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BOLLS............1
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| Cotton bolls are open : you can make amany dimes | Mason, Moses; Molly Man; Chicago, c. Jan. 1928; (202832) Pm12605 OJL8 |
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BOM..............1
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| At the *bom bom diddly* : got to carry me into town | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); It's Tight Like That; Chicago, c. Sept. 1928; ( ) Vo1216 His HLP1 |
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BOMB.............1
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| I'm about all ready to get a mosquito bomb : I'll be seldom seen | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Mosquito Moan; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15666) Pm12899 Mil MLP2013 |
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BOMBER...........1
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| I bet on the Brown Bomber : for he knows his stuff | Martin, Carl; Joe Louis Blues; Chicago, 4 Sept. 1935; (90293A) De7114 Yz L1016 |
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BOND.............5
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| Just try to get somebody : to go on my bond | Barefoot Bill; My Crime Blues; Richmond, Ind., 11 Mar. 1929; (1493522) Co14510D OJL14 |
| You know I couldn't get a white man in Brownsville : yes to even say they would go my bond | Estes, Sleepy John; Jailhouse Blues; Chicago, 4 June 1940; (93007A) De7814 RBF RF8 |
| 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 |
| You go and get some lawyers : to come and go my bond | Wilkins, Robert; Police Sergeant Blues; Memphis, c. early Feb. 1930; (MEM741B) Br7168 Rt RL307 |
| I ain't got nobody : get me out on bond | Lewis, Furry; Judge Harsh Blues; Memphis, 28 Aug. 1928; (454332) ViV38506 Yz L1008 |
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BONDED...........1
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| I don't want no bonded man : to go my bail | Smith, Bessie; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (1435762) Co14209D Co CL858 |
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BONE.............23
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| I say my little woman : got me down to skin and bone | McClennan, Tommy; Down to Skin and Bones; Chicago, 12 Dec. 1940; (053738 ) BBB8725 Rt RL305 |
| But before long baby : you'll be down to skin and bone | Smith, J. T. Funny Paper; Before Long; Chicago, c. Apr. 1931; (VO170A) Vo1674 Rt RL312 |
| Might get a black cat bone : going to bring my baby back home | Barefoot Bill; One More Time; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1930; (1503051) Co14561D Rt RL325 |
| Believe to my soul : my girl got a black cat bone | Barner, Wiley; My Gal Treats Me Mean; Birmingham, Ala., c. 15 Aug. 1927; (GEX803) Ge6261 OJL14 |
| It must be a black cat bone : jomo can't work that hard | Bogan, Lucille; Jim Tampa Blues; Chicago, c. July 1927; (46722) Pm12504 Yz L1017 |
| I believe : my good gal have found my black cat bone | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Broke and Hungry; Chicago, c. Oct. 1926; (3076?) Pm12443 Mil MLP2007 |
| I believe to my soul : my girl got a black cat bone | Walker, Uncle Bud; Look Here Mama Blues; Atlanta, 30 July 1928; (402008A) OK8828 Yz L1018 |
| Now since prices have went up : on meal and leg bone | Washboard Sam; Life Is Just a Book; Chicago, 26 June 1941; (0644771) BBB8909 RCA LPV577 |
| Just like a beefsteak beefsteak : ain't got no bone | Jackson, Papa Charlie; I'm Alabama Bound; Chicago, c. May 1925; (21442) Pm12289 Yz L1029 |
| Get your red ripe tomato : and your Tbone steak | Carr, Leroy; Bread Baker; New York, 17 Dec. 1934; (164321) Vo03296 Yz L1036 |
| Now red ripe tomatoes : don't forget your Tbone steak | Kelly, Jack; Red Ripe Tomatoes; New York, 1 Aug. 1933; (137142) Ba32844 OJL4 |
| Say you talking about your red ripe tomato : I'm crazy about my Tbone steak | Rachel, James Yank; TBone Steak Blues; Memphis, 2 Oct. 1929; (563362) ViV38595 Rt RL310 |
| You's a redhot mama : meat shakes on the bone | Chatman, Bo; Ants in My Pants; New York, 5 June 1931; (404938B) OK8897 His HLP5 |
| So glad I'm brownskin : chocolate to the bone | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Chocolate to the Bone; Atlanta, 13 Apr. 1928; (146054?) Co14331D CC36 |
| Lord they taken my woman : hurt me to the bone | Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); Atlanta Moan; Atlanta, 5 Dec. 1930; (1510542) Co14591D Yz L1026 |
| Lord it's heavyhipped mama : and the meat shakes on the bone | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Deceitful Brownskin Woman; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (200652) Pm12551 Bio BLP12015 |
| And she don't *allow* nothing : but chocolate to the bone | Lewis, Furry; Good Looking Girl Blues; probably New York, c. late Oct. 1927; ( ) Vo1132 Rt RL329 |
