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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 |
| *Oh she showed a lot of farmers : boys how to right from wrong* | Butler, Sam; Jefferson County Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; ( ) Vo1057 Yz L1016 |
| I have to leave you to heaven : *oh my baby's do no wrong* | Johnson, Buster; Undertaker Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Jan. 1932; (18323) Ch16718 OJL2 |
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WRONGS...........1
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| Oh thinking about my honeydripper : and all the wrongs he done | Johnson, Edith North; Honeydripper Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15561) Pm12823 Mil MLP2018 |
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WROTE............27
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| Because the chinches got my number : wrote a letter to my wife | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Chinch Bug Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200641) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
| My brown wrote to tell me sad news : she got a brand new man | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Sad News Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207722) Pm12728 Rt RL306 |
| Well the lawyer pleaded: and the judge he done wrote it down | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202 |
| My good gal wrote a letter : how do you reckon it read | Stevens, Vol; Stonewall Blues; Memphis, 29 May 1930; (62542 ) BBB5675 BC2 |
| The judge he repeat it : the clerk he wrote it down | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); Viola Lee Blues; Memphis, 20 Sept. 1928; (47066?) ViV38523 OJL21 |
| Now the judge he pleaded : clerk he wrote it down | McCoy, Joe; Joliet Bound; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11220A) Vo1686 Yz L1021 |
| Then he wrote a little song : by the name of Oh Red | McCoy, Joe; Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More; Chicago, 14 Jan. 1937; (91074A) De7299 AH77 |
| And he wrote that song : weedsmoker's dreams | McCoy, Joe; Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More; Chicago, 14 Jan. 1937; (91074A) De7299 AH77 |
| Then he wrote another blues : about move your hand | McCoy, Joe; Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More; Chicago, 14 Jan. 1937; (91074A) De7299 AH77 |
| Oh the judge he sentenced me : and the clerk he wrote it down | Moore, Alice; Prison Blues; Richmond, Ind., 16 Aug. 1929; (15448) Pm12868 CC37 |
| The judge he passed the sentence : the clerk he wrote it down | Washboard Sam; I'm On My Way Blues; Aurora, Ill., 4 May 1937; (07621 ) BBB7096 BC10 |
| Now the prosecutor questioned me partner : the clerk he wrote it down | Welsh, Nolan; The Bridwell Blues; Chicago, 16 June 1926; (9727A) OK8372 Fwy FJ2802 |
| He wrote me and told me : just be sure it's one and two and three | Fuller, Blind Boy; Three Ball Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26600A) Vo05440 BC11 |
| Now did you get that letter : baby that I wrote to you | Bonds, Son (Sleepy John Estes); Weary Worried Blues; Chicago, 6 Sept. 1934; (C9403A) Ch50064 RBF RF9 |
| Now I wrote little Martha a letter : five days it returned back to me | Estes, Sleepy John; Fire Department Blues; New York, 22 Apr. 1938; (63650A) De7571 Sw S1220 |
| When she gets a letter from Lemon : I wrote her two days out | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Got the Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24711) Pm12354 Bio BLP12000 |
| I wrote to the governor : please turn me aloose | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Prison Cell Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203882) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004 |
| I wrote her a letter : I mailed it in the air | Lewis, Noah (Gus Cannon); Pretty Mama Blues; Memphis, 3 Oct. 1929; (563422) ViV38585 RCA INT1175 |
| I wrote you a letter mama : put it in your front yard | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| I wrote you a letter mama : sent you a telegram | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| I wrote my gal a letter : way down in Tennessee | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; Going Back to Memphis; Memphis, 5 June 1930; (62583 ) Vi23310 Jo SM3104 |
| I wrote my baby a letter : she send me a telegram | Sykes, Roosevelt; Skeet and Garret; Chicago, 16 Nov. 1929; (403312A) OK8749 Yz L1033 |
| I wrote these blues : I'm going to sing them as I feel | Williams, Henry; Lonesome Blues; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1928; (1461492) Co14328D Fly LP103 |
| Yes she wrote me a letter : what you reckon it read | Ledbetter, Huddie; Death Letter BluesPart 1; New York, 24 Jan. 1935; (166951) ARC unissued Bio BLP12013 |
| Anybody ask you : who wrote this worried song | Bracey, Ishman; TroubleHearted Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454602) ViRCX7167 Rt RL330 |
| If anybody asks you : who wrote this lonesome song | Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Last Minute Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (16092) Pm12080 BYG529.078 |
| Oh you wrote me a letter : to come back to Newport News | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
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WRUNG............4
