BAD-LUCK.............15  (0,006%)
people : all about my bad-luck blues Did you ever       Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Bad Luck Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (1596-2) Pm-12081 BYG-529.078
away I'm got a bad-luck deal : give me trouble          Stokes, Frank; Downtown Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (41822-1) Vi-21272 BC-5
away I got a bad-luck deal : give me trouble            Stokes, Frank; Downtown Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (41822-2) Vi unissued His HLP-31
You give me a bad-luck deal : kept something on         Stokes, Frank; What's the Matter Blues; Memphis, 1 Feb. 1928; (41826-1) Vi-V38531 Yz L-1002
believe I'll try : them bad-luck dice again If I        Gibson, Clifford; Bad Luck Dice; New York, 10 Dec. 1929; (57753- ) Vi-V38590 Yz L-1027
luck : baby I'm the bad-luck man  And I'm trying        Wheatstraw, Peetie; Working Man; New York, 18 Feb. 1936; (60506-A) De-7200 BC-4
soul : I'm just a bad-luck man  Welfare's helping everybody White, Joshua; Welfare Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1934; (14902-2) Ba-33024 His HLP-22
reason why : singing this bad-luck moan I got a         Baker, Willie; Bad Luck Moan; Richmond, Ind., 10 Jan. 1929; (14892) Ge-6812 Rt RL-326
poor me And these bad-luck rattlesnakes : won't let my  Smith, Bessie Mae; St. Louis Daddy; Grafton, Wis., c. Dec. 1929; (L-78-?) Pm-12922 OJL-20
baby : and doggone your bad-luck soul Now I'm so        Bogan, Lucille; I Hate that Train Called the M. and O.; New York, 31 July 1934; (15491-1) ARC-6-02-04 OJL-6
watch out : doggone your bad-luck soul Just let your    Jones, Maggie; Jealous Mama Blues; New York, 14 Oct. 1924; (140105-1) Co-14044-D VJM VLP-23
you girlie : doggone your bad-luck soul I turned around Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Southern Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (1612-2) Pm-12083 BYG-529.078
luck Bessie : doggone your bad-luck soul    I was with  Smith, Bessie; Baby Doll; New York, 4 May 1926; (142147-2) Co-14147-D Co CL-857
to leave this old bad-luck town So when I               Arnold, Kokomo; Bad Luck Blues; New York, 12 May 1938; (63753-A) De-7540 CC-25
cold Don't want no bad-luck woman : ain't got no        Stokes, Frank; It Won't Be Long Now; Memphis, 27 Aug. 1928; (45420-2) Vi-21672 Rt RL-307
 BADDEST..............3  (0,001%)
Cherry Street And the baddest copper : ever walked that Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018- ) De-7102 Mam S-3803
than me I'm the baddest man : ever came from            Jackson, Papa Charlie; Jungle Man Blues; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (21045-2) Pm-12721 Bio BLP-12042
anybody : ain't that the baddest place in town Mens     Roland, Walter; 45 Pistol Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1935; (17081-2) ARC-6-03-61 BC-7
 BADLY................2  (0,001%)
my screen You were badly mistreated : I know just       Estes, Sleepy John; Drop Down Mama; Chicago, 17 July 1935; (90176-A) Ch-50048 OJL-21
no more I've been badly mistreated : I've been drove    Martin, Carl; Badly Mistreated Man; Chicago, 8 Jan. 1935; (C-881-2) OK-8961 Yz L-1016
 BAG..................7  (0,003%)
coal : thirty-five cents a bag And if you want          Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coal Man Blues; Chicago, c. Mar. 1927; (4244-2) Pm-12461 Bio BLP-12042
many crooks in my bag : as the dyingest snake           Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474- ) Vo-1704 Yz L-1003
wonder : will a shopping bag hold my clothes  Mmm       Wheatstraw, Peetie; Don't Hang My Clothes on No Barbed Wire Line; Chicago, 4 Nov. 1930; (C-6489-A) Vo-1649 Say SDR-191
swings : and a carpet bag I know by that                Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; You Got Me Rollin'; Memphis, 28 Nov. 1930; (64741-2) Vi-23274 Rt RL-323
I say in my bag I mean to be                            Short, Jaydee; Snake Doctor Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11474- ) Vo-1704 Yz L-1003
have it in my bag Now it don't make                     Chatman, Bo; Honey; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (047657-1) BB-B8555 Yz L-1034
