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| Crying I spied a spider : climbing up the wall | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| Because now there ain't another spider : ooo well well can build a web like mine | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King Spider Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90174A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
| Let me be your king spider : I want to build my web on your wall | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King Spider Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90174A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
| See that spider : climbing up the wall | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| Sure as that spider : hanging on the wall | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Up said the spider : to the little fly one day | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); The Spider and the Fly; Atlanta, 23 Apr. 1930; (1503652) Co14558D CC36 |
| Come into my parlor : said the spider to the fly | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); The Spider and the Fly; Atlanta, 23 Apr. 1930; (1503652) Co14558D CC36 |
| Come into my parlor : said the spider to the fly | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); The Spider and the Fly; Atlanta, 23 Apr. 1930; (1503652) Co14558D CC36 |
| Crying I asked the spider : did he want his ashes hauled | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| Lord when you see the spider : Lord arunning up and down the wall | Stokes, Frank; Sweet to Mama; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47731) Pm12531 Rt RL308 |
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| Spider's will try to tempt you : and be *baby* | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); The Spider and the Fly; Atlanta, 23 Apr. 1930; (1503652) Co14558D CC36 |
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SPIED............9
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| And he spied the iceberg acoming : oh Lord had to bump | Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476A) Vo1728 Yz L1030 |
| Says I spied another mule : pawing in my stall | Alexander, Texas; Awful Moaning BluesPart 2; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402644B) OK8731 Rt RL327 |
| I spied the police : and I started to run | Green, Lil; Knockin' Myself Out; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591521) BBB8659 RCA LPV574 |
| When I got there : I do declare I spied a form all dressed in white | Johnson, Alec; Next Week Sometime; Atlanta, 2 Nov. 1928; (1473822) Co14416D CC3 |
| Lord I thought I spied : my oldtime usedtobe | Ledbetter, Huddie; RobertaPart 1; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16683 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Lord I thought I spied : my oldtime usedtobe | Ledbetter, Huddie; RobertaPart 1; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16683 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Crying I spied a spider : climbing up the wall | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| I spied her looking ??? *cross* me : where I wasn't even known | Moore, Whistlin' Alex; West Texas Woman; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495312) Co14496D His HLP32 |
| I said I spied that woman : put them things on me | Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002 |
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SPILLING.........1
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| Keep on spilling my malted milk mama : until I change my mind | Johnson, Robert; Malted Milk; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3961) ARC71065 Co C30034 |
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SPINE............1
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| I gets this funny feeling : up and down my spine | Smith, Bessie; Take Me for a Buggy Ride; New York, 24 Nov. 1933; (1525792) OK8949 Co CL856 |
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SPINNING.........2
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| I'm spinning I'm spinning baby : my head is nearly down in to my knees | Memphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
| I'm spinning I'm spinning baby : my head is nearly down in to my knees | Memphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
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SPIRIT...........6
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| It must've be that old evil spirit : so deep down in the ground | Johnson, Robert; Me and the Devil Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3982) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| So my old evil spirit : can get a Greyhound bus and ride | Johnson, Robert; Me and the Devil Blues; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3982) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| Says I had a good spirit : thought I was strolling along with you | Arnold, Kokomo; Mister Charlie; Chicago, 24 Oct. 1936; (90958A) De7261 CC25 |
| Because just a little spirit : of the blues tonight | Smith, Bessie; Preachin' the Blues; New York, 17 Feb. 1927; (1434902) Co14195D Co CL858 |
| Say the blues come along : and they drove my spirit away | House, Son; Preachin' the BluesPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4101) Pm13013 OJL5 |
| When the spirit comes sisters : I want you to jump straight up and down | House, Son; Preachin' the BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4111) Pm13013 OJL5 |
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SPIRITS..........3
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| Mean blues spirits : stuck their forks in me | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| Evil spirits : all around my bed | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| Have you ever been low in spirits : mama and you didn't know what was on your mind | Davis, Walter; Call Your Name; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405231) BBB8470 Yz L1025 |
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SPIT.............5
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| But a black gal spit bacca juice *shoo* snuff all on your lips : oh loving you just the same | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); Black Gal Swing; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (064918 ) BBB8852 BC7 |
| I chew my bacca : and I spit my juice | Johnson, Lonnie; Low Land Moan; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1927; (82043A) OK8677 CC30 |
| I tell the cockeyed world : I'll spit in my baby's face | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| Put a little spit on your straw : you can do so nice | Lincoln, Charley; Doodle Hole Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1930; (1502752) Co14550D Yz L1012 |
| I'm going to chew my bacca : I'm going to spit my juice | Shade, Will; What's the Matter; Memphis, 17 Sept. 1929; (555302) ViV38551 Jo SM3104 |
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SPITE............2
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| And I would do everything evil : and everything I could for spite | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Never Go Wrong Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026521) BBB6825 CC35 |
| Now he is leaving : just to spite me | Moore, Alice; Lonesome Dream Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1702) Pm13107 CC37 |
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SPITTING.........2
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| Fairies and dragons : spitting out blue flames | Smith, Bessie; Blue Spirit Blues; New York, 11 Oct. 1929; (1491343) Co14527D Co CL858 |
| She dipping her Skeet and Garret : and spitting it everywhere | Sykes, Roosevelt; Skeet and Garret; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403312A) OK8749 Yz L1033 |
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SPLENDID.........1
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| Northern men are splendid : they will treat you mighty fine | Smith, Trixie; Choo Choo Blues; New York, Dec. 1924; (19783) Pm12245 CC29 |
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SPLIT............3
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| If you got over fifteen grand : better split it ninetynine different ways | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
