| Image | Brand | Product | Artist | Song | Year | Lyric |
 Box w/Flying Angel motif | Arbuckle | coffee | Funny Papa Smith | Good Coffee Blues | 1930 | Now Folger makes coffee, Maxwell makes coffee, White Swan makes coffee, Arbuckle he makes coffee // but I make coffee so good it will make you bite your tongue // And all the world grinding coffee mama, come on let me grind you some |
 1927 Lindbergh in Atlanta | Atlanta Journal | newspaper | Pegleg Howell | Papa Stobb | 1927 | I whistled to the paper boy, the little boy stopped // What kind of paper, boy, have you got? // I've got the Atlanta Journal, talk about the Mobile Flag |
 Ballard Chefs Jug Band | Ballard Flour Co | baking | Ballard Chefs Jug Band | n/a | 1920s | |
 Barlow branded knife | Barlow | pocket knife | Bessie Smith | Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair | 1927 | I cut him with my Barlow, I kicked him in the side, I stood there laughing over him, while he wallowed 'round and died |
 Battle Ax ad | Battle Axe | chewing tobacco | Texas Alexander | Section Gang Blues | 1927 | Oh, Captain, Captain? // What's the matter wit' you? // If you've got any Battle Axe, please, sir, give me a chew // Lord, Captain, Captain? // What's the matter with you? |
 1920s underwear ad | Bradley, Voorhees & Day | BVDs | Buddy Boy Hawkins | How Come Mama Blues | 1929 | Now if you try to give your womens everything they need you have to make the winter in your BVDs |
| Bradley, Voorhees & Day | BVDs | John Estes | Someday Baby Blues | 1935 | I hate that wind, that old chilly breeze // Come blowin' through your BVDs // but someday, baby, you ain't gonna worry my mind anymore |
| Bradley, Voorhees & Day | BVDs | Lemon Jefferson | Pneumonia Blues | 1929 | Wearin' BVDs in the winter, prowlin' 'round in the rain // Ridin' down my baby give me this pneumonia pain |
| Bradley, Voorhees & Day | BVDs | Monkey Joe | B.V.D. Blues | 1939 | |
 | Brown, Joe | coal mines | Jessie Fuller | Beat It On Down The Line | 1958 | I'll be waiting at the station when the train come along // Scamperin' on down the line // Lord I'm goin' back to my used to be // Down in Joe Brown's coal mine |
| Brown, Joe | coal mines | Julius Daniels | Ninety-Nine Year Blues | 1930 | Judge what'll be my fine? // says a pick and a shovel way down Joe Brown's coal mine |
 | Brown's Mule, R.J.Reynolds | chewing tobacco | Mississippi Sheiks | She Ain't No Good | 1930 | A yellah gal drinks the corn whiskey and a brownskin do the same // a country girl get a chew of Brown Mule but she's getting' drunk just the same |
| Budweiser | beer | Uncle Dave Macon | Come Along Buddie, Don't You Want to Go? | | |
| Buick | Dynaflow | Johnny Shines | Dynaflow Blues | 1965 | |
| Buick | n/n | Willie McTell | Kill It Kid | 1949 | You know papa gotta Cadillac, mama got a Buick, sister got mad because she couldn't do it // She want to kick it in a Cadillac, then in a Ford, tail jivin' on the running board |
 | Buick | Six | Charlie Patton | '34 Blues | 1934 | Carmen got a little six Buick, little six Chevrolet car (spoken: My God, what solid power!) // And it don't do nothin' but follow behind Holloway's farmer's plow |
| Bulldog | Special shoes | Willie Blackwell | Chalk My Toy | 1941 | I know why that happened, my friend-boy, he shared the news // Say, I didn't buy nothin' with my money but a cowhide jumper and a pair of them Bulldog special shoes |
| Cadillac | 1942 model | Lonnie Johnson | Chicago Blues | 1941 | I said, Let's go to New York, baby I'll buy you anything you lack // I will give you plenty money, gonna buy you a nineteen forty-two Cadillac |
| Cadillac | Eight | Jimmie Rodgers | Jimmie The Kid | 1931 | On the Lehigh Valley he yodeled a while, then he went to the Nickel Plate // From the old Lake Shore and the Erie line he yodels to a Cadillac 8 |
| Cadillac | Eight | Mississippi Sheiks | The New Sittin' On Top Of The World | 1932 | My baby got movements like a old Cadillac eight |
