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| I [begun to walk, commenced walking] : walked till my feet got soaking wet | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Deceitful Brownskin Woman; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200652) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
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| He's the tallest man : walks on Cherry Street | Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018 ) De7102 Mam S3803 |
| Now when he walks into a place : and takes his seat | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Sheik of Desplaines Street; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46712) Pm12501 Bio BLP12042 |
| Uncle Sam is so bad : he walks so doggone cute | Smith, Clara; Uncle Sam Blues; New York, 2 Oct. 1923; (812532) Co12D VJM VLP15 |
| When he walks in to see his old gang : with whom he used to drink | Wheatstraw, Peetie; When a Man Gets Down; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90961A) De7243 Say SDR192 |
| Lord I'm not bowlegged : but I walks that way | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| Now I'm just a walking ground hog : mama and I walks around in my den | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
| Every time she walks : she leaves a lot behind | Blackman, Tewee (Memphis Jug Band); I Whipped My Woman With a Single Tree; Memphis, 4 Oct. 1929; (563472) ViV38578 Rt RL311 |
| When she walks : she reels and rocks behind | Fuller, Blind Boy; Good Feeling Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1940; (26616A) OK06231 BC11 |
| Well it looks like Maggie : baby but she walks too slow | Johnson, Tommy; Maggie Campbell Blues; Memphis, 4 Feb. 1928; (418392) Vi21409 Rt RL330 |
| Here come my tighthaired woman : I can tell by the way she walks | Jordan, Charley; Tight Haired Mama Blues; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO144) Vo1645 OJL20 |
| That's getting me out in the deep water baby : then she walks on out | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| She takes it to town : and she walks it about | Stokes, Frank; Last Go Round; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47771) Pm12591 Bio BLP12041 |
| She shakes all over : when she walks | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); No Matter How She Done It; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11210A) Vo1699 Yz L1039 |
| She walks the street [late at, every] night : she won't treat nobody right | McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305 |
| Well you talk about drunken women : the kind that walks the streets all night | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| My woman walks around : with her mouth poked out | Big Bill (Broonzy); C and A Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1020B) ARC51265 Yz L1035 |
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| He wouldn't know his name : printed on a wall | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| She sits up there : from wall to wall | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Sugar Pudding; Memphis, 11 Sept. 1928; (470091) Vi21740 Rt RL337 |
| Oh take my picture : hang it up in Jackson's wall | Patton, Charley; Banty Rooster Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15217) Pm12792 Yz L1020 |
| Now please Mr granddaddy : don't crawl up and down my wall | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| I was keeping daily watch on my wall : so that granddaddy won't crawl in my house no more | Short, Jaydee; Grand Daddy Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11479A) Vo1708 Yz L1018 |
| It's raining in my kitchen : lightning on my wall | Wilson, Leola B.; Back Biting Bee Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1926; (40132) Pm12444 Bio BLP12037 |
| The prison wall blues : keep rolling across my mind | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
| Says I asked that pawnshop man : what the three balls doing hanging on that wall | Fuller, Blind Boy; Three Ball Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26600A) Vo05440 BC11 |
| Says I went back home : and I looked up side the wall | Alexander, Texas; Awful Moaning BluesPart 1; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402643B) OK8731 Rt RL327 |
| Now my [old] heart is ticking : just like a clock up on the wall | Arnold, Kokomo; Kid Man Blues; New York, 12 May 1938; (63754A) De7464 Say SDR163 |
| When they get you in jail : with your back turned to the wall | Barefoot Bill; Bad Boy; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503062) Co14526D CC3 |
| See that spider : climbing up the wall | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| Six men are in jail : faces to the wall | Blake, Blind; Low Down Loving Gal; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; (208875) Pm12695 Bio BLP12003 |
| But old Timbrook he beat Molly : to the hole in the wall | Byrd, John; Old Timbrook Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2911) Pm12997 OJL8 |
| A sign on the wall : saying liquor for sale | Chatman, Bo; Sales Tax; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826351) BBB5453 Yz L1014 |
| And I laid in prison : my face turned to the wall | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| When I was lying in jail : with my back turned to the wall | Collins, Sam; The Jail House Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12736) Ge6167 OJL2 |
| Yeah your medicine come now baby : put your [foot, leg] up side the wall | Davis, Walter; Think You Need a Shot; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003391) BBB6498 RCA INT1085 |
| Your picture has faded : mama that hangs up on the wall | Davis, Walter; Can't See Your Face; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493201) BBB8600 Yz L1025 |
| My old clock is [still] ticking : that hangs up on the wall | Davis, Walter; Can't See Your Face; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493201) BBB8600 Yz L1025 |
| You lay in your bed : with your face to the wall | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); Gee, But It's Hard; Richmond, Ind., 5 Feb. 1930; (16225) Ch16682 Riv RM8803 |
| You got to take all your money : throw it against the wall | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); If You Want Me to Love You; New York, 5 Feb. 1932; (11242A) Vo1682 Yz L1039 |
| I seen on the wall : they hung their coat and hat | Gillum, Bill Jazz; Keyhole Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1939; (034813 ) BBB8221 RCA INT1177 |
| You'll see my picture : hanging on the wall | Howell, Peg Leg; Doin' Wrong; Atlanta, 9 Nov. 1927; (1451842) Co14473D RBF RF11 |
