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 BUMBLEBEE'S..........2  (0,001%)
billygoat backed : in the bumblebee's nest Ever since that Johnson, Robert; They're Red Hot; San Antonio, 27 Nov. 1936; (SA-2627-1) ARC-7-07-57 Co C-30034
looking for him : my bumblebee's so long so long        Memphis Minnie; New Bumble Bee; Chicago, 1 July 1930; (C-5895- ) Vo-1618 BC-13
 BUMBLEBEES...........1  (0,000%)
I get those long-stinger bumblebees Says when I get     Chatman, Bo; I'm an Old Bumble Bee; Jackson, Miss., 15 Dec. 1930; (404720-B) OK-8852 RBF RF-9
 BUMMING..............1  (0,000%)
She was breaking and bumming : every man she meet       Pickett, Charlie; Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal; New York, 2 Aug. 1937; (62467-A) De-7762 Rt RL-310
 BUMP.................2  (0,001%)
stubble man : go bumpty bump Because he ain't got       Bell, Ed; Carry It Right Back Home; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (151037-2) Co-14595-D Rt RL-325
oh Lord had to bump Some was drinking : some            Brown, Hi Henry; Titanic Blues; New York, 14 Mar. 1932; (11476-A) Vo-1728 Yz L-1030
 BUMPED...............1  (0,000%)
bed fell down : I bumped my head on the                 Nickerson, Charlie Bozo; It Won't Act Right; Memphis, 21 May 1930; (59964-2) Vi-V38620 Jo SM-3104
 BUMPS................1  (0,000%)
stall The way she bumps over the hill : it              Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Low Down Mojo Blues; Chicago, c. June 1928; (20636-1) Pm-12650 Mil MLP-2004
 BUMPTY...............1  (0,000%)
short stubble man : go bumpty bump Because he ain't     Bell, Ed; Carry It Right Back Home; Atlanta, 4 Dec. 1930; (151037-2) Co-14595-D Rt RL-325
 BUMPY................2  (0,001%)
You face is getting bumpy : and your skin looks         Davis, Walter; Root Man Blues; Chicago, 28 July 1935; (91430-1) BB-B6040 RCA INT-1085
it : it's a round bumpy road Takes a married            Wallace, Minnie; The Old Folks Started It; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (55572-2) Vi-V38547 OJL-21
 BUN..................2  (0,001%)
Some men don't like bun and biscuits : like the         Chatman, Bo; Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (02619-1) BB-B8159 Yz L-1014
the doggone big fat bun Says some men you               Chatman, Bo; Your Biscuits Are Big Enough for Me; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (02619-1) BB-B8159 Yz L-1014
 BUNCH................5  (0,002%)
early : with that scuffling bunch If I wake up          Dorsey, Thomas A.(Georgia Tom); If You Want Me to Love You; New York, 5 Feb. 1932; (11242-A) Vo-1682 Yz L-1039
I could hear a bunch of bloodhounds : a-coming down     Collins, Sam; My Road Is Rough and Rocky; New York, c. Oct. 1931; (   ) unknown Yz L-1038
leave her with a bunch of men If you                    Gibson, Clifford; Whiskey Moan Blues; Long Island City, c. June 1929; (483-A) QRS-R7087 Yz L-1006
gang of brownskin womens : bunch of high yellows too    Lofton, Cripple Clarence; Brown Skin Girls; Chicago, 18 July 1935; (C-1074-A) ARC-6-11-66 Yz L-1025
work with that construction bunch Seven eighty-three : without neglect Edwards, Susie; Construction Gang; New York, 12 Sept. 1924; (72817-B) OK-8163 Sw S-1240
 BUNCHING.............1  (0,000%)
give us a no-good bunching clown Now she won't          Johnson, Robert; From Four Until Late; Dallas, 19 June 1937; (DAL-379-1) ARC-7-09-56 Co C-30034
 BUNDLED..............2  (0,001%)
a troublesome mind All bundled up from hardship : fate  Howell, Peg Leg; Low Down Rounder Blues; Atlanta, 20 Apr. 1928; (146161-1) Co-14320-D RBF RF-1
I packed my suitcase : bundled up my clothes When       Hull, Papa Harvey; France Blues; Chicago, c. 8 Apr. 1927; (12690) Ge-6106 OJL-2
 BUNGALOW.............1  (0,000%)
to build me a bungalow : just for me and                Memphis Minnie; Bumble Bee; Memphis, 20 Feb. 1930; (MEM-773- ) Vo-1476 His HLP-2
 BUNIONS..............3  (0,001%)
are hard to me  Bunions bunions : won't you hear        Yates, Blind Richard; Sore Bunion Blues; New York, c. 9 Apr. 1927; (GEX-578-A) Ge-6104 His HLP-1
size fourteen  My poor bunions : they are hard to       Yates, Blind Richard; Sore Bunion Blues; New York, c. 9 Apr. 1927; (GEX-578-A) Ge-6104 His HLP-1