| Old shaking Mattie : meat shake on the bone | McCoy, Joe; Shake Mattie; Chicago, c. Feb. 1931; (VO109A) Vo1668 Mam S3803 |
| She bit my rooster : bit him to the bone | Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; It Won't Act Right; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (599642) ViV38620 Jo SM3104 |
| They catching all my perches : grinding up the bone | Temple, Johnnie; Louise Louise Blues; Chicago, 12 Nov. 1936; (90981A) De7244 Cor CP58 |
| She leaves here walking running fast : chocolate to the bone | Thomas, Henry; Don't Ease Me In; Chicago, c. 13 June 1928; ( ) Vo1197 OJL3 |
| I will sure backbite you : gnaw you to the bone | Weaver, Sylvester; Can't Be Trusted Blues; New York, 31 Aug. 1927; (81401B) OK8504 Yz L1012 |
| I was bonedown weary : a low and ache aching head | Darby, Blind; Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15566) Pm12828 Yz L1003 |
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BONE'S...........1
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| A black cat bone's aboiling : I put it on at half past twelve | Miles, Lizzie; Shootin' Star Blues; New York, 4 Jan. 1928; (77082) Ba7025 VJM VLP40 |
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| Going to see : old Dr *fojo* bones | Yates, Blind Richard; Sore Bunion Blues; New York, c. 9 Apr. 1927; (GEX578A) Ge6104 His HLP1 |
| Way down in Boogie Alley : ain't nothing but skulls and bones | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| Lord grief will kill you : it will get you down to skin and bones | Doyle, Little Buddy; Grief Will Kill You; Memphis, 1 July 1939; (MEM181) Vo05111 Rt RL319; |
| But someone else : will be picking on your chicken bones | Jones, Maggie; You May Go, But You'll Come Back Some Day; New York, 18 Dec. 1924; (1401922) Co14063D VJM VLP23 |
| Well pickle daddy's bones : baby in alcohol | Hull, Papa Harvey; France Blues; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12690) Ge6106 OJL2 |
| I went down in Death Valley : among the tombstones and dry bones | Crudup, Arthur Big Boy; Death Valley Blues; Chicago, 11 Sept. 1941; (0648741) BBB8858 RCA LPV518 |
| Down in old Death Valley : tombstones and old dry bones | Washboard Sam; Evil Blues; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1941; (0703791) BBB8997 RCA LPV577 |
| Crying big fat mama : meat shaking on her bones | Johnson, Tommy; Big Fat Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454651) Vi38535 Rt RL330 |
| Big fat mama : with the meat shaking on her bones | Johnson, Tommy; Big Fat Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454651) Vi38535 Rt RL330 |
| Big fat mama : Lord meat shake on her bones | Johnson, Tommy; Big Fat Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454651) Vi38535 Rt RL330 |
| Mmm big fat mama : meat shaking on her bones | Johnson, Tommy; Big Fat Mama Blues; Memphis, 31 Aug. 1928; (454651) Vi38535 Rt RL330 |
| Oh big fat woman : with the meat shaking on her bones | Martin, Sara; Blind Man Blues; New York, c. 1 Aug. 1923; (71711B) OK8090 Sw S1240 |
| She's a big fat mama : with the meat shaking on her bones | Reynolds, Blind Willie; Third Street Woman Blues; Memphis, 26 Nov. 1930; (647242) Vi23258 OJL11 |
| When your knee bones aching : and your body cold | James, Skip; Cypress Grove Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L7472) Pm13088 Bio BLP12029 |
| Hey hey hey : corn liquor in my bones | Black, Lewis; Corn Liquor Blues; Memphis, 10 Dec. 1927; (1453672) Co14291D Rt RL327 |
| Now my old bones is aching : and my hair is turning grey | Arnold, Kokomo; Southern Railroad Blues; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9921A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| Catching my goggleeyed perches : and they barbecuing the bones | Johnson, Robert; Dead Shrimp Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA26282) ARC70481 Co C30034 |
| Catching all my game fish : and grinding up their bones | Chatman, Bo; Old Devil; San Antonio, 22 Oct. 1938; (0278781) BBB8093 Yz L1007 |
| When she grabs you and turns you loose : makes the flesh tremble on your bones | Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bed Springs Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15664) Pm12872 Mel MLP7324 |
| Canned heat is just like morphine : it crawls all through your bones | Shade, Will; Better Leave That Stuff Alone; Memphis, 24 Sept. 1928; (47092 ) Vi21725 Mam S3803 |
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BONUS............1
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| 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 |
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BONY.............1
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| I've got another woman : man she's so bony and lean | Kelly, Jack; Men Fooler Blues; Memphis, 14 July 1939; (MEM151 ) Vo05312 OJL19 |
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BOO..............6
