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| Keep you a workingman : and leave those sweet boys alone | Baker, Willie; Crooked Woman Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (14894A) Ge6846 Yz L1012 |
| All wear short dresses : trying to fool a workingman | Coleman, Lonnie; Old Rock Island Blues; Atlanta, 12 Apr. 1929; (1482582) Co14440D RBF RF15 |
| A goodlooking woman : likes a workingman | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Shave Em Dry; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10042?) Pm12264 Yz L1029 |
| She caused me to steal : all a workingman could save | Wheatstraw, Peetie; False Hearted Woman; Chicago, 26 Oct. 1936; (90963A) De7243 Say SDR192 |
| To let the pimps know : that the workingman is on his way | Johnson, Lonnie; Crowin' Rooster Blues; Chicago, 7 Feb. 1941; (0592051) BBB8804 RCA LPV518; |
| That's to let the rounder know : the workingman is on his way | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); The Rooster's Crowing Blues; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56340 ) ViV38593 Her H205 |
| That's to let the rounder know : the workingman is on his way | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); The Rooster's Crowing Blues; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (56340 ) ViV38593 Her H205 |
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| A workingman's wife is starving : your wife is living like a queen | Smith, Bessie; Poor Man's Blues; New York, 24 Aug. 1928; (1468951) Co14399D Co CL856 |
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| My woman she got something : works like sleeping pills | Alexander, Texas; Seen Better Days; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404112B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| Now I got a gal : works in the yard | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Drop that Sack; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21451) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| I've got a man : works on the railroad track | Memphis Minnie; Squat It; Chicago, 10 Sept. 1934; (C9426A) De7146 Rt RL329 |
| Going to get me a freight train : works done got hard | Vincson, Walter; Sitting on Top of the World; Shreveport, La., 17 Feb. 1930; (403805B) OK8784 Mam S3804 |
| Now just go ahead and forget it : and try to carry my good works on | Arnold, Kokomo; Back on the Job; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91333A) De7390 Say SDR163 |
| Because he works all the time : he puts money in her hand | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Married Man Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647212) Vi23258 Yz L1009 |
| He works on the railroad : making that railroad tie | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| He works on the railroad : on that old Southern line | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| He works on the railroad : daylightsavings time | Smith, Clara; Steel Drivin' Man; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401812) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| He works all day : with all his might | Smith, Clara; He's Mine, All Mine; New York, 16 Dec. 1924; (1401821) Co14053D VJM VLP17 |
| I works on the mountain : till my shirt got soaking wet | Scott, Sonny; Red Cross Blues; New York, 18 July 1933; (135721) Vo25012 Rt RL325 |
| I works hard : just to get me a few dimes | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Last Dime Blues; Chicago, 20 July 1935; (C1081B) Vo03444 Say SDR191 |
| Got a Monday Monday girl : she works it on Broad and Main | Hull, Papa Harvey; Gang of Brownskin Women; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12689) Ge6122 Yz L1001 |
| Got a Wednesday Wednesday girl : she works it on Broadway Square | Hull, Papa Harvey; Gang of Brownskin Women; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12689) Ge6122 Yz L1001 |
| People she works for : don't allow me in the yard | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Drop that Sack; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21451) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Now I got a girl : she works in the white folk's yard | Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (398212) Vi21076 Rt RL326 |
| Got a Monday Monday girl : she works on Broadway Main | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Brown Skin Girls; Chicago, 18 July 1935; (C1074A) ARC61166 Yz L1025 |
| And when I think that works : he's out strolling the street | Memphis Minnie; It's Hard to Please My Man; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3170A) OK05728 BC1 |
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| You [slave, work] hard for your money : just to give it to some other one | Johnson, Lonnie; Racketeers Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (1522602) OK8946 CC30 |
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| To face this cruel world : world all by myself | Sylvester, Hannah; Midnight Blues; New York, c. May 1923; (1407?) Pm12033 VJM VLP40 |
| This done caused me a world of trouble : and broke up my happy home | Carr, Leroy; Longing for My Sugar; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164341) Vo02875 Yz L1036 |