hard to me  Bunions bunions : won't you hear my         Yates, Blind Richard; Sore Bunion Blues; New York, c. 9 Apr. 1927; (GEX-578-A) Ge-6104 His HLP-1
 BUNK.................1  (0,000%)
back here on my bunk : nobody in the world              McTell, Blind Willie; Bell Street Blues; Chicago, 23 Apr. 1935; (C-9946-A) De-7078 Rt RL-324
 BUNKER...............4  (0,002%)
a mansion : out on Bunker Hill Where I can              Rupert, Ollie; Ain't Goin' to Be Your Low Down Dog; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (37964-2) Vi-20577 Rt RL-323
the still Out on Bunker Hill : where the peoples        Rupert, Ollie; Ain't Goin' to Be Your Low Down Dog; Memphis, 28 Feb. 1927; (37964-2) Vi-20577 Rt RL-323
you adieu    Now old Bunker Hill : place that I         Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (55574-1) Vi-V38548 Rt RL-308
And the people on Bunker Hill : look at me              Stokes, Frank; Bunker Hill Blues; Memphis, 23 Sept. 1929; (55574-1) Vi-V38548 Rt RL-308
 BUNS.................3  (0,001%)
to working on my buns                                   Yates, Blind Richard; Sore Bunion Blues; New York, c. 9 Apr. 1927; (GEX-578-A) Ge-6104 His HLP-1
dogs : I got the buns Now tell me now                   Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785- ) BB-B6261 OJL-18
dogs : I'll get the buns Well dear : that's what        Spruell, Freddie; Let's Go Riding; Chicago, 12 Apr. 1935; (85785- ) BB-B6261 OJL-18
 BURDEN...............1  (0,000%)
head With my heavy burden : Lord I wished I             Hurt, Mississippi John; Blue Harvest Blues; New York, 28 Dec. 1928; (401487-A) OK-8692 Bio BLP-C4
 BURDENED.............1  (0,000%)
happy : and some are burdened down Some are so          Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob); 'Fo Day Creep; Atlanta, 10 Nov. 1927; (145199-1) Co-14280-D CC-36
 BURGLING.............1  (0,000%)
got me charged with burgling : and I haven't even       McTell, Blind Willie; Death Cell Blues; New York, 19 Sept. 1933; (14049-1) Vo-02577 RBF RF-15
 BURIED...............19  (0,008%)
done jumped before They buried a man Thursday : just    Blake, Blind; Rope Stretchin' Blues-Part 1; Grafton, Wis., c. Oct. 1931; (L-1099-2) Pm-13103 Bio BLP-12037
you ought to be buried alive     Now when I             Brown, Richard Rabbit; James Alley Blues; New Orleans, 11 Mar. 1927; (38000-1) Vi-20578 Yz L-1032
believe : ought to be buried alive Oh : babe it         MacFarland, Barrel House Buck; I Got to Go Blues; Chicago, 20 Aug. 1934; (C-9321- ) De-7013 OJL-20
she ought to be buried alive Excuse me mama             Reed, Willie; Dreaming Blues; Dallas, 8 Dec. 1928; (147600-2) Co-14407-D Yz L-1004
right hand And she buried her corky : down in           Chatman, Bo; Pussy Cat Blues; New Orleans, 15 Oct. 1936; (02613-1) BB-B6735 Yz L-1034
rather see you dead : buried in some cypress grove      Akers, Garfield; Cottonfield Blues-Part 1; Memphis, c. 23 Sept. 1929; (M-201- ) Vo-1442 OJL-2
have my body : baby buried in the sea I                 Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble Blues-Part 1; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C-2229- ) Vo-1213 Yz L-1019
have my body baby buried in the sea Trouble             Blackwell, Francis Scrapper; Trouble Blues-Part 2; Chicago, c. 17 Aug. 1928; (C-2230- ) Vo-1213 Yz L-1019
I'd rather be dead : buried in the sea Than             Cox, Ida; Ida Cox's Lawdy, Lawdy Blues; Chicago, July 1923; (1488-?) Pm-12064 BYG-529073
hunting for a needle : buried in a bed of               Jackson, Papa Charlie; Coffee Pot Blues; Chicago, c. Feb. 1925; (10043-?) Pm-12264 Yz L-1029
I would rather be buried : in some cypress grove        James, Skip; Cypress Grove Blues; Grafton, Wis., c. Feb. 1931; (L-747-2) Pm-13088 Bio BLP-12029
rather be dead baby : buried in the deep blue           Jordan, Charley; Got Your Water On; New York, 10 Apr. 1936; (18982-2) ARC-6-06-61 Rt RL-310
I want my body buried : in the deep blue                Ledbetter, Huddie; T. B. Woman Blues; New York, 23 Mar. 1935; (17180-1) ARC unissued Bio BLP-12013
dream Sure to be buried in the river mama               Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838- ) BB-B5169 Yz L-1030