| I'm laying in jail : my back turned to the wall | Howell, Peg Leg; Ball and Chain Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1929; (1482702) Co14535D Rt RL318 |
| Poor evelyn's in jail : with her back turned to the wall | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coffee Pot Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10043?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| Sure as that spider : hanging on the wall | James, Skip; Cherry Ball Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7482) Pm13065 Bio BLP12029 |
| Turned my face to the wall : and my baby made an awful moan | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Big Night Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1929; (214022) Pm12801 Riv RLP12125 |
| Going to tell you women : how to cock it on the wall | Johnson, Louise; On the Wall; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4191) Pm13008 Yz L1028 |
| Now you can snatch it you can break it : you can hang it on the wall | Johnson, Louise; On the Wall; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4191) Pm13008 Yz L1028 |
| Now we played it on the sofa now : we played it side the wall | Johnson, Robert; Phonograph Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25872) ARC unissued Co C30034 |
| I'm going to buy me a pistol : hang it up side the wall | Jones, Jake; Monkeyin' Around; Dallas, c. Oct. 1929; (DAL473 ) Br7130 His HLP2 |
| Eee laying in jail now : with my back turned to the wall | Lacy, Rubin; Mississippi Jail House Groan; Chicago, Mar. 1928; (204192) Pm12629 OJL8 |
| I woke up this morning : and I looked up against the wall | Lewis, Furry; Creeper's Blues; Memphis, 22 Sept. 1929; (M186 ) Vo1547 Yz L1008 |
| Shake it and break it Lord : you can hang it on the wall | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; I Don't Know; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
| Crying I spied a spider : climbing up the wall | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| You can talk about me going : push me to the wall | Lucas, Jane; Where Did You Stay Last Night; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17277A) Ch16171 Riv RM8803 |
| Going back to Savannah baby : and write my initial on the wall | McTell, Blind Willie; Savannah Mama; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140351) Vo02568 Yz L1005 |
| Just as sure as this paper : sticks aside the wall | Memphis Minnie; Ain't No Use Trying to Tell On Me; New York, 27 Oct. 1933; (1525372) Co unissued Yz L1021 |
| Well if I finds my man girls : I'm going to nail him to the wall | Moore, Rosie Mae; Stranger Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418332) Vi21408 OJL6 |
| Lord I find my man : I'm going to nail him to the wall | Moore, Rosie Mae; Stranger Blues; Memphis, 3 Feb. 1928; (418332) Vi21408 OJL6 |
| Turned my face to the wall : and I didn't have a word to say | Patton, Charley; Screamin' and Hollerin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15214) Pm12805 Yz L1020 |
| Three o'clock in the morning : by the clock hanging on the wall | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Night Time Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22111) Pm12303 Mil MLP2001 |
| Going to take my picture : hang it up against the wall | Rhodes, Walter; The Crowing Rooster; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453582) Co14289D Rt RL334 |
| Well hard luck had me running : now my back is turned to the wall | Scruggs, Irene; My Back to the Wall; Richmond, Ind., 30 Aug. 1930; (16975A) Ge7296 Yz L1026 |
| Thirty days in jail : with my back turned to the wall | Smith, Bessie; JailHouse Blues; New York, 21 Sept. 1923; (812262) CoA4001 Co CL855 |
| I turned my face to the wall : baby these are the words I said | Stokes, Frank; Sweet to Mama; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47731) Pm12531 Rt RL308 |
| 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 |
| I have laid in jail : with my face turned to the wall | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Unhappy Blues; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404712B) OK8859 Mam S3804 |
| I turned my face : right to the wall | Wallace, Minnie; Dirty Butter; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555712) ViV38547 Rt RL322 |
| But when the clock on the wall : strikes half past three | Waters, Ethel; You Can't Do What My Last Man Did; New York, c. June 1923; (A) BS14151 Bio BLP12022 |
| Now you can shake you can break it : you can hang it on the wall | Wiley, Geeshie (Elvie Thomas); Over to My House; Grafton, Wis., c. Apr. 1930; (L2651) Pm12977 Yz L1018 |
| I'm lying in jail : with my face turned to the wall | Wilkins, Robert; Jail House Blues; Memphis, 8 Sept. 1928; (45499 ) Vi23379 Yz L1002 |
| Now hollering won't get you nothing : behind the wall | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
| She sits up there : from wall to wall | unknown artist (Memphis Jug Band); Sugar Pudding; Memphis, 11 Sept. 1928; (470091) Vi21740 Rt RL337 |
| If you catch my jumper : hanging outside your wall | Estes, Sleepy John; The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1929; (555811) ViV38549 RBF RF8 |
| 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 |
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| And the blues they had me : *running up the wall* | Stevens, Vol; Vol Stevens Blues; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403241) Vi21356 OJL21 |
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| Lord I want to hear some swinging music : I want to hear a Fats Waller sound | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Ground Hog Blues; Chicago, 11 Dec. 1941; (070143 ) BBB9031 BC3 |
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| They got walls at the state penitentiary : you can't jump man as hard as you try | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Blind Lemon's Penitentiary Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203632) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| Before I got that cat : rats had holes all in my walls | Memphis Minnie; Black Cat Blues; Chicago, 27 May 1936; (C13861) Vo03581 Pal PL101 |
| How can I come home baby : with these tall rock walls over my head | Stevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2 |
| My love is like a storm : what blowed the walls all down | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Empty House Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (212001) Pm12946 Rt RL335 |
| Said how can I come home mama : I'm behind these walls | Wilkins, Robert; Nashville Stonewall Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM740A) Br7168 Rt RL307 |
| 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 |