 | Cadillac | Eight | Speckled Red | Dirty Dozen | 1929 | Yonder go your mama goin' across the field // running and a shakin' like an automobile // I hollered at your mama and I told her to wait // she slipped away from me like a Cadillac 8 |
| Cadillac | Eight | Texas Alexander | Deceitful Blues | 1934 | I'm gonna trade this Lincom (sic), get me a Cadillac 8 (2) // It takes all of my time, tryin' to keep my business straight |
| Cadillac | Eight | Will Batts | Cadillac Baby | 1933 | Somebody learned my baby how to shift gear on a Cadillac 8 // Ever since that day I can't keep my baby straight |
| Cadillac | n/n | Teddy Darby | Don't Like The Way You Do | 1933 | Now I seen you last night when you got in that Cadillac 8 // You know you was doin' somethin' wouldn't percolate, now |
| Cadillac | n/n | Willie McTell | Scary Day Blues | 1931 | My baby got a bed, it shines like a morning star // and when I crawls in the middle it rides me like a Cadillac car |
| Cadillac | n/n | Willie McTell | Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo | 1933 | |
| Cadillac | n/n | Willie McTell | Warm It Up To Me | 1933 | |
| Cadillac | n/n | Willie McTell | Kill It Kid | 1949 | You know papa gotta Cadillac, mama got a Buick, sister got mad because she couldn't do it // She want to kick it in a Cadillac, then in a Ford, tail jivin' on the running board |
| Canaan's, Jim | barrelhouse | Robert Wilkins | Old Jim Canaan's | 1934 | |
 | Chesterfield | cigarettes | Buddy Moss | Chesterfield | | |
| Chesterfield | cigarettes | John Jackson | Chesterfield | | |
| Chevrolet | n/n | Sam McGee | Chevrolet Car | 1928 | |
| Chevrolet | Six | Charlie Patton | '34 Blues | 1934 | Carmen got a little six Buick, little six Chevrolet car (spoken: My God, what solid power!) // And it don't do nothin' but follow behind Holloway's farmer's plow |
| Chevrolet | Six | Frank Hutchison | Chevrolet Six | 1929 | |
| Clark, Mr. | law office prop. | John Estes | Lawyer Clark Blues | 1941 | Now, got offices in town, resident out on Century Road // He got a nice little lake right inside the grove // Boys you know I like Mist' Clark, yes, he really is my friend // He say if I just stay out the grave, he see that I won't go to the pen |
 Schenectady, NY | Coca Cola | Coca Cola | Charlie Jordan | Keep It Clean | 1930 | Roll him over, give him coca-cola, whiskey soda, saucer of ice-cream // It takes some soap 'n water for to keep it clean |
| Coca Cola | Coca Cola | Robert Wilkins | Old Jim Canaan's | 1934 | I'm goin' up town buy me coke and beer // Comin' back and tell you how these women here // They drink beer whiskey drink the coke and gin // When you don't play the dozens they will ease you in |
| Columbia | Grafonola | Bo Carter | Baby, How Can It Be | 1931 | Now listen baby, I'm tellin' you what I'll do // I'll get you a Graftonola (sic), a radio too |
| Compound Cathartic | purgative pills, various | Blind Blake | C.C. Pill Blues | 1928 | Hey hey mama, what you want me to do? // Take C.C. pill, that's the way for you |
| Conoco | gasoline | Smoky Babe | Hottest Brand Goin' | 1961 | |
| Dallas Morning News | newspaper | Lemon Jefferson | One Dime Blues | 1927 | I bought that Morning News, Lord // Then I bought a cigar too |
| D-Con | rat poison | John Estes | Sixty-One And Sixty-Two Rats | 1952 | I'm gonna call up my next door neighbor get him to protect me in my home // You know them rats done eat up all my groceries, boy they're goin' to work on my D-Con |
 | Dodge Brothers | 4 cylinder | Lemon Jefferson | DB Blues | 1928 | I say who is that comin', hey with his motor so strong? // That's Lemon and his DB, people thinks he's got his [cutout? colors? cutters? good hat?] on |
| Dumaine, Ed | Conoco gas station prop. | Smoky Babe | Hottest Brand Goin' | 1961 | |
 | Elgin | watch | Blind Blake | Panther Squall Blues | 1928 | She got Elgin movements, that's twenty years guaranteed // I bet my last dollar she done put them jinx on me |