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| Well I stood in my back yard : wrung my hands and screamed | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| Says I turned around : and I wrung my hands and cried | Arnold, Kokomo; Mister Charlie; Chicago, 24 Oct. 1936; (90958A) De7261 CC25 |
| I wrung my hands and cried : | Hill, King Solomon; Tell Me Baby; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1932; (L12582) Pm13129 Yz L1004 |
| I wrung my hands : and I wanted to scream | Hite, Mattie; Graveyard Dream Blues; New York, c. mid Nov. 1923; (70413) Pat032014 VJM VLP40 |
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| Double M double E : double T double X Y Z | Darby, Blind; Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15566) Pm12828 Yz L1003 |
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| Double M double E : Lord A Y Lord Z | Lewis, Furry; Jellyroll; probably New York, 28 May 1927; ( ) Vo1115 RBF RF11 |
| Double M double E : double T double X Y Z | Darby, Blind; Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15566) Pm12828 Yz L1003 |
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| She got good tuni : I'm a fool about my yam yam yam | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
| Get my yam yam yam : I'm going back to Alabam' | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
| She got good tuni : I'm a fool about my yam yam yam | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
| She got good tuni : I'm a fool about my yam yam yam | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
| Get my yam yam yam : I'm going back to Alabam' | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
| Get my yam yam yam : I'm going back to Alabam' | James, Jesse; Sweet Patuni; Chicago, 3 June 1936; (90760 ) De unissued Yz L1028 |
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| I'm loaded down with bootleg : like to make them yammies bawl | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Blind Pig Blues; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1928; (1460501) Co14372D CC36 |
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| You can just step out in any yard : that old jimson weed will sure ??? you | Doyle, Little Buddy; Bad in Mind Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1531) Vo05111 Rt RL319 |
| Did you get that letter now : mailed in your back yard | Bailey, Kid; Rowdy Blues; Memphis, c. 25 Sept. 1929; (M211) Br7114 OJL5 |
| If you take a peep in my back yard : better take a look at mine | Bell, Anna; Every Woman Blues; Long Island City, c. Sept. 1928; (172A) QRSR7007 His HLP21 |
| Baby baby baby : you had better get your back yard cleaned | Carr, Leroy; Bread Baker; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164321) Vo03296 Yz L1036 |
| Mama and papa's in the back yard : trying to *call up Knot Hill* | Davis, Walter; I Can Tell By the Way You Smell; Chicago, 28 July 1935; (914331) BBB6059 Yz L1025 |
| Just take a look out here in the back yard : just look at sis | Evans, Joe; Down in Black Bottom; New York, 21 May 1931; (106641) Or8083 Yz L1015 |
| Well I stood in my back yard : wrung my hands and screamed | House, Son; Dry Spell BluesPart 2; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4262) Pm12990 OJL11 |
| Dog in my back yard : oh Lordy how he can howl | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Eagle Eyed Mama; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210953) Pm12739 Rt RL301 |
| I stepped back in my kitchen : and they springing up in my back yard | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mosquito Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15666) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
| For I got more than one woman : playing in my back yard | Lewis, Furry; Dry Land Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454291) Vi23345 Yz L1021 |
| Now did you get that letter : dropped in your back yard | McClennan, Tommy; Baby, Don't You Want to Go; Chicago, 22 Nov. 1939; (044245 ) BBB8408 Rt RL305 |
| Get me a brick : out of my back yard | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (1519041) Co14632D Yz L1005 |
| I'll get me a brick : and use it out of my back yard | McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (140692) Vo02622 Yz L1037 |
| You can go out in the back yard : I'll make a pallet there | Pope, Jenny; Bull Frog Blues; Memphis, c. Feb. 1930; (MEM757A) Vo1522 His HLP15 |
| But a jetblack woman I got a letter from : throw it in my back yard | Richardson, Mooch; T and T Blues; Memphis, 13 Feb. 1928; (400213B) OK8554 Mam S3803 |
| Just step in my back yard : and take a peep at mine | Smith, Trixie; Sorrowful Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17802) Pm12208 CC29 |
| Just put a block on me baby : turn me in your back yard | Vincson, Walter; Overtime Blues; Memphis, c. 22 Sept. 1929; (M178) Br7141 Yz L1007 |
| What good is a house : without a back yard | Vincson, Walter (Mississippi Sheiks); Ramrod Blues; Jackson, Miss., 19 Dec. 1930; (404784A) OK8905 Mam S3804 |
| Did you get that letter : that I throwed in your back yard | Washboard Sam; Jesse James Blues; Chicago, 20 June 1935; (C1023B) Vo03375 BC10 |
| Out in the back yard : just shaking like this | Williams, Henry; Georgia Crawl; Atlanta, 19 Apr. 1928; (1461482) Co14328D Rt RL316 |
| Lord now me and my baby we talked yesterday : and we talked in my back yard | Williamson, Sonny Boy; Welfare Store Blues; Chicago, 17 May 1940; (053001 ) BBB8610 BC3 |
| Oh did you get my letter : throwed in your back yard | Woods, Hosea (Gus Cannon); Fourth and Beale; Chicago, c. 12 Sept. 1929; (C4338 ) Br7138 His HLP15 |
