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[LATE............1
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| 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 |
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[LEARN...........1
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| I know he will [learn to] love me : when he gets to be a man | Green, Lil; Country Boy Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1941; (0641341) BBB8754 RCA LPV574 |
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[LEAVING.........1
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| Said I'm [leaving mama, going away] : I'm going to leave you now | Stokes, Frank; Beale Town Bound; Chicago, c. Aug. 1927; (47752) Pm12576 Rt RL308 |
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[LET.............1
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| [Let me, I'm going to] tell you folksies : just how he treated me | Patton, Charley; Tom Rushen Blues; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15222A) Pm12877 Yz L1020 |
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[LIKE............1
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| Mozelle you know you [like, love] your whiskey : don't forget I [likes, love] mine too | McClennan, Tommy; Mozelle Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074100 ) BBB9015 Rt RL314 |
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[LIKES...........1
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| Mozelle you know you [like, love] your whiskey : don't forget I [likes, love] mine too | McClennan, Tommy; Mozelle Blues; Chicago, 20 Feb. 1942; (074100 ) BBB9015 Rt RL314 |
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[LIQUOR..........1
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| I couldn't keep away from [wild, bad] women : bad [liquor, whiskey] cards and dice | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Lock Step Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208152) Pm12679 Mil MLP2004 |
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[LIVE............1
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| I'm going back to Texas : [live, sit] on Easy Street | Thomas, Henry; Texas Easy Street Blues; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
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[LONG............1
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| Now old Bunker Hill : place that I [long, wants] to stay | Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (555741) ViV38548 Rt RL308 |
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[LONG]...........1
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| I was drinking all night [long] : got up this morning sloppy drunk | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Sad News Blues; Chicago, c. July 1928; (207722) Pm12728 Rt RL306 |
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[LOOK............1
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| [Look, seem] like God don't treat me : like I'm a human kind | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Howling Wolf BluesNo. 1; Chicago, 19 Sept. 1930; (C6404A) Vo1558 Yz L1031 |
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[LOVER...........1
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| If you want your [lover, baby] : you better pin him to your side | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Match Box Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (44464) Pm12474 Bio BLP12000 |
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[LOW.............1
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| 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 |
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[MAMA............1
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| 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 |
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[MAN.............1
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| Dumb man asked her : who your [man, regular] can be | Bell, Ed; Mamlish Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (48163) Pm12524 OJL14 |
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[MCTELL..........1
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| I drink so much Bell Street whiskey : they won't sell [McTell, poor boy] no more | McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C9946A) De7078 Rt RL324 |
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[ME..............4
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| The backwater done rose all around Sumner : drove [me, poor Charley] down the line | Patton, Charley; High Water EverywherePart I; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L591) Pm12909 Yz L1020 |
| Don't you hear [me, your daddy] baby : knocking on your door | McTell, Blind Willie; Broke Down Engine; New York, 18 Sept. 1933; (140362) Vo02577 RBF RF15 |
| You want me to love you mama : and make [me, you] love [you, me] too | Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); If You Want Me to Love You; New York, 5 Feb. 1932; (11242A) Vo1682 Yz L1039 |
| Baby : what do you want [me, your papa] to do | Lewis, Furry; Sweet Papa Moan; probably New York, 28 May 1927; ( ) Vo1116 RBF RF11 |
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[MEAN]...........1
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| I got a [mean] reputation : and they call me Drilling Sam | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Oil Well Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1929; (211971) Pm12771 Riv RLP12125 |
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[ME].............5
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| It's the day before Christmas : let me bring [me] your present tonight | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Christmas Eve Blues; Chicago, c. Aug. 1928; (208182) Pm12692 Bio BLP12000 |
| I couldn't buy [me] no ticket : but I walked on to the door | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Booster Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24741) Pm12347 Bio BLP12000 |
| You left [me] at midnight : clock was striking twelve | Waters, Ethel; Midnight Blues; New York, c. Mar. 1923; (5652) BS14146 Bio BLP12022 |
| Good morning friends : I want [me] a drink of gin | White, Washington; Good Gin Blues; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC2982A) OK05625 Co C30036 |
| If you move away : then I can write [me] a few line | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Letter Writing Blues; Chicago, 26 Mar. 1935; (C944A) Vo02978 Say SDR191 |
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[MINE............1
