| Book Title: |
Blues Fakebook, The |
| Song count: |
203 songs |
| Imprint: |
New York : Oak Publications, c1995. |
| Callnumber: |
MP1630.28 .B5 1995 |
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Song Title
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Composer
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32-20 blues |
Robert Johnson
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Alabama bound |
Huddie Ledbetter
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As long as I have you |
Willie Dixon
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Baby doll |
Bessie Smith
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Baby please don't go |
Sam Hopkins
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Baby what you want me to do |
Jimmy Reed
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Back door man |
Willie Dixon
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Backwater blues |
Bessie Smith
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Bad breaks |
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Bad luck blues |
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Basin Street blues |
Spencer Williams
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Behind closed doors |
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Big road blues |
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Blue turning grey over you |
Thomas 'Fats' Waller, Andy Razaf
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Blues ain't nothing |
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Blues and Booze |
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Blues never die, the |
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Blues on the ceiling |
Fred Neil
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Born in Chicago |
Nick Gravenites
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Born under a bad sigh |
Booker T. Jones, William Bell
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Bright it with you when you come |
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Bright lights, big city |
Jimmy Reed
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Broken heart blues |
Willie Dixon
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Brown's Ferry blues |
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Built for comfort |
Willie Dixon
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Bulldoze blues (Going up the country) |
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Can't stop loving |
Elmore James
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Candy man blues |
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Catfish blues |
Muddy Waters
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Cocaine blues |
Rev. Gary Davis
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Come back baby |
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Come in my kitchen |
Robert Johnson
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Cool drink of water blues |
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Corrina, Corrina |
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Crazy man blues |
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Crosscut saw |
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Crossroads blues |
Robert Johnson
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Crow JAne |
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Cry your blues away |
Arthur 'Big boy' Crudub
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Dark and dreary |
Joe Josea, Elmore James
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Darlin' you know I love you |
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De Kalb Blues |
Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax
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Death don't have no mercy |
Rev. Gary Davis
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Deep river blues |
Doc Watson
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Devil got may woman |
Nehemian 'Skip' James
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Diddie Wa Diddie |
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Don't fish in my sea |
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Don't sell it, don't give it away |
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Dust my broom (I believe I'll) |
Robert Johnson
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Dust pneumonia blues |
Woody Guthrie
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Early in the morning |
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Everyday (I have the blues) |
Peter Chatman
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Evil (Is goin' on) |
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Farewell to you baby |
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First time I met the blues, the |
E. Montgomery
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Five long years |
Eddie Boyd
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From four until late |
Robert Johnson
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Gambler's blues |
Hopkins, Lewis
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Georgia bound |
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Go back to your no good man |
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Going down slow |
B.B. King
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Good liquor gonna carry me down |
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Good morning blues |
Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax
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Good morning little schoolgirl |
Sonny Boy Williamson
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Good woman is hard to find, a |
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Goodbye baby |
Sam Ling, Joe Josea, Jules Taub
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Got the blues, can't be satified |
Mississippi John Hurt
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Green river blues |
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Hellhound on my trail |
Robert Johnson
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Hesitation blues |
Rev. Gary Davis
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Hey, Bo Diddley |
Ellas McDaniel
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Hey hey |
Big Bill Broonzy
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Hey, pretty mama |
Willie Dixon
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Hoochie coochie man |
Willie Dixon
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How do you want it done |
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How long blues |
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I ain't got nobody |
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I asked for water |
Chester Burnett
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I be's troubled |
Muddy Waters
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I crave my pigmeat |
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I just want to make love to you |
Willie Dixon
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I wonder why |
B.B. King, Joe Josea
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I'm a king bee |
James Moore
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I'm satisfied |
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I'm so glad |
Nehemiah 'Skip' James
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If you want me to love you |
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It makes my love come down |
Bessie Smith
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Jailhouse blues |
Bessie Smith, Clarence Williams
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Jim Crow |
Huddie Ledbetter
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John Henry |
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Kansas city blues |
Jim Jackson
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Kindhearted woman blues |
Robert Johnson
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Kokomo blues |
Fred McDowell
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Life is like that |
Memphis Slim, Alan Lomax
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Little queen of Spades |
Robert Johnson
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Little red rooster |
Willie Dixon
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Louis collins |
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Love in vain |
Robert Johnson
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Make me a pallet on your floor (Ain't no telling) |
Mississippi John Hurt
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Mama let me lay it on you |
Mance Lipscomb