| I'm in a world of trouble : and I believe I've got to go | Davis, Walter; M. and O. Blues No. 3; Dallas, 10 Feb. 1932; (706761) ViV23333 RBF RF12 |
| I'm in a world of trouble God knows : and I got to go | Fuller, Blind Boy; Bye Bye Baby Blues; New York, 15 Dec. 1937; (221561) Vo04843 RBF RF9 |
| Looked like every minute : I was stepping in another world | McCoy, Charlie; That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404726A) OK8863 RBF RF14 |
| Now I'm left here all alone : all in this great big world alone | Davis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085 |
| You can't live : in this big world alone | Jones, Maggie; Never Drive a Beggar from Your Door; New York, 18 Sept. 1925; (1409653) Co14127D VJM VLP25 |
| I tell the cockeyed world : I don't know what to do | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| I love my man : tell the cockeyed world I do | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| This old cockeyed world : will make your good man treat you mean | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| 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 |
| I tell the cockeyed world : I'll follow you to your grave | Wallace, Minnie; The Cockeyed World; Jackson, Miss., 12 Oct. 1935; (JAX1132) Vo03106 Rt RL321 |
| So goodbye old cold world : I'm glad you're left behind | Jones, Maggie; Suicide Blues; New York, 1 Apr. 1925; (1404903) Co14070D VJM VLP23 |
| Everybody's got to wonder : what's the matter with this cruel world today | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
| Goodbye old cruel world : I'm glad I left you behind | Carr, Leroy; Suicide Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164421) Vo unissued Bio BLPC9 |
| To face this cruel world : world all by myself | Sylvester, Hannah; Midnight Blues; New York, c. May 1923; (1407?) Pm12033 VJM VLP40 |
| To face this cruel world : well all by myself | Waters, Ethel; Midnight Blues; New York, c. Mar. 1923; (5652) BS14146 Bio BLP12022 |
| But I've got something babe : to carry me through this big darn world | Jackson, Papa Charlie; The Cats Got the Measles; Chicago, c. Jan. 1925; (100193) Pm12259 Bio BLP12042 |
| If I must leave this good world : I want to leave it brave and bold | Smith, Clara; Shipwrecked Blues; New York, 3 Apr. 1925; (1404911) Co14077D CC32 |
| Says I feel so different : till this old world don't look the same | Arnold, Kokomo; Your Ways and Actions; New York, 11 May 1938; (67344A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| For I didn't bring nothing to this old world : and I can't carry nothing away | Bennett, Will; Real Estate Blues; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K128 ) Vo1464 Rt RL334 |
| I believe to my soul : this old world is about to end | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| Well now I ain't got nobody to love me : out here in this great big old world alone | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Train Fare Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (049198 ) BBB8610 BC20 |
| Lord I'm afraid to meet you : in that other world somewhere | Wilkins, Robert; Dirty Deal Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX104 ) Vo03223 BC5 |
| I love you baby : tell the whole round world I do | Amos, Blind Joe; C and O Blues; probably Chicago, c. July 1927; ( ) Vo1116 OJL17 |
| Just as soon as you feel downhearted: the whole round world turns blue | Arnold, Kokomo; Laugh and Grin Blues; Chicago, 12 Mar. 1937; (91135A) De7285 CC25 |
| I don't love nobody : whole in this round world but you | Bailey, Kid; Rowdy Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (M211) Br7114 OJL5 |
| I ain't found no doctor : ain't no doctor in this whole round world | Bogan, Lucille; Levee Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (43241) Pm12459 Yz L1017 |
| And I won't bat my eyes : because I might lose sight on this whole round world | Bogan, Lucille; Pig Iron Sally; New York, 31 July 1934; (154902) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| Yeah I don't believe no woman : in the whole round world do right | Fuller, Blind Boy; Crooked Woman Blues; New York, 7 Mar. 1940; (26619A) Vo05527 Rt RL318 |
| I dreamt last night : the whole round world was mine | Lewis, Furry; Big Chief Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1133 Yz L1002 |
| I don't think : no woman in this whole round world do right | McCoy, Charlie; Last Time Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M176 ) Br7141 Yz L1001 |
| I love my Mary : tell the whole round world I do | McCoy, Joe; My Mary Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5830 ) Vo1576 Pal PL101 |
| I really don't believe : no woman in the whole round world do right | McTell, Blind Willie; Searching the Desert for the Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (716061) Vi23353 RCA LPV518 |
| I tell the whole round world : I ain't going to walk no more | Memphis Minnie; Garage Fire Blues; Chicago, 9 Sept. 1930; (C6083 ) Vo1601 Rt RL307 |
| You ought to heard them holler : say I've the whole round world | Memphis Minnie; After While Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1931; (VO152A) Vo1658 BC13 |