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| Boo hoo : I just can't keep from crying | Campbell, Gene; Wandering Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5701A) Br7170 His HLP2 |
| Boo hoo : I wring my hands and cry | Campbell, Gene; Wandering Blues; Chicago, c. May 1930; (C5701A) Br7170 His HLP2 |
| I hate to hear : that engine blow boo hoo | Smith, Clara; Freight Train Blues; New York, 30 Sept. 1924; (1400643) Co14041D VJM VLP17 |
| I hate to hear : that engine blow boo hoo | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, c. May 1924; (17671) Pm12211 CC29 |
| I hate to hear : that freight train blow boo hoo | Smith, Trixie; Freight Train Blues; New York, 26 May 1938; (63866A) De7489 Cor CP58 |
| I hate to hear : that through train blow boo hoo | Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Through Train Blues; Chicago, c. May 1928; (205442) Pm12685 Yz L1039 |
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BOODIE...........1
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| Oh you ain't done no stinging : on the boodiebum | Burse, Charlie; Boodie Bum Bum; Chicago, 7 Nov. 1934; (C7921) OK8956 Jo SM3104 |
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BOODLE...........2
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| I haven't had no boodlebum : since you been gone | Burse, Charlie; Boodie Bum Bum; Chicago, 7 Nov. 1934; (C7921) OK8956 Jo SM3104 |
| You don't know how to boodlebumbum : I know you didn't do it nohow | Burse, Charlie; Boodie Bum Bum; Chicago, 7 Nov. 1934; (C7921) OK8956 Jo SM3104 |
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BOOGIE...........27
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| Old alley boogie : only thing I crave | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I can do my alley boogie : so many different ways | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| Got to do the alley boogie : everywhere I go | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| Good alley boogie : will carry me to my grave | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| And there ain't nobody : ??? no alley boogie yet | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I been doing my alley boogie : I been boogying all of my days | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I caught her boogiewoogying : down on the floor | Arnold, Kokomo; Busy Bootin'; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9923A) De7139 Say SDR163 |
| I boogie all night : all the night before | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| Way down in Boogie Alley : ain't nothing but skulls and bones | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| Because down in Boogie Alley : is where he can be found | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| He goes down in Boogie Alley : house number three | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| I went down in Boogie Alley : with my razor in my hand | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| If you go in Boogie Alley : you better take you fortyfour | Bogan, Lucille; Down in Boogie Alley; New York, 1 Aug. 1934; (155082) Ba33149 Rt RL317 |
| Because I'm wild about my boogie : only thing I crave | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| Mama loves my boogie : papa loves it too | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I'm wild about my boogie : only thing I crave | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I'm going to do my boogie : the rest of my days | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| I'm wild about my boogie : only thing I choose | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| And I'm wild about my boogie : only thing I crave | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| We're going to pitch boogiewoogie : going to have a ball tonight | McCoy, Joe; We Gonna Pitch a Boogie Woogie; Chicago, 13 Nov. 1936; (90982A) De7326 AH77 |
| Now she got to do the boogie : to buy her alley baby some shoes | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
| We going to see : who can do the boogiewoogie the best | Ezell, Will; Pitchin' Boogie; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15650) Pm12855 Mil MLP2018 |
| I believe : I'll pitch the boogie right here | Ezell, Will; Pitchin' Boogie; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15650) Pm12855 Mil MLP2018 |
| I swear to God : this boogie too mean | Ezell, Will; Pitchin' Boogie; Richmond, Ind., 20 Sept. 1929; (15650) Pm12855 Mil MLP2018 |
| If you want to boogiewoogie if you want to boogiewoogie : and haven't got the price haven't | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| If you want to boogiewoogie if you want to boogiewoogie : and haven't got the price haven't | Arnold, Kokomo; Let Your Money Talk; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1935; (C9924 ) De7191 BC4 |
| When I woke up this morning : I want to boogie some more | Bogan, Lucille; Alley Boogie; Chicago, late Mar. 1930; (C5563A) Br7210 Rt RL317 |
