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*ICE.............1
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| I thought I would take a trip Lord : out on the big *ice slab* | Patton, Charley; High Water EverywherePart II; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L602) Pm12909 Yz L1020 |
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*IF..............6
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| *If it had been love with you* baby : I wouldn't have been dead and gone | Bradley, Tommie; Window Pane Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18326) Ch16696 BC5 |
| *If you need to talk* : take a long long time | Carter, George; Rising River Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1929; (211532) Pm12750 Yz L1012 |
| *If it wasn't for* ??? baby : honey it won't rise no more | Walker, Aaron TBone; Trinity River Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1929; (1495481) Co14506D Rt RL327 |
| I wonder why they electrocute a man : *if he ??? line* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; 'Lectric Chair Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203642) Pm12608 Bio BLP12015 |
| I'll get a job : *if you allow me to* | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
| I'm a rooting ground hog : *if I do ??? day* | Williams, Joe; Rootin' Ground Hog; Aurora, Ill., 5 May 1937; (076621) BBB7065 RCA INT1087 |
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*IN..............3
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| I say I *flied when I was four* mama : be careful *in years gone* by | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Number Three Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44162) Pm12475 Yz L1010 |
| Because it's ??? *in Texas* : that I could sell fast jellyroll | Bogan, Lucille; Man Stealer Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1935; (169972) ARC350913 Rt RL317 |
| I used to try to love you baby : aloving you *in crime* | Lofton, Willie; My Mean Baby Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9387A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
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*INQUIRE.........1
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| Says I'm drinking real good whiskey : that's the reason I did not *inquire why* | McTell, Blind Willie; My Baby's Gone; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140382) Vo02668 Yz L1037 |
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*IS..............5
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| *Anything wrong* with me : *is a mitten to a side* | Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (1401051) Co14044D VJM VLP23 |
| Everybody : *is still obsessed* | Waters, Ethel; That Da Da Strain; New York, c. May 1922; (A) BS14120 Bio BLP12022 |
| I'm going to get that *B and M* to Baltimore boy : I heard my baby *is there* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Sad News Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207722) Pm12728 Rt RL306 |
| You have got me ??? : and Memphis *is all I've got to say* | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Memphis Bound Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1925; (22142) Pm12311 Mil MLP2001 |
| Dream about your man : and all your ??? *is gone* | Gross, Helen; Hard Luck Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (315641) Ajax17037 VJM VLP40 |
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*IS*.............1
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| But the truth *is* ??? : and I surely have to carry it on | Calloway, Blanche; Lazy Woman's Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9458A) OK8279 CC32 |
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*IT..............3
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| *It ain't right* : and I don't have fun | Barefoot Bill; She's Got a Nice Line; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1930; (1503021) Co14544D Rt RL325 |
| *It won't be love you* : back up this road I'm going | Petties, Arthur; Out on Santa FeBlues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419072) Vi21282 Rt RL314 |
| Your mama tell you to travel : *it ain't* everywhere | Petties, Arthur; Out on Santa FeBlues; Memphis, 14 Feb. 1928; (419072) Vi21282 Rt RL314 |
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*IT'S............1
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| 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 |
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*IT'S*...........1
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| Says way she keep aloving : says *it's* just too tight | Moss, Buddy; Daddy Don't Care; New York, 16 Jan. 1933; (129081) Ba33106 RBF RF15 |
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*JACK............1
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| Will feed every dame : in *Jack Burse* yard | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (64733 ) Vi23267 Rt RL337 |
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*JACK*...........1
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| I'm going to *jack* me a picket : from my yard back fence | Calicott, Joe; Traveling Mama Blues; Memphis, c. 21 Feb. 1930; (MEM779 ) Br7166 Yz L1009 |
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*JACKFISH*.......1
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| Catfish told the *jackfish* : ??? now *I bet she going to build* | Wheatstraw, Peetie; King Spider Blues; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90174A) De7144 Say SDR191 |
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*JACKSON*........1
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| Train leaving *Jackson* : some old rainy day | White, Washington; Shake 'Em On Down; Chicago, 2 Sept. 1937; (C19971) Vo03711 Co C30036 |
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*JAIL*...........1
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| Oh six months in *jail* : and a month on the county farm | Moore, Alice; Prison Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15448) Pm12868 CC37 |
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*JAILHOUSE*......1
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| Yes I'm *jailhouse* ??? : long old lonesome day | Vincson, Walter; Stop and Listen Blues; Shreveport, La., 17 Feb. 1930; (403806A) OK8807 Yz L1007 |
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*JELLY...........1
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| He shook her : just like you shake the *jelly from the wheat* | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shake That Thing; Chicago, c. May 1925; (2120?) Pm12281 Yz L1029 |