| We have traveled : the whole round world through | Wallace, Sippie; Jack O' Diamonds Blues; Chicago, 1 Mar. 1926; (9548A) OK8328 CC32 |
| Oh baby I'm so glad : that this whole round world do know | Wilkins, Robert; Dirty Deal Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX104 ) Vo03223 BC5 |
| I said look ahere mama : what in the world are you trying to do | Akers, Garfield; Cottonfield BluesPart 1; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M201 ) Vo1442 OJL2 |
| I wonder what in the world : is the Mexican going to do | Alexander, Texas; Section Gang Blues; New York, 12 Aug. 1927; (81224B) OK8498 Rt RL312 |
| I was sitting looking : way out across the world | Alexander, Texas; Frost Texas Tornado Blues; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404117B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| And I love you babe : and I tell the world I do | Bailey, Kid; Rowdy Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (M211) Br7114 OJL5 |
| How in the world can I miss him : when I've got dead aim | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| It's going through the world : in my heart disease | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| Go through the world : | Bennett, Will; Railroad Bill; Knoxville, Tenn., c. Sept. 1930; (K127 ) Vo1464 OJL18 |
| I'm going to find this gal : she's in the world somewhere | Black, Lewis; Rock Island Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453613) Co14429D His HLP5 |
| Brownskin mama : what in the world you want me to do | Blake, Blind; Brownskin Mama Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (201062) Pm126062 Bio BLP12003 |
| Some folks say black is evil : but I will tell the world they're wrong | Bogan, Lucille; Pig Iron Sally; New York, 31 July 1934; (154902) Ba33375 Rt RL317 |
| Woman woman woman woman : Lord what in the world you trying to do | Bracey, Ishman; Woman Woman Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Mar. 1930; (L2392) Pm12970 OJL2 |
| I'm crazy about my Jane : tell the world that I am | Butler, Sam; You Can't Keep No Brown; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (26782) Pm12389 Yz L1026 |
| I want to see my Jane : tell the world that I do | Butler, Sam; You Can't Keep No Brown; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (26782) Pm12389 Yz L1026 |
| You do the world a service : but you want to wear my pants | Cannon, Gus; Last Chance Blues; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4337 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| Sometimes I begin to wonder : what in the world is going on wrong | Carr, Leroy; Barrel House Woman No. 2; New York, 15 Aug. 1934; (156332) Vo02820 Yz L1019 |
| Good whiskey good whiskey : is all in the world I crave | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Whiskey and Gin Blues; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704341) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| I love you pretty mama : I tell the world I do | Clark, Lonnie; Broke Down Engine; Richmond, Ind., 21 Sept. 1929; (15660) Pm12871 Rt RL340 |
| And you can't find no consolation : nowhere in the world you go | Davis, Walter; Call Your Name; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405231) BBB8470 Yz L1025 |
| The only woman in the world that I ever loved : she's gone she's gone | Davis, Walter; The Only Woman; Chicago, 21 Mar. 1941; (0539751) BBB8773 RCA INT1085 |
| Lord if that woman left and quit me *now* : what in the world that I would do | Day, Will; Central Avenue Blues; New Orleans, 25 Apr. 1928; (1461862) Co14318D Yz L1010 |
| Hitler cutting the world : gotten disturbed | Edwards, Frank; We Got to Get Together; Chicago, 28 May 1941; (C38121) OK06393 BC6 |
| Now sure as the stars : shine in the world above | Estes, Sleepy John; Jack and Jill Blues; New York, 3 Aug. 1935; (62479A) De7365 RBF RF8 |
| Then if you don't reach that nineteen fortyone : ooh babe what in the world you going to do | Estes, Sleepy John; Working Man Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649261) BBB8950 RBF RF8 |
| They don't care nothing : about what in the world they do | Evans, Joe; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 21 May 1931; (106641) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| I was wondering : where in the world my man done gone | Florence, Nellie ; Midnight Weeping Blues; Atlanta, 21 Apr. 1928; (1461752) Co14342D OJL6 |
| It's two kind of people in the world : that I can't stand | Fuller, Blind Boy; Pistol Snapper Blues; New York, 5 Apr. 1938; (226741) Vo04106 BC11 |
| Said hear me mama : who in the world been telling you | Fuller, Blind Boy; Somebody's Been Talkin'; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26599A) Vo05527 Rt RL318 |
| But you can kiss my picture : and think the world of me | Gibson, Clifford; Ice and Snow Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571732) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| I'll do anything : in the world for you | Green, Lil; Give Your Mama One Smile; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1941; (0591501) BBB8640 RCA LPV574 |