| Elgin | watch | Lemon Jefferson | Change My Luck Blues | 1928 | She got Elgin movement from her head down to her toe // And she can break in on a dollar, man most anyhwere she go |
| Elgin | watch | Peg Leg Howell | Papa Stobb | 1927 | She got Elgin movements, make a panter [sic] squall // I'm so glad my sweet mama ain't got it all |
| Elgin | watch | Peg Leg Howell | Fairy Blues | 1928 | She's low, she's squatty, she got baby ways // She got Elgin movements, sure will make you raise |
| Elgin | watch | Robert Johnson | Walkin' Blues | 1936 | She got Elgin movements from her head down to her toes // Break in on a dollar most anywhere she goes |
 | Folger | coffee | Funny Papa Smith | Good Coffee Blues | 1930 | Now Folger makes coffee, Maxwell makes coffee, White Swan makes coffee, Arbuckle he makes coffee // but I make coffee so good it will make you bite your tongue // And all the world grinding coffee mama, come on let me grind you some |
| Ford | ?? | Waymon Sloppy Henry | The Best Cheap Car In The Market Is A Ford | 1929 | |
| Ford | 1930 model | Joe Callicott | Traveling Mama Blues | 1930 | When you see your rider, out and in the road // Said she's turnin' on a fan like a 1930 Ford |
 | Ford | Model T | John Estes | Poor Man's Friend (T Model) | 1937 | Well, well, the T-Model Ford, I say is a poor man's friend (2) // Well, well, it will help you out, eee even when your money's thin |
 | Ford | n/n | Blind Boy Fuller | Worn Out Engine Blues | 1940 | Said my baby got a little engine, I call it my little Ford machine // If your generator ain't bad baby, praise God you must be funnelin' bad gasoline |
| Ford | n/n | Cedar Creek Sheik | Watch the Fords Go By | 1936 | |
| Ford | n/n | Lemon Jefferson | DB Blues | 1928 | Oh, here come Lemon in that new Ford sedan. Oh, listen to the motor roar // and… I'm crazy about a Packard but my baby only rates a Ford // I'm crazy 'bout a Packard, my baby only rates a Ford // A Packard is too expensive, Ford will take you where you want to go |
| Ford | n/n | Uncle Dave Macon | Hill Billie Blues | 1924 | Been on the Southern, the Seaboard too, it takes a Henry Ford for to shake me and you |
| Ford | n/n | Uncle Dave Macon | On The Dixie Bee Line (In That Henry Ford of Mine) | 1926 | |
| Ford | n/n | Uncle Dave Macon | Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel | 1927 | |
| Ford | n/n | Uncle Dave Macon | The New Ford Car | 1928 | |
| Ford | n/n | Willie McTell | Warm It Up To Me | 1933 | Won't you strut in a Cadillac, stroll in a Ford // you do a little struttin' on the runnin' board |
| Ford | n/n | Willie McTell | Kill It Kid | 1949 | You know papa gotta Cadillac, mama got a Buick, sister got mad because she couldn't do it // She want to kick it in a Cadillac, then in a Ford, tail jivin' on the running board |
| Ford | V-8 | Buddy Moss | Going to Your Funeral In A Vee 8 Ford | 1935 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Cedar Creek Sheik | Ford V-8 | 1936 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Dan Pickett | Ride To A Funeral In A V-8 | 1949 | |
 | Ford | V-8 | John Estes | Poor Man's Friend (T Model) | 1937 | Well, well, a V-8 Ford, and it done took to style (2) Well, well, it reach all the way from ninety, eee-eee down to a hundred miles |
| Ford | V-8 | Kid Prince Moore | Ford V-8 Blues | 1938 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Memphis Minnie | Me & My Chauffeur Blues | 1941 | Well I must buy him a brand new V-8, a brand new V-8 Ford // Then he won't need no passengers, I will be his load |
| Ford | V-8 | Robert Johnson | They're Red Hot | 1936 | Me and my babe bought a V-8 Ford // Well we wind that thing all on the runnin' board |
| Ford | V-8 | Roosevelt Sykes | Henry Ford Blues | 1929 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Sonny Boy Williamson | Jackson Blues | 1937 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Sonny Boy Williamson | Project Highway | 1937 | |
| Ford | V-8 | Teddy Darby | I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight (Vee Eight Blues) | 1935 | |
