuesday girl : that *mama is* spending change | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Brown Skin Girls; Chicago, 18 July 1935; (C1074A) ARC61166 Yz L1025 |
| Got a Tuesday one *there : to issue* my spending change | Hull, Papa Harvey; Gang of Brownskin Women; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12689) Ge6122 Yz L1001 |
| I was spending plenty of money : and I didn't bit more care | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Maybe I'll Loan You a Dime; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640031) BBB8784 RCA730.581 |
| My woman had the nerve to tell me : daddy aren't you spending slow | Collins, Chasey; Atlanta Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962491) BBB6187 BC6 |
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| I work hard for my money : I spends it all away | Washboard Sam; Let Me Play Your Vendor; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703751) BBB8967 RCA LPV577 |
| Well I'm a good fellow : I really spends my dough | Thomas, George; Don't Kill Him in Here; Grafton, Wis., c. Nov. 1929; (L182) Pm12826 Rt RL340 |
| She spends it : so they say | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green; Memphis, 12 May 1930; (599172) ViV38599 Jo SM3104 |
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| Spent my money by the dollar : now won't give me nickel one | Easton, Amos; No Woman No Nickel; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L11203) Pm13109 Yz L1012 |
| Spent my money : spent it on my socalled friends | Jones, Maggie; Poor House Blues; New York, 9 Dec. 1924; (1401712) Co14050D VJM VLP23 |
| Spent my money : spent it on my socalled friends | Jones, Maggie; Poor House Blues; New York, 9 Dec. 1924; (1401712) Co14050D VJM VLP23 |
| You taken my money : and spent it on your other man | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Ice and Snow Blues; Chicago, 28 Sept. 1931; (675671) BBB5626 BC4 |
| I done spent all of my money : my bank account run low | Collins, Chasey; Atlanta Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962491) BBB6187 BC6 |
| Now you done spent all my nineteen forty rent : woman you done worked on my substitute | Estes, Sleepy John; Working Man Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649261) BBB8950 RBF RF8 |
| I done spent all my money : now tell me you don't want me no more | Weaver, Curley; Two Faced Woman; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9941A) Ch50065 His HLP31 |
| I spent all my money : to ??? that thing | Bell, Anna; Shake It, Black Bottom; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (175 ) QRSR7009 His HLP21 |
| I spent her money : she spent mine | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| I spent all of my money : showing my friends a great big time | Carr, Leroy; Hard Hearted Papa; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (164172) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| When I spent down to my last dime : she said darling I know you're not through | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Beer Drinking Woman; Chicago, 30 Oct. 1940; (0535901) BBB8584 RCA730.581 |
| I spent my money : looking to be happy some day | Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm12827 Riv RM8819 |
| I went to a country girl's house : and only one night I spent | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); She Ain't No Good; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404783B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
| I spent all my days : way down in Polack Town | Williams, Jabo; Polock Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. May 1932; (L1406?) Pm13130 Yz L1028 |
| Well well it will get you there : hey well when your money is spent | Estes, Sleepy John; Poor Man's Friend; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62480A) De7442 RBF RF11 |
| I spent her money : she spent mine | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| She used to spend my dollars : just like she spent my dimes | Campbell, Charlie; Goin' Away Blues; Birmingham, Ala. 25 Mar. 1937; (B322) Vo03571 Fly LP103 |
| Well she spent all my money : and then she drove me outdoors | McTell, Blind Willie; Runnin' Me Crazy; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140701) Vo02595 Rt RL324 |
| She spent a dime for neckbones : and ninety cents for that old canned heat | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
| And you spent all my money : on your other man | Barefoot Bill; Snigglin' Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (1493532) Co14510D Yz L1006 |