| I would have to face : the world alone | Green, Lil; I'm Wasting My Time on You; Chicago, 21 Jan. 1942; (0708031) BBB9010 RCA LPV574 |
| I stuck my head out the window : man and hollered who in the world is that | Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; How Come Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15213) Pm12802 Yz L1010 |
| You got the world : I got the stopper and the jug | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Freeze to Me Mama; Atlanta, 3 Nov. 1929; (1493452) Co14507D CC36 |
| Find the best scraunchers : the world ever seen | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Doin' the Scraunch; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510562) Co14591D CC36 |
| He ain't the best in the world : but he's a running son of a gun | House, Son; My Black MamaPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4082) Pm13042 OJL2 |
| It have been so dry : you can make a powderhouse out of the world | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| But that nice disposition : carry a woman all through the world | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lonesome Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24722) Pm12354 Bio BLP12000 |
| I'm going home to my good gal : she's in the world somewhere | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Horse Blues; Chicago, c. May 1926; (25431) Pm12367 Mil MLP2004 |
| I know my baby : thinks the world and all of me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Shuckin' Sugar; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30772) Pm12454 Mil MLP2007 |
| I just can't see : what in the world is you waiting on | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Change My Luck Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203872) Pm12639 Mil MLP2007 |
| When she starts to loving : man it's out the world | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Lastin' Lovin'; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (204072) Pm12666 Mil MLP2013 |
| Just want to ask my baby : what in the world is she been doing | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Long Distance Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15670A) Pm12852 Mil MLP2013 |
| I've been all over the world : I've taken all kinds of chance | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Cat Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15673) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| I thought the world was ending : I started to cry | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| Don't the world seem lonely : when you got to battle it all by yourself | Johnson, Lonnie; Friendless and Blue; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63517A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| Seems the world is down on you : know knows what to do | Johnson, Lonnie; Friendless and Blue; New York, 31 Mar. 1938; (63517A) De7487 Sw S1225 |
| I was a young girl at home : and I did not know the world | Johnson, Mary; Mary Johnson Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18792) Ch16570 Riv RM8819 |
| Well I wonder what in the world : we children going to do | Johnson, Robert; They're Red Hot; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26271) ARC70757 Co C30034 |
| I'm going to find my woman : says she's in the world somewhere | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454631) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| Find my woman : because she's out in the world somewhere | Johnson, Tommy; Black Mare Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L2452) Pm13000 Yz L1007 |
| Lord I sitting here wondering : where in the world can a good man go | Jones, Bo; Back Door Blues; Dallas, c. Nov. 1929; (DAL460 ) Vo1452 Rt RL327 |
| You can tell the world : I ain't no fool | Jones, Maggie; I'm a Back Bitin' Mama; New York, 17 Sept. 1925; (1409514) Co14127D VJM VLP25 |
| I'm just crazy : want the world to see | Jones, Maggie; The Man I Love Is Oh So Good; New York, 7 May 1926; (1421653) Co14243D VJM VLP25 |
| Every time she struggles : I swears it's out the world | Kelly, Jack; Betty Sue Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1431) Vo unissued OJL19 |
| I love you mama : and I'll tell the world I do | Lasky, Louie; Teasin' Brown Blues; Chicago, 2 Apr. 1935; (C945B) Vo02955 Her H201 |
| Oh Roberta : what in the world you mean | Ledbetter, Huddie; RobertaPart 2; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16684 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Please Alberta please Alberta : tell me what in the world you mean | Ledbetter, Huddie; Alberta; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (16692 ) ARC unissued Co C30035 |
| Than be here in the world : baby and be your slave | Lewis, Furry; Sweet Papa Moan; probably New York, 28 May 1927; ( ) Vo1116 RBF RF11 |
| I dreamt last night : the world was caving in | Lewis, Furry; Why Don't You Come Home Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1134 Rt RL333 |
| People all hollering : about what in the world they will do | Lewis, Furry; Judge Harsh Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454332) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