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| Lord but you can't be [mine, my baby] : and someone else's too | Bradley, Tommie; Four Day Blues; Richmond, Ind., 17 July 1931; (17886A) Ch16339 OJL19 |
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[MORNING.........1
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| I was standing here early one [morning, evening] : right before my clothes | Walker, Uncle Bud; Stand Up Suitcase Blues; Atlanta, 30 July 1928; (402009B) OK8828 Yz L1009 |
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[MOST............1
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| I say that's all right babe : [most any, any old] way you do | McClennan, Tommy; I'm a Guitar King; Chicago, 15 Sept. 1941; (064890 ) BBB8957 RBF RF1 |
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[MR..............3
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| Monday and Tuesday : is [Mr Owens's] auction day | Wilkins, Robert; New Stock Yard Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX107 ) Vo03223 OJL21 |
| Monday and Tuesday : is [Mr Owens's] auction day | Wilkins, Robert; New Stock Yard Blues; Jackson, Miss., 10 Oct. 1935; (JAX107 ) Vo03223 OJL21 |
| Now you see [Mr Melrose, that man] : standing in the floor | Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim); Old Taylor; Chicago, 1 Apr. 1941; (0594971) BBB8903 RCA730.581 |
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[NEED............1
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| 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 |
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[NEXT............1
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| Now my first love is in Texas : my [next one, second] lives in Kokomo | Kelly, Jack; Kokomo Blues; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137212) MeM12812 Rt RL311 |
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[NEXT]...........1
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| Well the [next] woman I had : she do nothing but fuss and fight | Wheatstraw, Peetie; The First Shall Be the Last and the Last Shall Be First; New York, 19 Feb. 1936; (60523A) De7167 Say SDR192 |
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[NICE............1
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| Women in Cairo : will treat you [nice and] kind of strange | Spaulding, Henry; Cairo Blues; Chicago, c. 6 May 1929; (C3449 ) Br7085 Yz L1003 |
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[NOW.............1
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| [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 |
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[NOW]............1
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| Say you mistreat me [now] mama : and that's the way you do | Rachel, James Yank; TBone Steak Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563362) ViV38595 Rt RL310 |
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[NUT.............1
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| She got a fool : about the old [nut, peanut] man | Chatman, Bo; My Baby; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (0476521) BBB8495 Yz L1034 |
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[OH..............1
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| [Oh see, oh look ahere] rider : I can't [stay, be] here long | Walker, Uncle Bud; Stand Up Suitcase Blues; Atlanta, 30 July 1928; (402009B) OK8828 Yz L1009 |
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[OLD]............1
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| 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 |
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[ON..............1
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| Well I left old *Maltree* : [on my way back, going back] to Memphis Tennessee | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Shelby County Workhouse Blues; Atlanta, 13 Mar. 1929; (402297B) OK8740 RBF RF202 |
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[ONLY............1
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| Oh he treats me mean : [only, just] comes to see me sometime | Johnson, Edith North; Honeydripper Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15561) Pm12823 Mil MLP2018 |
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[ON].............1
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| Now sugar mama sugar mama : [won't you] please come [on] back to me | McClennan, Tommy; New Sugar Mama; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053737 ) BBB8760 Rt RL305 |
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[OVER............1
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| 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 |
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[PAPA............1
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| Tell me what's the matter : [papa Lemon, I] can't get no mail | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Got the Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1926; (24711) Pm12354 Bio BLP12000 |
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[PLAY............1
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| I'm singing this tune : I ain't going to [play, pick] it no more | Shade, Will; Jim Strainer; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (599612) Vi23421 Rt RL337 |
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[PLEASE].........1
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| If you don't want me : hey [please] don't dog me around | McCoy, William; Central Tracks Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (1476111) Co14453D Yz L1018 |
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[POLICY..........1
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| Crying oh : look what that [policy wheel, coalfield, greyhound] have done to me | Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158A) De7147 CC25 |
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[POOR............1
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| Well [poor Joe, I'm] leaving this morning : my face is full of frowns | Williams, Joe; Stepfather Blues; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (854921) BBB5996 OJL17 |
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[POOR]...........5
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| I'm a [poor] drunkenhearted man : my life seems so misery | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3971) ARC unissued Co C30034 |
| I'm a [poor] drunkenhearted man : my life seems so misery | Johnson, Robert; Drunken Hearted Man; Dallas, 20 June 1937; (DAL3972) ARC unissued Rt RL314 |