mama : than to be buried in a hollow log                Stone, Joe; Back Door Blues; Chicago, 2 Aug. 1933; (76838- ) BB-B5169 Yz L-1030
I'd rather be dead : buried on my face  Than            Wilkins, Robert; I Do Blues; Memphis, 8 Sept. 1928; (47000- ) Vi-23379 OJL-5
rather be somewhere friends : buried on my knee  I      Wilkins, Robert; I Do Blues; Memphis, 8 Sept. 1928; (47000- ) Vi-23379 OJL-5
mistreat me : should be buried today The better I       Jones, Maggie; Screamin' the Blues; New York, 17 Dec. 1924; (140188-1) Co-14055-D VJM VLP-23
I want my body buried : way down in Jackson             Williamson, Sonny Boy; T. B. Blues; Chicago, 21 July 1939; (040532- ) BB-B8333 BC-20
 BURLINGTON...........1  (0,000%)
I called up in Burlington : ask my bossman to           Fuller, Blind Boy; Three Ball Blues; New York, 6 Mar. 1940; (26600-A) Vo-05440 BC-11
 BURN.................19  (0,008%)
drink of that bottling burn And I will tell             Memphis Minnie; Drunken Barrelhouse Blues; Chicago, 25 Mar. 1934; (CP-1070-1) Vo-02711 Yz L-1021
make your poor heart burn And I will look               Washboard Sam; I Laid My Cards on the Table; Chicago, 31 July 1942; (074686-1) BB-34-0710 RCA LPV-577
want my garage to burn down I got a                     Memphis Minnie; Garage Fire Blues; Chicago, 9 Sept. 1930; (C-6083- ) Vo-1601 Rt RL-307
Six : my Cadillac didn't burn down Oh Lord Lord         Memphis Minnie; Garage Fire Blues; Chicago, 9 Sept. 1930; (C-6083- ) Vo-1601 Rt RL-307
baby : I'm going to burn half Chicago down  Now         Wiggins, James Boodle It; Gotta Shave 'Em Dry; Grafton, Wis., c. Jan. 1930; (L-104-1) Pm-12916 Her H-205
ain't got money to burn I'm going to read               Washboard Sam; Sophisticated Mama; Aurora, Ill., 16 June 1938; (020814- ) BB-B7780 BC-2
good Let my house burn into ashes : didn't leave        Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm-12827 Riv RM-8819
it : I'm going to burn it myself Get the                Howell, Peg Leg; Coal Man Blues; Atlanta, 8 Nov. 1926; (143116-2) Co-14194-D RBF RF-202
judge good kind judge : burn me because I don't         Smith, Bessie; Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair; New York, 3 Mar. 1927; (143576-2) Co-14209-D Co CL-858
great God don't you burn my bread Do and                Arnold, Kokomo; Buddie Brown Blues; Chicago, 23 Oct. 1937; (91299-A) De-7449 CC-25
The train I ride : burn no coal at all                  Cleveland, Big Boy; Goin' to Leave You Blues; Chicago or Richmond, Ind., 12 Apr. 1927; (12700) Ge-6108 His HLP-22
train I ride : don't burn no coal at all                Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Easy Rider Blues; Chicago, c. Apr. 1927; (4423-2) Pm-12474 Mil MLP-2004
I ride : it don't burn no coal  Mmm : mmm               White, Washington (Booker Washington White); The Panama Limited; Memphis, 26 May 1930; (59996- ) Vi-23295 OJL-5
the window : let it burn on down I went                 Rainey, Ma Gertrude; Southern Blues; Chicago, Dec. 1923; (1612-2) Pm-12083 BYG-529.078
make me drunk I'm burn that chicken : and down          Davis, Walter; Sweet Sixteen; Chicago, 25 Feb. 1935; (85484-1) BB-B5931 RCA INT-1085
to the crossing : and burn that doggone bridge down     Thomas, Ramblin' (Willard Thomas); Hard Dallas Blues; Chicago, c. Nov. 1928; (21018-2) Pm-12708 Bio BLP-12004
the crossing : going to burn the trestle down That's    Bogan, Lucille; T N and O Blues; New York, 17 July 1933; (13549-1) Ba-32845 Rt RL-317
the crossroads : and I'd burn the depot down Lord       Day, Will; Central Avenue Blues; New Orleans, 25 Apr. 1928; (146186-2) Co-14318-D Yz L-1010
sign my baby's home    Burn the railroad down : so      Jefferson, Blind Lemon; Sunshine Special; Chicago, c. Oct. 1927; (20066-?) Pm-12593 Mil MLP-2007
 BURNED...............3  (0,001%)
now baby : Clarksdale mill burned down I was way        Patton, Charley; Moon Going Down; Grafton, Wis., c. 28 May 1930; (L-432-1) Pm-13014 Yz L-1020
can be My house burned down : didn't leave me           Sykes, Roosevelt; Fire Detective Blues; Richmond, Ind., 7 Sept. 1929; (15557) Pm-12827 Riv RM-8819
people and the sun burned up my new ground              Williamson, Sonny Boy; Big Apple Blues; Chicago, 4 Apr. 1941; (064020- ) BB-B8766 BC-20
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