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*JEWEL...........1
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| A country girl *jewel brown mule* : but she's getting drunk just the same | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); She Ain't No Good; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404783B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
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*JOE.............1
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| Says a pick and a shovel : way down *Joe Brown's* coal mine | Daniels, Julius; NinetyNine Year Blues; Atlanta, 19 Feb. 1927; (379322) Vi unissued Fwy FA2953 |
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*JOE*............1
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| Another half a pint : mama will see me *Joe* | Davis, Walter; Sloppy Drunk Again; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854791) BBB5879 OJL20 |
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*JOHNNY*.........2
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| *Johnny* it with you : and eat those narrowface too | Washboard Walter; Narrow Face Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1424) Pm12954 Her H205 |
| Big Bill *Johnny* : had his *'spenders* on the floor | Weaver, Curley; Sweet Patunia; Atlanta, 26 Oct. 1928; (1473042) Co14386D His HLP32 |
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*JUG*............1
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| If my man hadn't abeen in the *jug* : he would help with my bond | Moore, Alice; Prison Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15448) Pm12868 CC37 |
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*JUICY...........1
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| Shook his *juicy rib* : down his aisle | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; I Don't Know; probably Chicago, c. 1936 1938; ( ) private record Yz L1025 |
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*JUMPED..........1
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| She *jumped in the bay* : with a case of | Alexander, Texas; Long Lonesome Day Blues; New York, 11 Aug. 1927; (81213A) OK8511 Rt RL315 |
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*JUNK*...........1
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| He got plenty of money : ain't no *junk* | Lucas, Jane; Leave My Man Alone; Richmond, Ind., 19 Nov. 1930; (17286) Ch16289 Yz L1035 |
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*JUST............5
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| *Just ease your train eleven days* : I'm Alabama bound | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
| I need to ride the Rock Island : *just riding to satisfy* | Coleman, Lonnie; Old Rock Island Blues; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482582) Co14440D RBF RF15 |
| There's a whole lots of women : *just ran through your brown's hall* | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Right of Way Blues; Chicago, c. May 1927; (45152) Pm12510 Rt RL301 |
| They'll take your baby from you : *just like ??? hen* | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); The Rooster's Crowing Blues; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56340 ) ViV38593 Her H205 |
| If I *just tell her* in her face baby : *that will* | Graves, Blind Roosevelt; New York Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15640A) Pm12820 His HLP15 |
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*KEEN............1
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| Then get you a pair of them *keen*toed shoes : and one of them old *peat*back soldier coats | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
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*KEEP............1
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| If you want me to love you : *keep much* | Smith, Bessie; One and Two Blues; New York, 26 Oct. 1926; (1428762) Co14172D Co CL857 |
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*KEEPS...........1
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| But my woman she *keeps that* on me : I ain't going to work tonight | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Doin' the Best I Can; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1934; (C9443?) De7007 Say SDR191 |
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*KICKING.........1
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| That gives me such a *kicking and a twicking* : around my heart | Waters, Ethel; Oh, Joe, Play that Trombone; New York, c. May 1922; ( ) BS14128 Bio BLP12022 |
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*KILL............1
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| And might be a few questions : she swore sure *kill her dead* | Mississippi Moaner (Isaiah Nettles); Mississippi Moan; Jackson, Miss., 20 Oct. 1935; (JAX2011) Vo03166 Yz L1009 |
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*KIND............2
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| He's the best *kind fellow* : that I ever had | Glover, Mae; I Ain't Giving Nobody None; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15395A) Ge6948 Her H201 |
| I got the *kind that know about* : seven different ways | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Me and My Whiskey; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493462) Co14507D CC36 |
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*KING............1
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| Tell you like the *bana* : told the *king of sal* | McTell, Blind Willie; Warm It Up to Me; New York, 14 Sept. 1933; (140082) Vo02595 Yz L1005 |
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*KNOCKER*........1
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| Going to catch the *knocker* : down on *Maple* Hill | Stevens, Vol; Baby Got the Rickets; Atlanta, 20 Oct. 1927; (403251) Vi21356 OJL19 |
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*KNOW*...........1
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| *Know* my mother *treat me* : catch that morning train | Bracey, Ishman; Suitcase Full of Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2401) Pm12970 Her H201 |
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*LADDER*.........1
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| I'm going to take me a *ladder* : I mean ??? *light* I see | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
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*LAKE*...........1