| 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 |
| I'll get a job in the coal yard : work in the rain and snow | Johnson, Lonnie; Baby Please Don't Leave Me No More; New York, 11 June 1929; (402441A) OK8754 CC30 |
| I was laying coal yard : strutting my stuff | King David; What's That Tastes Like Gravy; Atlanta, 11 Dec. 1930; (404664A) OK8913 RBF RF6 |
| 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 |
| Catch a *day boat* at the freight yard : I'm going back to New Orleans | Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838 ) BBB5169 Yz L1030 |
| I wrote you a letter mama : put it in your front yard | McTell, Blind Willie; Writin' Paper Blues; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403081) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
| But I know for myself : and your front yard is where I get my load | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hoppin' Toad Frog; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO166A) Vo1655 Yz L1031 |
| Hear me tipping : towards my good gal's yard | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| Says my woman got mad : and drove me out of her yard | Alexander, Texas; Seen Better Days; San Antonio, 9 June 1930; (404112B) OK8890 Rt RL316 |
| I went down to the levee : and [over, out] to the freight house yard | Johnson, Lonnie; Low Land Moan; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1927; (82043A) OK8677 CC30 |
| You got a head : just like some twobyfour in some lumber yard | Pullum, Joe; Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard??? No. 2; San Antonio, 3 Apr. 1934; (82786?) BBB5592 Rt RL327 |
| Just show me the train : left out of that Mobile yard | Thomas, Henry; Cottonfield Blues; Chicago, c. early July 1927; ( ) Vo1094 OJL3 |
| Just sure as that train : leaves out of that Mobile yard | Thomas, Henry; Bull Doze Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; (C1999 ) Vo1230 OJL3 |
| Every time I wake up : Jim Tampa's in my yard | Bogan, Lucille; Jim Tampa Blues; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46722) Pm12504 Yz L1017 |
| 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 |
| Shoo chicken shoo : I don't want no banties on my yard | Memphis Minnie; Plymouth Rock Blues; Chicago, c. early June 1930; (C5831 ) Vo1631 BC13 |
| Now just as sure as a freight train : rolls up in the yard | Arnold, Kokomo; Head Cuttin' Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1937; (91331A) De7417 BC4 |
| Well I saw the Frisco : when she left the yard | Bell, Ed; Frisco Whistle Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48221) Pm12546 OJL14 |
| Honey where were you babe : when the Frisco left the yard | Bell, Ed; Frisco Whistle Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48221) Pm12546 OJL14 |
| Tear it in the yard : tear it at the gate | Estes, Sleepy John; I Wanta Tear It All the Time; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62462A) De7342 Sw S1219 |
| Going down to the station : down in the yard | Evans, Joe; Sitting on Top of the World; New York, 21 May 1931; (106591) Ba32211 His HLP8002 |
| Now I got a gal : works in the yard | Jackson, Papa Charlie; Drop that Sack; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21451) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| 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 |
| Asked my sugar for fifty cents : she said Lemon ain't a dime in the yard | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; That Black Snake Moan; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30672) Pm12407 Mil MLP2013 |
| Asked my baby for fifty cents : she said Lemon ain't a dime in the yard | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Moan; Chicago, 14 Mar. 1927; (80523B) OK8455 Fwy FJ2802 |
| Just as sure as the train come in San Antone : then ease up in the yard | Jones, Little Hat; Cherry Street Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404300A) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
| Asked my sugar for fifty cents : said Leadbelly ain't a child in the yard | Ledbetter, Huddie; New Black Snake Moan; New York, 23 Jan. 1935; (166912) Ba33360 Co C30035 |
| Crying where was you : when the Frisco left the yard | Lofton, Willie; Dark Road Blues; Chicago, 1 Nov. 1935; (96257 ) BBB6229 Yz L1007 |
| Just as soon : as a train mama makes up in the yard | Montgomery, Eurreal Little Brother; Out West Blues; New Orleans, 16 Oct. 1936; (026491) BBB6916 CC35 |
| Just sure as the train leaves out of the yard : she's Alabama bound | Thomas, Henry; Don't Leave Me Here; Chicago, c. 7 Oct. 1929; (C4624) Vo1443 Yz L1004 |
| Went to the station : down in the yard | Vincson, Walter; Sitting on Top of the World; Shreveport, La., 17 Feb. 1930; (403805B) OK8784 Mam S3804 |
| And I asked my baby for fifty cents : she said honey ain't a child in the yard | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
| She walked down in the yard : caught the longest train she seen | Wilkins, Robert; Long Train Blues; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M191 ) Br7205 Rt RL333 |
| Just as sure as your train : Lord backs up in your yard | Collins, Sam; Riverside Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. 23 Apr. 1927; (12740) Ge6167 OJL10 |
| For these old blues : walking all over your yard | McTell, Blind Willie; Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day; Atlanta, 18 Oct. 1927; (403101) Vi21474 Yz L1005 |