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Mary had a little lamp |
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Matchbox blues |
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Mean and evil |
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Mean old bed bug blues |
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Mean old Frisco |
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
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Mellow down easy |
Willie Dixon
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Memphis blues |
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Michigan water blues |
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Midnight special |
John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax, Huddie Ledbetter
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Mind your own business |
Hank Williams
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Mingelwood blues |
Noah Lewis
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My babe |
Willie Dixon
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My Creole Belle |
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My handy man ain't handy no more |
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Mystery train |
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Natural Ball |
Aaron T. Bone Walker
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New York town |
Woody Guthrie
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No matter how she done it |
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No more lovers |
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
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One dime blues |
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One more drink |
Elmore James
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Phone Booth |
Robert Cray, Dennis Walker, Michael Vannice, Richard Cousins
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Pickpocket blues |
Bessie Smith
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Please warm my wiener |
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Police dog blues |
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Rainy day blues |
Sam Hopkins, MAck McCormick
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Rambling on my mind |
Robert Johnson
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Richlands woman blues |
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Roberta |
Huddie Ledbetter, John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax
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Rock me baby |
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Roll and tumble |
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Rolling log blues |
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Rolling stone |
Muddy Waters
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Run and tell your daddy |
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Salty dog |
Mississippi John Hurt
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San Francisco bay blues |
Jesse Fuller
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Searching the desert (For the blues) |
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See see Rider |
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See that my grave is kept clean (One kind favor) |
Blind Lemon Jefferson
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Seventh son |
Willie Dixon
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Shake that thing |
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Shake your moneymaker |
Elmore James
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Shake yours |
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She ain't nothing but trouble |
Arthur 'Big boy' Crudub
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Shoe shine boy |
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Silver city bound |
Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax
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Sitting on the top of the world |
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Sky is crying, the |
Morris Levy, Elmore James, Clarence Lewis
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Someday |
Arthur Big boy Ctudub
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Sometimes I wonder |
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Sorrowful blues |
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Spoonful |
Willie Dixon
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Sporting life blues |
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St. James infimary |
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St. Louis blues |
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Statesboro blues |
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Stealing |
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Stormy Monday |
T. Bone Walker
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Sun's going to shine in my back door |
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Sweet home Chicago |
Robert Johnson
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Sweet little angel |
B. B. King, Jules Taub
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Sweet sixteen |
B. B. King, Joe Josea
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T. Bone shuffle |
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Texas blues |
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That will never happen no more |
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That's all right (Mama) |
Arthur Big Boy Crudup
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That's no way to get along |
Robert Wilkins
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That's why I'm lonesome |
Arthur Big Boy Crudub
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Three hours past midnight |
Johmmy Watson, Sam Ling
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Three o'clock blues |
B. B. King, Jules Taub
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Thrill is gone, the |
B. B. King, Joe Josea
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Time to say goodbye |
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Tom Rushen blues |
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Traveling riverside blues |
Robert Johnson
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Trouble in mind |
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Troubles, troubles, troubles |
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Troumble no more |
Muddy Waters
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Vicksburg blues |
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Walk right in |
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Walking blues |
Robert Johnson
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Walking my troumbles away |
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Weary blues |
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Weeping willow blues |
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When my heart beats like a hammer |
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When the lights go out |
Willie Dixon
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When you got a good friend |
Robert Johnson
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Where can my baby be |
Elmore James
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Why should I be blue |
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Why won't my baby treat me right |
Aaron 'T. Bone' Walker
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Wild about that thing |
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Wild about you baby |
Elmore James
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Woke up this morning |
B. B. King, Jule Yaub
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Woman I love, the |
B. B. King, Joe Josea
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World has gone wrong, the |
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Worry, worry, worry |
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Worrying off my mind |
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You can't judge a book by its cover |
Willie Dixon
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You gonna quit me baby |
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You got to move |
Fred McDowell, Gary Hardings Davis
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You'll like my loving |
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You're breaking my heart |
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You're gonna miss me |
B. B. King
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Your fool |
B. B. King
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