| You can tell the world : I got those jealoushearted blues | Lincoln, Charley; Jealous Hearted Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451032) Co14305D RBF RF9 |
| I say jake leg jake leg jake leg : tell me what in the world you going to do | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| Mmm mama mama mama mama mama Lord children keep on crying : wonder what in the world | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| Mama mama mama mama crying out and say oh Lord : there's nothing in the world poor daddy | Lofton, Willie; Jake Leg Blues; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9386A) De7076 Rt RL314 |
| But that old good disposition that woman got : I do swear it will carry her all through the world | McClennan, Tommy; She's a Good Looking Mama; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044992 ) BBB8545 Rt RL305 |
| Get up every morning : grabbing them *covers* on the world | McClennan, Tommy; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537411) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| Black Minnie Black Minnie : what in the world are you trying to do | McClennan, Tommy; Black Minnie; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537421) BBB8704 Rt RL305 |
| Yonder come old Mattie : how in the world you know | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| Get up fellow : ride all around the world | McTell, Blind Willie; Travelin' Blues; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493001) Co14484D Yz L1005 |
| I love you Emerald : tell the world I do | McTell, Blind Willie; Travelin' Blues; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493001) Co14484D Yz L1005 |
| Got me laying back here on my bunk : nobody in the world to go my bail | McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324 |
| I hurried to the neighbors that morning : I didn't know what in the world to do | Memphis Minnie; Meningitis Blues; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59994 ) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
| Lord I had such a mood that morning : I didn't know what in the world to do | Memphis Minnie; Memphis MinnieJitis Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5822 ) Vo1588 BC13 |
| And I tell the world : he got all the stinger I need | Memphis Minnie; New Bumble Bee; Chicago, 1 July 1930; (C5895 ) Vo1618 BC13 |
| I give you everything : in the world I had | Memphis Minnie; I Don't Want that Junk Outa You; Chicago, c. 30 Jan. 1931; (VO111A) Vo1678 Yz L1008 |
| Because I tell the world : I mean you only good | Memphis Minnie; You Got to MovePart I; Chicago, 24 Aug. 1934; (C9380 ) De7038 BC1 |
| I can't feel happy : nowhere in the world I be | Memphis Minnie; Boy Friend Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3168A) OK05670 BC1 |
| Boy friend boy friend : where in the world can you be | Memphis Minnie; Boy Friend Blues; Chicago, 27 June 1940; (WC3168A) OK05670 BC1 |
| Nineteen and seventeen : when the world was tough | Memphis Minnie; In My Girlish Days; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37641) OK06410 BC1 |
| Going to let my chauffeur : drive me around the drive me around the world | Memphis Minnie; Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Chicago, 21 May 1941; (C37651) OK06788 BC1 |
| What in the world : makes me feel so blue | Oden, Jimmy; Sitting Down Thinking Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18796) Ch16540 Riv RM8819 |
| I'm going to find a rider : baby in the world somewhere | Patton, Charley; Pony Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15216) Pm12792 Yz L1020 |
| I love my baby : and I tell the world I do | Patton, Charley; When Your Way Gets Dark; Grafton, Wis., c. late Nov. 1929; (L491) Pm12998 Yz L1020 |
| Well I tell the world : the water done struck through this town | Patton, Charley; High Water EverywherePart I; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L591) Pm12909 Yz L1020 |
| I know my baby : thinks the world and all of me | Sluefoot Joe; Tootin' Out Blues; Long Island City, c. Apr. 1929; (490A) QRSR7086 His HLP17 |
| I've got the world in a jug : the stopper's in my hand | Smith, Bessie; Down Hearted Blues; New York, 16 Feb. 1923; (808635) CoA3844 Co CL855 |
| They will think : the world is coming to an end | Smith, Clara; I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down; New York, 18 Jan. 1924; (814951) Co14013D VJM VLP16 |
| I don't want nobody : I want the world to know | Smith, Clara; I Don't Love Nobody; New York, 18 Jan. 1924; (814961) Co14016D VJM VLP16 |
| I am the wolf that everybody been trying to find out : where in the world I prowl | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6404A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
| Been all over the world grinding coffee mama : come on let me grind you some | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Good Coffee Blues; Chicago, c. 20 Sept. 1930; (C6409 ) Vo1590 Yz L1031 |
| She looked at me and smiled : and said go devil and destroy the world | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Seven Sisters BluesPart 2; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO169A) Vo1641 Yz L1031 |
