NEW!! PRE-WAR BLUES LYRICS CONCORDANCE


[ALWAYS].........1
Says I [always] [wants, likes] a woman : that do not run around	Alexander, Texas; Double Crossing Blues; San Antonio, 15 June 1929; (402639B) OK8745 Yz L1032

[AND.............4
Give me another half a pint : [and, then] maybe I'll go home	Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496
The north wind has begin howling : [and, but] the skies are pretty and blue	Davis, Walter; Howling Wind Blues; Chicago, 29 Sept. 31; (675791) ViV23308 RCA INT1085
She said she had gone away to leave me : [and I wondered] now why don't she stay away	Wheatstraw, Peetie; The Rising Sun Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1935; (C921A) Vo03066 Say SDR191
Now Katy Mae she won't wash : now she won't starch [and iron] my clothes	McClennan, Tommy; Katy Mae Blues; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (0537391) BBB8689 Rt RL305

[ANYWHERE........1
Now I know my dog : [anywhere, wherever] I hear him bark	Estes, Sleepy John; Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues; Chicago, 9 July 1935; (90097A) Ch50068 Sw S1219

[AT].............1
Hey I wonder : where is that policy right man [at] now	Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034

[AVENUE].........1
When I hit Grand [Avenue] : look like my troubles just begun	Sykes, Roosevelt; Highway 61 Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18802) Ch16586 Yz L1033

[AWFUL]..........2
[Awful] nice to meet strangers : just to come and spend the day	Gibson, Clifford; Old Time Rider; New York, 26 Nov. 1929; (571762) Vi23255 Yz L1027
You know she make me [awful] mad : when she calls my name	Roland, Walter; Big Mama; New York, 2 Aug. 1934; (155202) Ba33282 RBF RF12

[BABY............1
[Baby tell me something, I want to know] : about those meatless and wheatless days	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Rabbit Foot Blues; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (30891) Pm12454 Mil MLP2004

[BABY]...........1
Now I'm leaving you [baby] : with my clothes in my hand	Martin, Carl; Farewell to You Baby; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C8771) OK8961 Yz L1016

[BANTY]..........1
Lord what makes that [banty] rooster : he keeps crowing for the dawn of day	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lemon's Worried Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1928; (203753) Pm12622 Mil MLP2004

[BE..............1
I ain't going to marry : ain't going to [be no settling, settle] down	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Old Rounders Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (3018?) Pm12394 Rt RL306

[BECAUSE.........2
And everybody say she got a mojo : [because she, baby you] been using that stuff	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 Co C30034
Everybody says she got a mojo : [because, now] she's been using that stuff	Johnson, Robert; Little Queen of Spades; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL395?) Vo04108 His HLP31

[BEGUN...........1
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

[BLACK...........1
She put [castor oil, black drops] in my coffee : with that [black drops, castor oil] in my tea	Davis, Walter; Ashes in My Whiskey; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962371) BBB6201 RCA INT1085

[BUT.............2
She's a kindhearted [mama, woman] : [but she] studies evil all the time	Johnson, Robert; Kind Hearted Woman Blues; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25802) ARC70356 Co C30034
I mistreated my baby : [but, and] I can't see no reason why	Johnson, Robert; When You Get a Good Friend; San Antonio, 23 Nov. 1936; (SA25841) ARC unissued Co CL1654

[CAN'T...........1
Says [can't, don't] you hear me mama : rapping on your back door	Chatman, Bo; Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; San Antonio, 27 Mar. 1934; (826301) BB5536 Yz L1034

[CARRY...........1
And that gooddoing meat : going to [carry, take] me to my grave	Bogan, Lucille; Barbecue Bess; New York, 6 Mar. 1935; (169841) Ba33475 Yz L1017

[CASTOR..........1
She put [castor oil, black drops] in my coffee : with that [black drops, castor oil] in my tea	Davis, Walter; Ashes in My Whiskey; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962371) BBB6201 RCA INT1085

[CHANGE..........1
If it don't [change the, strike that deep] water : swear it won't land	Kelly, Jack; Betty Sue Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM1431) Vo unissued OJL19

[COME............1
Reason I call him cat man : he don't [come, go] around in the day	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Cat Man Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15673) Pm12921 Bio BLP12015

[COUNT...........1
Now the women used to [count, holler] on the bonus : but they are [hollering, counting] on the	Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219