| Mr engineer : let a [poor] man ride the blind | McTell, Blind Willie; Travelin' Blues; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493001) Co14484D Yz L1005 |
| I wonder : do my rider think of [poor] me | Johnson, Tommy; Lonesome Home Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454631) Vi unissued His HLP31 |
| Bad luck in St Louis : and it all fell on [poor] me | Smith, Bessie Mae; St. Louis Daddy; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L78?) Pm12922 OJL20 |
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[RAILROAD........1
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| That mean T P [railroad, railway] : sure has done me wrong | Jones, Coley; Texas and Pacific Blues; Dallas, 5 Dec. 1928; (1475661) Co14387D His HLP17 |
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[RAINY...........1
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| But some old day : some old [rainy, sunny] day | Welsh, Nolan; St. Peter Blues; Chicago, 16 June 1926; (9728A) OK8372 CC32 |
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[RAVING..........1
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| People is [raving, hollering] about hard times : tell me what it's all about | Johnson, Lonnie; Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where; Chicago, 8 Nov. 1937; (91340A) De7388 Sw S1225 |
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[REALLY..........1
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| Then I made up in my mind : and I [really, simply] don't care how I go | Sykes, Roosevelt; Kelly's 44 Blues; Cincinnati, 12 June 1930; (629042) ViV38608 Yz L1033 |
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[RIDER...........1
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| Talking about your [rider, woman] : but you just ought to see mamlish mine | Sluefoot Joe; Tootin' Out Blues; Long Island City, c. Apr. 1929; (490A) QRSR7086 His HLP17 |
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[RISING..........1
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| The water was [rising, rolling] : got up in my bed | Patton, Charley; High Water EverywherePart II; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L602) Pm12909 Yz L1020 |
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[RUN.............1
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| I mean now some pretty mama : done [run, drove] my black snake home | Washington, Louis; Black Snake Blues; New York, 24 Jan. 1934; (146761) Ba33058 Rt RL313 |
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[RUSHED..........1
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| Lord the water done [rushed, raised] : all over that old Jackson Road | Patton, Charley; High Water EverywherePart I; Grafton, Wis., c. early Dec. 1929; (L591) Pm12909 Yz L1020 |
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[SAYS............1
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| Just as sure as the red light [says, means] stop : and the green light means go | Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Take a Chance; Chicago, 8 Apr. 1936; (C13521) Vo03348 Say SDR192 |
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[SCREAMING.......1
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| That's why you hear me [screaming and crying, moaning] : going back to Tennessee | McTell, Blind Willie; Come On Around to My House Mama; Atlanta, 30 Oct. 1929; (1493022) Co14484D Rt RL324 |
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[SEEM............2
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| I can hear my back door slamming : [seem like] I can hear a little baby crying | Davis, Walter; Can't See Your Face; Chicago, 12 July 1940; (0493201) BBB8600 Yz L1025 |
| Say my bed [seem lonely, is lonesome] : my pillow now it sure do | Spruell, Freddie; Milk Cow Blues; Chicago, 25 June 1926; (9793A) OK8422 Yz L1038 |
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[SHE.............1
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| Now I love my baby : but [she, my baby] don't love me | Carr, Leroy; Hurry Down Sunshine; St. Louis, 20 Feb. 1934; (SL43) Vo02741 Co C30496 |
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[SHE'S...........1
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| [She's, got] a long tall woman : tall like a cherry tree | Patton, Charley; It Won't Be Long; Richmond, Ind., 14 June 1929; (15220) Pm12854 Yz L1020 |
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[SHINY]..........1
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| I'm going to get me a brand new [shiny] pistol : with a long shiny barrel | Carr, Leroy; Shinin' Pistol; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164381) Vo03067 Co C30496 |
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[SING............1
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| Mmm : ain't going to [sing, blow] no more | Jones, Little Hat; Cross the Water Blues; San Antonio, 14 June 1930; (404199B) OK8829 Yz L1032 |
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[SLAVE...........1
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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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[SLOWLY].........1
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| And I fold my arms Lord : and I [slowly] walked away | Newbern, Hambone Willie; Roll and Tumble Blues; Atlanta, 14 Mar. 1929; (402306B) OK8679 OJL17 |
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[SNAKE'S.........1
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| Hey hey mama : black [snake's lying, snake is] all in my hall | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Black Snake Dream Blues; Chicago, c. June 1927; (45772) Pm12510 Bio BLP12015 |
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[SOME............1
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| Going in one of these alleys : get me [some lonesome, a quart of this] booze | McTell, Blind Willie; LoveChanging Blues; Atlanta, 29 Nov. 1929; (566351) ViV38580 Yz L1005 |
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[SOUND...........1
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| And I heard a mighty rumbling : and it [sound, looks] just like a passenger train | Temple, Johnnie; Big Boat Whistle; Chicago, 14 May 1935; (C986B) Vo03068 OJL17 |
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[SO].............2
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| Days are lonesome : nights are [so] long | Smith, Bessie; Lost Your Head Blues; New York, 4 May 1926; (1421492) Co14158D Co CL857 |
| I'm not so goodlooking : I don't dress [so] fine | Linthecome, Joe; Pretty Mama Blues; Richmond, Ind., 20 Nov. 1929; (15906A) Ge7131 Rt RL326 |