| Because my best baby has quit me : and the world she cared for me | Spaulding, Henry; Biddle Street Blues; Chicago, c. 6 May 1929; (C3450 ) Br7085 OJL20 |
| Ain't a thing to the world mama : that I want you to do | Stokes, Frank; Beale Town Bound; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47752) Pm12576 Rt RL308 |
| Mama think about the things in the world : that your good friends have | Stokes, Frank; Beale Town Bound; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47752) Pm12576 Rt RL308 |
| How in the world : can you treat any living man right | Stokes, Frank; Its a Good Thing; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200442) Pm12518 Bio BLP12041 |
| I saw the deacon look around : sister why in the world don't you hush | Stokes, Frank; Mr. Crump Don't Like It; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (200451) Pm12552 OJL21; |
| Hey listen mama : the world is done gone away | Stokes, Frank; Downtown Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418221) Vi21272 BC5 |
| Hey listen mama : the world is done gone away | Stokes, Frank; Downtown Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (418222) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| I got the Nehi blues mama : don't know what in the world to do | Stokes, Frank; Nehi Mama Blues; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (454212) Vi21738 Rt RL308 |
| Lord I wake up every morning : the world be scratching on my door | Sykes, Roosevelt; 44 Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402451A) OK8702 His HLP5 |
| I ain't got a friend in the world : and all my money's gone | Sykes, Roosevelt; All My Money Gone Blues; New York, 14 June 1929; (402452A) OK8727 Yz L1033 |
| I just sitting here thinking : what in the world has become of you | Temple, Johnnie; So Lonely and Blue; Chicago, 14 May 1937; (91247A) De7337 RBF RF16 |
| I'm wondering : what in the world baby has done become of you | Temple, Johnnie; So Lonely and Blue; Chicago, 14 May 1937; (91247A) De7337 RBF RF16 |
| It seems as if the world : is turning round and around | Texas Tommy; Jail Break Blues; Dallas, c. 25 Oct. 1928; (DAL689A) Br7044 Rt RL312 |
| I can tell the world : that now that you're my man | Thomas, Hociel; I've Stopped My Man; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1925; (9476A) OK8326 Bio BLPC6 |
| It you home in Florida : what in the world you doing up here | Thompson, Edward; Florida Bound; New York, c. 23 Oct. 1929; (GEX2412) Pm12873 Yz L1006 |
| I'm going to try to find someone now : thinks the world and all of me | Townsend, Henry; Sick with the Blues; possibly Chicago, 1933; ( ) record unknown Yz L1030 |
| You can't find no heaven : nowhere in the world that you go | Townsend, Henry; She's Got a Mean Disposition; Chicaco, 25 Feb. 1935; (854941) BBB5966 Yz L1030 |
| How in the world to tell me : honey what's the matter now | Walker, Uncle Bud; Stand Up Suitcase Blues; Atlanta, 30 July 1928; (402009B) OK8828 Yz L1009 |
| Yes I got your woman : so what in the world are you going to do | Washboard Sam; Yes I Got Your Woman; Chicago, 5 Aug. 1940; (049374 ) BBB8599 RBF RF16 |
| I got these blues so bad : don't know what in the world to do | Washington, Louis; Tallahassee Woman; New York, 18 Jan. 1934; (146371) Ba33105 Fly LP103 |
| I'm crying oh : where in the world my black snake gone | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
| I love my man : I'll tell the world I do | Waters, Ethel; Craving Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1924; (17422) Pm12313 Bio BLP12022 |
| I'll tell the world : that nobody can get along with me | Weaver, Sylvester; Can't Be Trusted Blues; New York, 31 Aug. 1927; (81401B) OK8504 Yz L1012 |
| Now you've gone and left me : seems like the world is falling on through | White, Joshua; Stormy Weather No 1; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (149031) Ba33024 His HLP22 |
| I love Corinna : tell the world I do | Wiggins, James Boodle It; Corrine Corrina Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L1032) Pm12916 Her H205 |
| I love you girl : I will tell the world I do | Wilkins, Robert; Falling Down Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M192 ) Br7125 Yz L1002 |
| Show the world I wants her : but I can't mmm get her back | Wilkins, Robert; I'll Go With Her Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM743 ) Br7158 OJL11 |
| Get up in the morning : *caught that* on the world | Williams, Joe; Little Leg Woman; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854871) BBB5900 Yz L1038 |
| I say I'll do anything in the world for you : I don't want to go down to that welfare store | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
| Now and I love my moonshine whiskey : I tell the world I do | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Sloppy Drunk Blues; Chicago, 2 July 1941; (064493 ) BBB8822 BC3 |
| The world was black as midnight : I never heard such a noise before | Johnson, Lonnie; St. Louis Cyclone Blues; New York, 3 Oct. 1927; (81503B) OK8512 CC30 |
| Then I know you going to catch it : babe in this world somewhere | Akers, Garfield; Cottonfield BluesPart 2; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M202 ) Vo1442 OJL2 |