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| Down in *Lake* County : in that gumbo mud | Estes, Sleepy John; Mary Come On Home; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93006A) De7814 Sw S1220; |
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*LAMAR*..........1
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| But since I met Miss *Lamar* : she have made me change my ways | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Caught the Old Coon at Last; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704371) BBB8974 RCA730.581 |
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*LAST............1
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| *Last summer this time : and going ??? fall* | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Go Away Woman; Grafton, Wis., c. July 1932; (L15541) Pm13152 Bio BLP12041 |
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*LAST*...........1
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| *Last* all my money : was won from twobytwo | Leecan, Bobby; Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out; New York, c. June 1927; ( ) Pat7533 His HLP17 |
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*LAUGHED.........1
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| A cop walked up : and he *laughed ??? me my name* | Moore, Alice; Broadway St. Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15452) Pm12819 CC37 |
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*LAY*............2
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| *I'll make him despise you* : and he *lay* | Moore, Alice; Broadway St. Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15452) Pm12819 CC37 |
| Don't want no woman : to *lay* up and depend on me | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Got to Help Me Some; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0640001) BBB8834 RCA730.581 |
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*LAZA*...........2
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| I'm expecting a call from Miss *Laza* : I've got to hear from her right away | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
| You know I'm expecting a call from Miss *Laza* : you know some of my people might be dead | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Western Union Man; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064019 ) BBB8731 BC3 |
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*LEAVE...........1
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| Come down in my kitchen : *leave off instant and* | Smith, Trixie; You've Got to Beat Me to Keep Me; New York, c. Feb. 1925; (20152) Pm12256 CC29 |
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*LEAVES..........1
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| *They roll* in the Delta : ??? *leaves and rye* | Wilkins, Robert; Long Train Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M191 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
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*LEAVING.........1
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| Just as sure as *the little pea* : ain't *leaving in the land* | Wallace, Minnie; The Old Folks Started It; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555722) ViV38547 OJL21 |
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*LED*............1
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| Said the next day : I *led* a ball and chain | Howell, Peg Leg; Ball and Chain Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1929; (1482702) Co14535D Rt RL318 |
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*LEES*...........1
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| There you was : down in then *lees* | Sykes, Roosevelt; We Can Sell that Thing; Grafton, Wis., c. Aug. 1930; (L4502) Pm13004 Riv RM8819 |
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*LEESE*..........1
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| I had a gal : and her name was *Leese* | Stovepipe No. 1 (Sam Jones); Bed Slats; St. Louis, 26 Apr. 1927; (80760B) OK8543 His HLP4 |
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*LEFT............1
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| Do this please : before I fall down *left in a jam* | Cox, Ida; Long Distance Blues; Chicago, Aug. 1925; (2243?) Pm12307 BYG529073 |
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*LEFT*...........1
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| behind the *left* | Doyle, Little Buddy; Grief Will Kill You; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM181) Vo05111 Rt RL319; |
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*LEMON...........3
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| I say you done drunk so much jake oh Lord : till it done give him the *lemon leg* | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| I say he done drunk so much jake oh Lord : till it done give him the *lemon leg* | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| Because he done drunk so much jake oh Lord : till they got the *lemon leg* too | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
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*LESS*...........1
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| And I love *them* more : swear he can't be *less* | Bell, Anna; Every Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (172A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
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*LET.............1
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| Lord I can't *let its* continue : don't care what I do | Coleman, Jaybird; Mistreatin' Mama; Birmingham, Ala., c. 11 Aug. 1927; (GEX801A) BP8052 OJL14 |
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*LIED*...........1
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| She *lied* just come on baby come on : I declare I'm going back to Kokomo | Spruell, Freddie; Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85786 ) BBB5995 Mam S3802 |
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*LIGHT*..........1
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| I'm going to take me a *ladder* : I mean ??? *light* I see | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
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*LIKE*...........1
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| I can't get parole : wish *like* the governor would quit my time | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Prison Wall Blues; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64747) Vi23272 Rt RL329 |