[DEAR............1
I left old Memphis Tennessee : on my way back to [dear old] Maltree	Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202

[DO..............1
Singing now hey how long : is you going to still [do, treat] me wrong	Torey, George; Lonesome Man Blues; Birmingham, Ala., 2 Apr. 1937; (B651) ARC70857 Yz L1002

[DOGGONE]........1
Well never mind never mind babe : I've got my [doggone] eyes on you	Townsend, Henry; Mistreated Blues; Chicago, 15 Nov. 1929; (403301A) Co14491D) yz L1030

[DON'T...........1
I say if you don't [need your black woman, want me mama] : you [don't have to, ain't got to] turn	Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Snatch It Back Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44202) Pm12475 Yz L1010

[DOWN]...........3
I'll work up to you : or you'll slip back [down] to me some day	Darby, Blind; Deceiving Blues; Chicago, 29 Sept. 1931; (675831) Vi23311 OJL20
Well now the first woman I had : she made me get [down] on my knees	Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192
I can stand right here : look [down] on Beale Avenue	Sykes, Roosevelt; Highway 61 Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18802) Ch16586 Yz L1033

[DRUNK]..........1
Most times when I get hungry : I'm like a [drunk] man acting a clown	Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Hungry Wolf; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO165A) Vo1655 Yz L1031

[EVEN]...........2
The house where you were living : it don't [even] look right no more	Davis, Walter; Call Your Name; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (0405231) BBB8470 Yz L1025
You say you don't [even] love me : you don't even love yourself	Davis, Walter; Please Don't Mistreat Me; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493231) BBB8664 Yz L1025

[FASTEN..........1
When I got home partner : I didn't have time to [fasten, lock] my back gate	Sykes, Roosevelt; No Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1930; (C6475A) MeM12086 Yz L1033

[FIRST]..........1
Every since every since : I [first] left my mother's door	Davis, Walter; Minute Man BluesPart 1; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854821) BBB5965 RCA INT1085

[FOOT............2
Say I got me a little [low, bitty] woman : five [foot, feet] from the ground	Campbell, Bob; Starvation Farm Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155032) Vo02798 Fly LP103
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

[FOR.............1
Want you to preach [for me] the same text : you did night before	Brown, Hi Henry; Preacher Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11477A) Vo1728 Yz L1030

[FRET............1
Don't [fret, grieve] and worry : and don't [grieve, fret] after me	McTell, Blind Willie; Drive Away Blues; Atlanta, 26 Nov. 1929; (565991) ViV38580 Yz L1005

[FRIENDS.........1
He said tell my [friends, brothers] back in Cincy : although I know she will feel blue	Welsh, Nolan; Dying Pickpocket Blues; Chicago, c. Jan. 1929; (210983) Pm12759 Yz L1028

[GETS............1
When your brown [gets, acts] funny : everything you do she gets off	Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Cloudy Sky Blues; Atlanta, 25 Mar. 1927; (1437582) Co14205D CC36

[GIRL............1
Now I got a brownskin [girl, woman] : with her front tooth crowned with gold	McClennan, Tommy; Brown Skin Girl; Chicago, 22 Nov. 1939; (0442431) BBB8444 RCA LPV518

[GOING...........1
Alook ahere baby : you [going, traveling] too fast	Chatman, Bo; The Law Gonna Step on You; New York, 5 June 1931; (404935A) OK unissued Yz L1034

[GRAVE...........1
He say if I just stay out of the [grave, graveyard] : he see that I won't go to the pen	Estes, Sleepy John; Lawyer Clark Blues; Chicago, 24 Sept. 1941; (0649241) BBB8871 RCA LPV518

[GRIEVE..........1
Don't [fret, grieve] and worry : and don't [grieve, fret] after me	McTell, Blind Willie; Drive Away Blues; Atlanta, 26 Nov. 1929; (565991) ViV38580 Yz L1005

[HERE]...........1
She ain't got nobody [in town] : [here] to hold her hand	McTell, Blind Willie; Kind Mama; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1929; (1493192) Co14657D Yz L1037

[HOLLERING.......1
Now the women used to [count, holler] on the bonus : but they are [hollering, counting] on the	Estes, Sleepy John; Government Money; New York, 2 Aug. 1935; (62461A) De7414 Sw S1219