| Lord if I get lucky : mama in this world again | Alexander, Texas; No More Woman Blues; San Antonio, 9 Mar. 1928; (400446A) OK8624 Rt RL312 |
| Says the Good Book tells me : that I got a good gal in this world some where | Arnold, Kokomo; Sissy Man Blues; Chicago, 15 Jan. 1935; (C9654A) De7050 CC25 |
| Now I'm going home : I done did all in this world that I could | Arnold, Kokomo; Mean Old Twister; Chicago, 30 Mar. 1937; (91161A) De7347 BC4 |
| Now there's nothing that I can do : I did all in this world that I could | Arnold, Kokomo; Your Ways and Actions; New York, 11 May 1938; (67344A) De7510 Say SDR163 |
| There's one thing in this world : I cannot understand | Blake, Blind; Blake's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1926; (30602) Pm12442 Bio BLP12023 |
| And if the Lord has not got her : she's in this world somewhere | Carr, Leroy; Shinin' Pistol; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164381) Vo03067 Co C30496 |
| You know I done : woman all in this world I could | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); You Gonna Worry Too; Chicago, 4 Dec. 1941; (0704351) BBB8945 RCA730.581 |
| How can I live in this world babe : my baby with another man | Cole, Kid; Niagara Fall Blues; Chicago, c. June 1928; (C19981) Vo1187 Rt RL313 |
| I ain't got nobody in this world : will do love me true | Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340 |
| Farewell farewell : I bid this world goodbye | Darby, Blind; Built Right on the Ground; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675841) Vi23311 Yz L1003 |
| What I've got on my mind : ain't nobody in this world can tell | Davis, Walter; JacksonvillePart 2; Chicago, 3 Apr. 1936; (1003381) BBB6468 Yz L1025 |
| Because I can't stay here in this world *after* : in this condition my poor heart's in | Doyle, Little Buddy; Renewed Love Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1521) OK05771 Rt RL329 |
| So glad : good looks don't take you through this world | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Barbecue Blues; Atlanta, 25 Mar. 1927; (1437571) Co14205D CC36 |
| Boys if you have been running around in this world : this train will wreck your mind | Hill, King Solomon; The Gone Dead Train; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12542) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| Ain't nothing in this world boys : Lord for your black man to do | Hill, Sammy; Needin' My Woman Blues; Dallas, 9 Aug. 1929; (55320) ViV38588 Yz L1004 |
| Well I love my sweet baby : I tell this world I do | Hull, Papa Harvey; Gang of Brownskin Women; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12689) Ge6122 Yz L1001 |
| You'll find me riding : mama Lord Lord in this world somewhere | James, Skip; If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get on Down the Road; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7661) Pm13066 Bio BLP12029 |
| I don't know but one thing in this world : could keep me *married* to the electric chair | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; 'Lectric Chair Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203642) Pm12608 Bio BLP12015 |
| I hardly know what in this world baby : a good man can do | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; How Long How Long; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207881) Pm12685 Bio BLP12015 |
| You can have all this world : but leave my honeycomb home with me | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15672) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015 |
| After all the good women in this world : why did I have to fall in love with you | Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts Over You; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91346A) De7397 Sw S1225 |
| I got a kindhearted woman : do anything in this world for me | Johnson, Robert; Kind Hearted Woman Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25801) ARC unissued Co CL1654 |
| I got a kindhearted mama : do anything in this world for me | Johnson, Robert; Kind Hearted Woman Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25802) ARC70356 Co C30034 |
| I'm going to find my woman : says she's in this world somewhere | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454632) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| I've traveled this world over : million times or more | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| I've traveled this world over : million times or more | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| I've traveled this world over : million times or more | Jones, Coley; Drunkard's Special; Dallas, 6 Dec. 1929; (1495582) Co14489D Fwy FA2951 |
| Everybody in this world : got something that they crave | Jones, Maggie; Early Every Morn'; New York, 18 Dec. 1924; (1401932) Co14059D VJM VLP23 |
| If the men were asking for hair : you would have a hard time in this world | Jordan, Charley; Tight Haired Mama Blues; Chicago, 17 Mar. 1931; (VO144) Vo1645 OJL20 |