| Baby I'll split your kindling : you know I'll bellow your fire | Chatman, Bo; Arrangement for MeBlues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476471) BBB8397 Yz L1014 |
| Man when I turn your motor loose : and it sure will split the air | Estes, Sleepy John; Brownsville Blues; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63653A) De7473 RBF RF8 |
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SPOIL............8
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| Lord the women at the other place : going to let my ashes spoil | Chatman, Bo; Cigarette Blues; New Orleans, 20 Feb. 1936; (992441) BBB6295 RBF RF14 |
| The women around this place : going to let my cigarette spoil | Chatman, Bo; Cigarette Blues; New Orleans, 20 Feb. 1936; (992441) BBB6295 RBF RF14 |
| Womens in Alabama : going to let my hambone spoil | Bell, Ed; Ham Bone Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48173) Pm12524 OJL14 |
| These northern men : are about to let my poor hambone spoil | Cox, Ida; Southern Woman's Blues; Chicago, Aug. 1925; (2244?) Pm12298 Jo SM3098 |
| Because these mens in Atlanta : about to let my hambone spoil | Gibson, Cleo; Nothing But the Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402312) OK8700 Sw S1240 |
| These Atlanta women : going to let my hambone spoil | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Motherless Chile Blues; Atlanta, 5 Nov. 1927; (1451341) Co14299D RBF RF15 |
| These Atlanta women : done let my hambone spoil | Howell, Peg Leg; Tishamingo Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (1431171) Co14194D RBF RF9 |
| Because these Chicago women now : about to let my hambone spoil | Lacy, Rubin; Ham Hound Crave; Chicago, Mar. 1928; (204203) Pm12629 Yz L1009 |
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SPOILED..........2
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| What it done to me : spoiled me the rest of my life | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Black Skunk Blues; Atlanta, 18 Apr. 1929; (1483602) Co14573D CC36 |
| Around home you was just a spoiled one : and what you said it had to be | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Two of a Kind; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640011) BBB8749 RCA730.581 |
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SPOKE............2
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| I spoke hard words to my mother : even to my dear old dad too | Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| I had a mama : that spoke like this | Nelson, Romeo; Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' that Thing; Chicago, 9 Oct. 1929; (C4629 ) Vo1447 OJL15 |
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SPOKEN...........1
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| Which I wouldn't have spoken : if it hadn't've been for you | Sykes, Roosevelt; The Way I Feel Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402453B) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
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SPONGY...........1
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| My man is so mellow : they call him spongy boy | Green, Lil; My Mellow Man; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591511) BBB8640 RCA LPV574 |
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SPOOKS...........1
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| My doorknob keeps on turning : it must be spooks around my bed | Johnson, Robert; Malted Milk; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3961) ARC71065 Co C30034 |
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SPOON............2
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| Just feed your daddy : with a longhandled spoon | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Trust No Man; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (26311) Pm12395 Jo SM3098 |
| Boy my mother always taught me : to learn to feed my friends with a longhandled spoon | Shade, Will; Feed Your Friend with a Long Handled Spoon; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (555981) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
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SPOON*...........1
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| I ain't got no watch : I ain't got no *China spoon* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Struck Sorrow Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200392) Pm12541 Rt RL335 |
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SPOT.............1
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| It never fails : to touch the spot | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522592) OK8946 CC30 |
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SPOUT............1
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| Now if this was a coffeepot : and that was a spout | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Salty Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1924; (1893?) Pm12236 Yz L1029 |
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SPRAY............1
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| I bought a spray last night : and I sprayed all over my house | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mosquito Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15666) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
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SPRAYED..........1
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| I bought a spray last night : and I sprayed all over my house | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mosquito Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15666) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
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SPREAD...........17
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| Spread your heart : babe just like mine | Boyd, Georgia; Never Mind Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (768351) BBB5573 Yz L1030 |
| Spread the *googoo* dust : around your bed | Nelson, Romeo; Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' that Thing; Chicago, 9 Oct. 1929; (C4629 ) Vo1447 OJL15 |
| I can strut my pudding : spread my grease with ease | Florence, Nellie ; Jacksonville Blues ; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461741) Co14342D OJL6 |
| *Times* way downtown : spread the news | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| Every time she makes a spread : a cold chill runs all over me | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034 |
| Every time she makes a spread : ooo fair brown cold chills just runs all over me | Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31 |
| To leave the town : and don't spread the news | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| I'm leaving town : please don't spread the news | McTell, Blind Willie; Stole Rider Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403092) Vi21124 Yz L1037 |
| I got a sweet black angel : I like the way he spread his wings | Bogan, Lucille; Black Angel Blues; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6847A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| I'm wild about my black angel : I like the way he spread his wings | Bogan, Lucille; Black Angel Blues; Chicago, c. mid Dec. 1930; (C6847A) Br7186 His HLP15 |
| The blue sky is my blanket : and the moonlight is my spread | Davis, Walter; Moonlight Is My Spread; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962341) BBB6167 RCA INT1085 |
| The blue skies was my blanket : and the moonlight was my spread | Johnson, Lonnie; Friendless and Blue; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63517A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| Blue sky's going to be my blanket : and the pale moon going to be my spread | Red Nelson (Nelson Wilborn); Crying Mother Blues; Chicago, 4 Feb. 1936; (90597A) De7171 Br87.504 |
| I'm going downtown : to spread the news | Blake, Blind; Come On Boys Let's Do that Messin' Around; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30612) Pm12413 Bio BLP12003 |
| And I'm going downtown : going to spread the news | Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (189831) ARC60661 Rt RL310 |
| But when folks smell scandal : how they fly to spread the word | Moore, Monette; Scandal Blues; New York, c. Jan. 1925; (31779) Ajax17093 VJM VLP40 |
| I want all you women : to spread the news | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Four Day Honory Scat; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22131) Pm12303 Mil MLP2001 |