have it in my bag Now you may go                        Chatman, Bo; Honey; Atlanta, 12 Feb. 1940; (047657-1) BB-B8555 Yz L-1034
 BAGS.................1  (0,000%)
money : then pack your bags and go Crying oh            Arnold, Kokomo; Policy Wheel Blues; Chicago, 15 July 1935; (90158-A) De-7147 CC-25
 BAIL.................29  (0,012%)
him come go my bail And my friend sent                  Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC-25-1) Vo-04897 BC-11
gal : to bring me bail  Get some money : if             Wilson, Kid Wesley (Leola B. Wilson); The Gin Done Done It; New York, 5 Sept. 1929; (148977-?) Co-14463-D His HLP-5
let me go his bail Going to ask that                    Shade, Will; I Can Beat You Plenty; Memphis, 27 Sept. 1929; (55599- ) Vi-V38586 Rt RL-337
world to go my bail    Good Lord good Lord              McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C-9946-A) De-7078 Rt RL-324
the judge'll go their bail Had a man in                 Smith, Bessie; Black Mountain Blues; New York, 22 July 1930; (150658-2) Co-14554-D Co CL-856
come and go my bail I says mmm : I                      Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC-25-1) Vo-04897 BC-11
millionaire to go your bail I was walking down          Jordan, Charley; Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (18983-1) ARC-6-06-61 Rt RL-310
man : to go my bail I don't want : to                   Smith, Bessie; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (143576-2) Co-14209-D Co CL-858
come and go my bail I'm going down to                   Carr, Leroy; New How Long How Long Blues-Part 2; Chicago, c. 20 Jan. 1931; (C-7221-A) Vo-1585 RBF RF-202
he will pay your bail I'm going to tell                 Davis, Carl (Dallas Jamboree Jug Band); Elm Street Woman Blues Dallas, 20 Sept. 1935; (DAL-103- ) Vo-03092 BC-2
let me go his bail I've been rolling and                Beaman, Lottie; Rolling Log Blues; Richmond, Ind., c. Aug. 1928; (14162) Ge-6624 OJL-6
let me go his bail I've been rolling and                Beaman, Lottie; Rollin' Log Blues; Kansas City, early Nov. 1929; (KC-605- ) Br-7147 Yz L-1018
one to go my bail I've got a mother                     Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Cell Bound Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1924; (10001-2) Pm-12257 Mil MLP-2001
even allowed her no bail Now I'm going to               Carr, Leroy; Eleven Twenty-Nine Blues; New York, 14 Dec. 1934; (16429-1) Vo-03157 Bio BLP-C9
somebody : to go your bail Now you may think            Chatman, Bo; The Law Gonna Step on You; New York, 5 June 1931; (404935-A) OK unissued Yz L-1034
come and go my bail Now the judge have                  Edwards, Big Boy Teddy; Louise; Chicago, 14 June 1934; (80608-1) BB-B5826 CC-3
nothing : to go her bail Now if you don't               Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy; Chicago, c. 14 June 1929; (C-3594- ) Vo-1426 Yz L-1039
come and go her bail Oh Red : she's outdoors            McCoy, Joe; Oh Red; Chicago, 18 Apr. 1936; (90691-A) De-7182 AH-77
try and go his bail Ooh : baby why didn't               Spivey, Victoria; Arkansas Road Blues; St. Louis, 27 Apr. 1927; (80768-B) OK-8481 Spi LP-2001
turned and went her bail Reaching Pete's all right      Memphis Minnie; Reachin' Pete; Chicago, 27 May 1935; (90018- ) De-7102 Mam S-3803
nothing : to go her bail She sold some corn             Robinson, Bob; Selling That Stuff; Chicago, c. Dec. 1928; (21035-3) Pm-12714 Riv RM-8803
she didn't need no bail She shook it for                Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); No Matter How She Done It; New York, 3 Feb. 1932; (11210-A) Vo-1699 Yz L-1039
come : and go my bail  So many days : I                 White, Washington; When Can I Change My Clothes; Chicago, 7 Mar. 1940; (WC-2979-A) Vo-05489 Co C-30036
in and go my bail Soon as I get                         McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Is Mine; Atlanta, 23 Oct. 1931; (151904-1) Co-14632-D Yz L-1005
in and go my bail Soon as I get                         McTell, Blind Willie; Southern Can Mama; New York, 21 Sept. 1933; (14069-2) Vo-02622 Yz L-1037
come and go my bail    The day I went                   Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC-25-1) Vo-04897 BC-11