| Frigidaire | appliance | Dan Pickett | Something's Gone Wrong | 1949 | Gwine uptown in the morning, call up the Frigidaire // Ah hah, that's the reason why, ohh well, boy, to keep your ice boys away from here |
| Frigidaire | appliance | Sonny Boy Williamson | Frigidaire Blues | 1937 | Now I just brought me a brand new Frigidaire, and I brought me a kitchen set too // I been lookin' 'round all over this town, I swear none of these women will do |
 | Gibson | guitar | Roy Harvey | Lonesome Weary Blues | 1929 | (spoken intro) Boys, when I'm blue and downhearted, I just reach and get my old Gibson guitar and play the weary, lonesome blues |
 | Gordon | gin | Big Bill Broonzy | I Feel So Good | 1941 | I love my tea, crazy 'bout my Gordon gin |
| Gordon | gin | Tampa Red | Good Gordon Gin | 1928 | |
 1936 Super Coach | Greyhound | bus line | Arthur Crudup | Greyhound Bus | 1962 | I was standing at the Greyhound bus station when my baby got on board // yes I was beggin' her not to leave me, baby please don't go |
 | Greyhound | bus line | Blind Boy Fuller | Bus Rider Blues | 1940 | G'wine catch that old Greyhound, gonna catch that old Greyhound // when I ride it from town, when I ride from town to town // I'm gonna find my little woman, don't think she can't be, don't think she can't be found |
| Greyhound | bus line | Robert Johnson | Me And The Devil Blues | 1937 | You may bury my body down by the highway side so my old evil spirit can get a Greyhound bus and ride |
 | Gulf | gasoline | Robert Johnson | They're Red Hot | 1936 | You know the monkey, now the baboon playin' in the grass // Well the monkey stuck his finger in that old Good Gulf Gas, now // Hot tamales and they're red hot, yes she got 'em for sale |
| Hampton | hotel | Willie McTell | Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues | 1940 | He wanted 22 womens outta the Hampton Hotel, 26 offa South Bell // 29 women outta North Atlanta, 'know little Jesse didn't pass out so swell |
| Hayes, C.H | undertaker | Willie Blackwell | Machine Gun Blues | 1941 | |
 | Helvetia Milk Condensing Co | Pet Cream | J.B. Hutto | Pet Cream Man | 1954 | |
| Helvetia Milk Condensing Co | Pet Cream | Walter Davis | If You Only Understand | 1938 | |
 | Hudson | Super Six | Lemon Jefferson | DB Blues | 1928 | Come here, fair brown, and listen to my motor roar // Because my Super Six sufficient, to take you where you want to go |
| Hudson | Terraplane | Frank Edwards | Terraplane Blues | 1941 | |
 | Hudson | Terraplane | Robert Johnson | Terraplane Blues | 1936 | When I feel so lonesome you hear me when I moan // Who been drivin' my Terraplane for you since I been gone? |
| Interstate Grocery Co | King Biscuit Flour | Big Joe Williams | King Biscuit Stomp | 1947 | I got the best King Biscuit, boys, I'll sell it guaranteed // If it don't do what I say, send it back to Helena, Arkansas, to me |
| Johnson | machine gun | Willie Blackwell | Machine Gun Blues | 1941 | |
 | Levi Garrett | chewing tobacco | Lemon Jefferson | Dry Southern Blues | 1926 | She had feet like a monkey, head like a teddy bear // And a mouth full of Levi Garrett pieces everywhere |
 | Lincoln | n/n | Texas Alexander | Deceitful Blues | 1934 | I'm gonna trade this Lincom (sic), get me a Cadillac 8 (2) // It takes all of my time, tryin' to keep my business straight |
| Maxwell House | coffee | Blind Blake | West Coast Blues | 1926 | Good to the last drop, just like Maxwell House coffee, yes! |
 Good to the last drop | Maxwell House | coffee | Funny Papa Smith | Good Coffee Blues | 1930 | Now Folger makes coffee, Maxwell makes coffee, White Swan makes coffee, Arbuckle he makes coffee // but I make coffee so good it will make you bite your tongue // And all the world grinding coffee mama, come on let me grind you some |
| Maxwell House | coffee | John Hurt | Coffee Blues | 1965? | |