[HOME]...........1
When I left [home] : my little girl was sick and in the bed	Wheatstraw, Peetie; Sick Bed Blues; Chicago, 2 Nov. 1937; (91317A) De7403 Say SDR192

[HOT.............1
All the doctors in [Hot Springs, Westmount] : sure can't help her none	Johnson, Robert; 3220 Blues; San Antonio, 26 Nov. 1936; (SA26161) ARC70460 Co CL1654

[HOW]............1
See [how] the sun went down mama : left it so lonesome here	Bracey, Ishman; My Brown Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (45459?) Vi21691(?) Rt RL330

[HURRY...........1
If you see my wild cow buddy : please tell her [hurry, come back] home	Williams, Joe; Wild Cow Blues; Chicago, 31 Oct. 1935; (962461) BBB6200 RCA INT1087

[I...............4
[I believe she's, she must have] found something : that probably made her fall	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Pneumonia Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15669) Pm12880 Mil MLP2013
Turn your light out mama : and [I want you to] pull you curtains down	Sykes, Roosevelt; No Good Woman Blues; Chicago, 3 Nov. 1930; (C6475A) MeM12086 Yz L1033
Now you hurt my feelings : babe but [I swear] I wouldn't let on	McClennan, Tommy; My Little Girl; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044988 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305
If you ever been down mama : you know just how [I, a prisoner] feel	Coleman, Bob; Sing Song Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 June 1929; (15167) Pm12791 Rt RL340

[I'M.............5
[I'm going to, I believe I'll] keep on the Pinto : drive on back to Brandyville	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mosquito Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15666) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013
[I'm going to, if I] get up in the morning Malvina : I believe I'll dust my bed	Williams, Joe; 49 Highway Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85490 ) BBB5996 OJL17
[I'm going to wake, well I'm going to get] in the morning : I believe I'll dust my bed	Williams, Joe; Highway 49; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1941; (0704851) BBB9025 RBF RF11
I am a little boy : [I'm crying all, I cried the whole] night long	Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17
I'm going to play them straight across : man you know [I'm playing, I got] them straight down	Chatman, Bo; Policy Blues; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476531) BBB8495 Yz L1034

[I'VE............1
I can tell when [I've got the blues, the blues is coming] : I can't help but feel so lowdown	Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Corn Whiskey Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1931; (VO127 ) Vo1633 Yz L1031

[IN..............1
She ain't got nobody [in town] : [here] to hold her hand	McTell, Blind Willie; Kind Mama; Atlanta, 31 Oct. 1929; (1493192) Co14657D Yz L1037

[JET.............2
Say a [jet, real] black woman : will make a mule kick his stable down	House, Son; My Black MamaPart 1; Grafton, Wis., 28 May 1930; (L4082) Pm13042 OJL2
When you see two [jetblack, old black] women : standing and talking so long	Hawkins, Walter Buddy Boy; Shaggy Dog Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (4415 ) Pm12489 Rt RL319

[JOKER...........1
You got a man to buy your groceries : another [joker, man] to pay your rent	Williams, Joe; Peach Orchard Mama; Aurora, Ill., 17 June 1938; (0208551) BBB7770 RCA INT1175

[JURY............1
[Jury, jurymen] heard my case : and it said my hand was red	Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Hangman's Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208162) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004

[JUST............1
So give me some more corn liquor : if I get drunk [just please, please just] take me home	Carr, Leroy; Corn Licker Blues; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL53) Vo02741 Co C30496

[JUST]...........5
Now my woman treats me : [just] like I'm a motherless child	Carr, Leroy; It's Too Short; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164401) Vo02875 Co C30496
Now if I should die : [just] before my time do come	McClennan, Tommy; New Highway No. 51; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044986 ) BBB8499 RBF RF202
And I told my woman Lord : [just] before I left her town	Newbern, Hambone Willie; Roll and Tumble Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402306B) OK8679 OJL17
But that's all right babe : got to reap [just] what you sow	McClennan, Tommy; It's a Cryin' Pity; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064891 ) BBB9005 Rt RL305
Now I used to have a woman : now now she's [just] as good as any in this [white man's] town	McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987 ) BBB8605 Rt RL305

[LAST............1
Now that's all right babe : what you did [last, one] Sunday night	McClennan, Tommy; You Can't Read My Mind; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064887 ) BBB8897 Rt RL305