to come go my bail Then I sent for                      Fuller, Blind Boy; Big House Bound; possibly Columbia, S.C., 29 Oct. 1938; (SC-25-1) Vo-04897 BC-11
come and go your bail When you got a                    McClure, Matthew; Prisoner's Blues; Richmond, Ind., 22 Sept. 1932; (18798) Ch-18514 Riv RM-8819
nobody will go her bail You took your gun               Barefoot Bill; Big Rock Jail; Atlanta, 4 Nov. 1929; (149356-2) Co-14481-D Rt RL-313
 BAILEY...............1  (0,000%)
me lard Now Barnum Bailey Circus : came to town         Jordan, Luke; Cocaine Blues; Charlotte, N.C., 16 Aug. 1927; (39821-2) Vi-21076 Rt RL-326
 BAIT.................2  (0,001%)
sold you my best bait baby : and I can't                Johnson, Robert; Dead Shrimp Blues; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA-2628-2) ARC-7-04-81 Co C-30034
know what kind of bait to choose That's why             Tampa Red (Hudson Whittaker); Kingfish Blues; Chicago, 22 Mar. 1934; (80385-1) BB-B5617 RCA LPV-518
 BAKE.................12  (0,005%)
baker in town : can bake a sweet jellyroll like         Bell, Ed; Ham Bone Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (4817-3) Pm-12524 OJL-14
lazy : to try and bake an apple pie She's               Calloway, Blanche; Lazy Woman's Blues; Chicago, 9 Nov. 1925; (9458-A) OK-8279 CC-32
range in my kitchen : bake bread nice and brown         Fuller, Blind Boy; I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy; New York, 23 July 1935; (17862-2) ARC-6-01-56 BC-11
mean Well she can bake good jellyroll : and she's       Gibson, Clifford; She Rolls It Slow; Louisville, 9 June 1931; (69405- ) Vi-23290 RCA INT-1175
man's mind Now she bake good jellyroll : she bakes      Johnson, Lonnie; I'm Nuts About that Gal; New York, 12 Aug. 1932; (152259-2) OK-8946 CC-30
preach and smile You bake grub for your husband         Washboard Walter; Narrow Face Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1930; (L-142-4) Pm-12954 Her H-205
sweet like mine She bake her jellyroll : all the        Jackson, Papa Charlie; Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine; Chicago, c. Aug. 1926; (2613-4) Pm-12383 Yz L-1029
clothes in the morning : bake jellyroll at night When   Glover, Mae; I Ain't Giving Nobody None; Richmond, Ind., 29 July 1929; (15395-A) Ge-6948 Her H-201
her : but she done bake me jellyroll Now I              McClennan, Tommy; She's Just Good Huggin' Size; Chicago, 10 May 1940; (044987- ) BB-B8605 Rt RL-305
I'll cook some meat : bake some bread If you            Washboard Sam; Come On In; Chicago, 21 Dec. 1936; (01884- ) BB-B6870 RBF RF-16
me so well : she bake them with her damper              Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C-9943-A) Ch-50077 Rt RL-326
you see me coming : bake your biscuits brown Put        Hull, Papa Harvey; Two Little Tommies Blues; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12691) Ge-6122 Yz L-1009
 BAKED................3  (0,001%)
my baby's lips Grandma baked grandpa : some jellyroll Ate Bunn, Teddy; It's Sweet Like So; New York, 7 Apr. 1930; (59739-1) Vi-V38592 His HLP-5
me some My baby baked me fresh biscuits : baked         Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C-9943-A) Ch-50077 Rt RL-326
baked me fresh biscuits : baked them nice and brown     Weaver, Curley; Fried Pie Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C-9943-A) Ch-50077 Rt RL-326
 BAKER................2  (0,001%)
to find Ain't a baker in town : can bake                Bell, Ed; Ham Bone Blues; Chicago, c. Sept. 1927; (4817-3) Pm-12524 OJL-14
me baby : like the baker rolls his dough Oh             Glaze, Ruby (Blind Willie McTell); Rollin' Mama Blues; Atlanta, 22 Feb. 1932; (71603- ) Vi-23328 Rt RL-324
 BAKERSHOP............3  (0,001%)
in front of the bakershop : and I'm feeling lowdown     Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm-12852 Mil MLP-2013
dead front of this bakershop    I'm aching all over     Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm-12852 Mil MLP-2013
kind Girl in the bakershop : she hollered papa don't    Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Bakershop Blues; Richmond, Ind., 24 Sept. 1929; (15668) Pm-12852 Mil MLP-2013