| Mobile Flag | newspaper(?) | Pegleg Howell | Papa Stobb | 1927 | I whistled to the paper boy, the little boy stopped // What kind of paper, boy, have you got? // I've got the Atlanta Journal, talk about the Mobile Flag (note we found no evidence of a newspaper called The Mobile Flag) |
 | National Biscuit Co | Uneeda Biscuits | Lemon Jefferson | Rabbit Foot Blues | 1926 | I have Uneeda biscuits, yeah, and a half a pint of gin // The gin is mighty fine, but them biscuits is a little too thin |
 | Nehi | soda | Frank Stokes | Nehi Mama Blues | 1928 | |
| North Memphis Café | café | Memphis Minnie | North Memphis Blues | 1930 | |
 | Nugrape | soda | Nugrape Twins | I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape | 1926 | |
| Nugrape | soda | Nugrape Twins | Nugrape - A Flavor You Can't Forget | 1927 | |
| Old Grand-Dad | whiskey | Old Grand-Dad Jug Band | n/a | | |
| Old Taylor | whiskey | Memphis Slim | Old Taylor | 1941 | Well, you see Mr. Melrose standing in the floor // He's gonna give us a little drink now just before he goes // Now we want Old Taylor (5x) // Bring it on (3x) |
| Overton | High Brown Powder | Ishmon Bracey | Saturday Blues | 1928 | Now, if you want your woman to look like the rest // You buy her High-Brown Powder, Palmer's Skin Success |
 | Packard | n/n | Lemon Jefferson | DB Blues | 1928 | I'm crazy 'bout a Packard, my baby only rates a Ford // A Packard is too expensive, Ford will take you where you want to go |
 | Packard | Straight-8 | Big Bill Broonzy | State Street Woman | 1930 | She got ways like a Studebaker, starts off like a Packard Straight-8 // when she starts off with me she never breaks her gait |
| Palmer | Skin Success | Ishmon Bracey | Saturday Blues | 1928 | Now, if you want your woman to look like the rest // You buy her High-Brown Powder, Palmer's Skin Success |
 | Procter & Gamble | White Naptha Soap | Mississippi Sheiks | Please Don't Wake It Up | 1931 | Get you a bar of P&G and take a bath tonight |
| Procter & Gamble | White Naptha Soap | Mississippi Sheiks | Don't Wake It Up | 1932 | Get a bar of P&G and take a bath tonight |
 | RCA Victor | Victrola | Jazz Gillum | Gillum's Windy Blues | 1938 | I don't need no Victrola // No radio in my home // When I want music, I can make my own |
 | Republic | P-47 Thunderbolt | Sonny Boy Williamson | Win The War Blues | 1944 | Uncle Sam is gonna give me a Thunderbolt, he want me to fly away up above the clouds // He wants to drop the bombs on the Japanese, I really got to make my baby proud |
| Rolls Royal (sic) | n/n | ?? | ?? | | |
| Schlitz | beer | Schlitz Jug Band | n/a | | |
| Seagram | Seven Crown Scotch | Black Ace | Drink On Little Girl | 1960 | You spends all your money on Seagram's Seven Crown // If you ever get sober mama, you'll find that the deal's gone down |
 Vintage jukebox | Seeburg, J.P. | jukebox | Washboard Sam | Let Me Play Your Vendor | 1941 | Now let me play your Seeburg yes mama one more time // Just let me play your vendor your music sure sounds good to me |
 | Sterno | Canned Heat | Arthur Pettis | Good Boy Blues | 1930 | vs1) Canned Heat ain't no good, boy, leave you with a fly away mind vs2) You don't want no more Canned Heat when the judge give you your time |
| Sterno | Canned Heat | Keghouse | Canned Heat Blues | 1928 | |
| Sterno | Canned Heat | Tommy Johnson | Canned Heat Blues | 1928 | |
| Sterno | Canned Heat | Waymon Sloppy Henry | Canned Heat Blues | 1928 | Liza bought so much canned heat, won't sell her no more // She's got the cans and the labels layin' all around her door |
| Stetson | John B. | Jimmie Rodgers | Muleskinner Blues | 1930 | |
| Stetson | John B. | Various (more info needed) | Stagger Lee Blues | | |
| Stetson | n/n | John Hurt | Stack O'Lee Blues | 1928 | Gentlemen of the jury, what do you make of that? // Stagger Lee shot Billy De Lion 'bout a $5 stetson hat // He's a bad man, oh cruel Stagger Lee |
| Studebaker | n/n | Big Bill Broonzy | State Street Woman | 1930 | She got ways like a Studebaker, starts off like a Packard Straight-8 // when she starts off with me she never breaks her gait |