| Two kind of people in this world mama : babe that I sure can't stand | Lincoln, Charley; Hard Luck Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451042) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| I got a loving sweet mama : in this world somewhere | Lincoln, Charley; Hard Luck Blues; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1927; (1451042) Co14272D His HLP4 |
| I love all of my loving women : I tell this world I do | Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Brown Skin Girls; Chicago, 18 July 1935; (C1074A) ARC61166 Yz L1025 |
| Wouldn't have had such a hard time : in this world today | McFadden, Charlie Specks; Groceries on the Shelf:; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L1551) Pm12928 Riv RM8819 |
| I walked around this world : | Memphis Minnie; After While Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1931; (VO152A) Vo1658 BC13 |
| And I tried everything mama in this world : to get along with you | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Leaving Town Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026501) BBB6916 CC35 |
| Just say your son is gone : I'm out in this world somewhere | Oden, Jimmy; Going Down Slow; Chicago, 11 Nov. 1941; (0704091) BBB8889 RBF RF16 |
| I ain't going to have no hard time : mama rolling through this world | Patton, Charley; Rattlesnake Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L632) Pm12924 Yz L1020 |
| I did everything in this world : trying to get along with you | Rupert, Ollie; I Raised My Window and Looked at the Risin' Sun; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (379632) Vi20577 Rt RL323 |
| I did everything in this world : trying to get along with you | Rupert, Ollie; Ain't Goin' to Be Your Low Down Dog; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (379642) Vi20577 Rt RL323 |
| Ain't but one man in this world : that can satisfy me | Smith, Clara; Deep Blue Sea Blues; New York, 19 Aug. 1924; (819313) Co14034D VJM VLP17 |
| [Now there ain't but, there's only] two people in this world : I can't stand | Smith, Trixie; No Good Man; New York, 14 June 1939; (65815A) De7617 AH158 |
| Give everything in this world mama : that a man ever could | Stokes, Frank; Right Now Blues; Memphis, 25 Sept. 1929; (555842) ViV38589 Yz L1018 |
| 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 |
| Every time you go to loving: I swear it's out of this world | Temple, Johnnie; Louise Louise Blues; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (90981A) De7244 Cor CP58 |
| I've got blood in my eyes for you baby : I don't care what in this world you do | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You; Atlanta, 25 Oct. 1931; (4050231) Co14660D Mam S3804 |
| There is nothing in this world : I found that pleases you | Wallace, Sippie; Jack O' Diamonds Blues; Chicago, 1 Mar. 1926; (9548A) OK8328 CC32 |
| Well there ain't no other one woman : ooo well well in this world can take her place | Wheatstraw, Peetie; First and Last Blues; Chicago, 13 Feb. 1936; (C12572) Vo03185 Say SDR191 |
| I'm going to find my woman : baby in this world somewhere | Williams, Joe; My Grey Pony; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85491 ) BBB5948 RBF RF14 |
| And my mother dead and gone : nothing in this world that he will do | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
| Well I think about how you used to love me : little girl nobody in this world but me | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Little Girl Blues; Aurora, Ill., 17 Dec. 1938; (0308521) BBB8010 RCA INT1088 |
| Now I'd be delighted and pay for them : for I bet they would be on out of this world | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Big Apple Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064020 ) BBB8766 BC20 |
| I've traveled and traveled : mama I mean this whole world through | Big Bill (Broonzy); Rustlin' Man; Chicago, 9 Dec. 1935; (C8903) ARC unissued Rt RL316 |
| When I get through rambling : and looking this whole world through | Carr, Leroy; Shinin' Pistol; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164381) Vo03067 Co C30496 |
| Take this whole world through : my luck will be bound to change | Gibson, Clifford; Drayman Blues; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571752) ViV38562 Yz L1027 |
| Well it seems like all good times : I mean this whole world have gone | Kelly, Jack; Flower Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1441) Vo unissued OJL21 |
| I'd rather see : this whole world sloppy drunk | Smith, Bessie; Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down; New York, 5 Apr. 1924; (816702) Co14025D Co CL855 |
| I've traveled : until traveled the whole world through | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404782B) OK8885 Mam S3804 |
| I would tell the whole world : just what I would do | Washboard Sam; I Get the Blues at Bedtime; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (0746871) BB340710 RCA LPV577 |
| Whole world would be forgived me : if I could just explain | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Explaining the Blues; Chicago, May 1925; (21371) Pm12284 Mil MLP2001 |
| I rambled this wide world over : I rambled and traveled around | Thomas, Henry; Arkansas; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1286 Rt RL312 |