| Stutz | Bear Cat | Meade Lux Lewis | Bear Cat Crawl | 1938 | |
| Stutz | Bear Cat | W. Lee O'Daniel | Bear Cat Mama | 1937 | |
| Union Stock Yards | prop. Mr Owens, auctioneer Mr. Kelly | Robert Wilkins | New Stock Yard Blues | 1935 | |
| unknown | R-Ninety-Nine | Bumble Bee Slim | I Done Caught My Death of Cold | 1936 | Give me Oil of Ninety-Nine, Three-Six, anything! I have done caught my death of cold, Lord have mercy |
| unknown | Three Sixes | Bumble Bee Slim | I Done Caught My Death of Cold | 1936 | Give me Oil of Ninety-Nine, Three-Six, anything! I have done caught my death of cold, Lord have mercy |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Allen Brothers | Jake Walk Blues | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Asa Martin | Jake Walk Papa | 1933 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Byrd Moore | Jake Leg Blues | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah | Jake Leg Blues | 1930 | |
 Sanford brand | various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band | She's In the Graveyard Now | 1927 | We were drinking every minute, I thought I was in it // I was buying Jamaica Ginger by the pound |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Ishmon Bracey | Jake Liquor Blues | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Lemuel Turner | Jake Bottle Blues | 1928 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Namour & Smith | Jake Leg Rag | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Ray Brothers | Got The Jake Leg Too | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Ray Brothers | Jake Leg Wobble | 1930 | |
 | various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Tommy Johnson | Canned Heat Blues | 1928 | Lord, Lord I wonder, Canned Heat's killin' me // Jake alcohol has ruined me, churnin' 'bout my soul // 'Cause brownskin women don't do that easy roll |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Tommy Johnson | Alcohol and Jake Blues | 1930 | |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Whistler's Jug Band | Jailhouse Blues | 1924 | Well, we was drinking every minute, I made sure I was in it // I was buying Jamaica Ginger by the gallon |
| various | Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake) | Willie Lofton | Jake Leg Blues | 1934 | |
| Wade & Butcher | straight razor | Bahamas Blind Blake | Jones (Oh Jones) | 1951 | |
 Ivory-handled Wade And Butcher straight razor | Wade & Butcher | straight razor | Bessie Smith | Hateful Blues | 1924 | |
| Western Union | telegraph service | King Soloman Hill | The Gone Dead Train | 1932 | He said If you go to the Western Union, you might get a chair // (spoken: I didn't know the Western Union run no trains) // Said if you go to the Western Union, you might get a chair // You might could watch as some of your people, and your fireman be standing right there |
| Western Union | telegraph service | Sonny Boy Williamson | Western Union Man | 1941 | Western Union Man, please stop by my house today (x2) // I'm expecting a call from Miss Lacey, I got to hear from her right away |
 White Swan tin, 1930s | White Swan | coffee | Funny Papa Smith | Good Coffee Blues | 1930 | Now Folger makes coffee, Maxwell makes coffee, White Swan makes coffee, Arbuckle he makes coffee // but I make coffee so good it will make you bite your tongue // And all the world grinding coffee mama, come on let me grind you some |
| Williams, Vassar | auto repair shop | John Estes | Brownsville Blues | 1938 | Now, my generator is bad, and you know my lights done stopped // And I reckon I better take it over to Durhamville, and I'm gonna stop at Vassar Williams' shop |
| Wintergreen | chewing gum | Charlie Poole | Sweet Sixteen | 1930 | She chewed all day, chewed all night, that was goin' some, she hardly stopped to chew a meal she was so fond of gum // She chewed and chawed, chawed and chewed, and her brand was Wintergreen, and while I would be [?] when she was sweet sixteen |