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Market	Brand	Product	Artist	Song	Year	Lyric
Agriculture	Union Stock Yards	prop. Mr Owens, auctioneer Mr. Kelly	Robert Wilkins	New Stock Yard Blues	1935	"When you wake up Monday morning with the stockyard blues, come and talk to Mr Owens about his good-looking mules" & "I want all of you men to meet me there, speak to Mr Kelly he's the auctioneer"
Apparel	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
Apparel	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
Apparel	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
Apparel	Bradley, Voorhees & Day	BVDs	Monkey Joe	B.V.D. Blues	1939
Apparel	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
Apparel	Stetson	John B.	Clarence Green	Johnson City Blues	1928	Down in Memphis on East Main Street, I was watchin' everybody that I chanced to meet // I saw my sweet daddy comin' 'round a flat. He was dressed in a tailor-made suit and a John B Stetson hat
Apparel	Stetson	John B.	Jimmie Rodgers	Muleskinner Blues	1930	I'm going to town honey, what you want me to bring you back? Bring a pint of booze and a John B Stetson hat
Apparel	Stetson	John B.	Various (more info needed)	Stagger Lee Blues
Apparel	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
Appliances	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
Appliances	Frigidaire	refrigerator	Brownie McGhee	Back Door Stranger	1940	Wel I ain't gonna use no ice, gonna buy me a Frigidaire // I know that'll keep ice man away from here
Appliances	Frigidaire	refrigerator	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
Appliances	Frigidaire	refrigerator	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
Appliances	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
Appliances	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
Automobiles	Buick	Dynaflow	Johnny Shines	Dynaflow Blues	1965
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Cadillac	Eight	Mississippi Sheiks	The New Sittin' On Top Of The World	1932	My baby got movements like a old Cadillac eight
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Cadillac	n/n	Willie McTell	Let Me Play With Your Yo-Yo	1933
Automobiles	Cadillac	n/n	Willie McTell	Warm It Up To Me	1933
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Chevrolet	n/n	Sam McGee	Chevrolet Car	1928
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Chevrolet	Six	Frank Hutchison	Chevrolet Six	1929
Automobiles	Conoco	gasoline	Smoky Babe	Hottest Brand Goin'	1961
Automobiles	Dodge Brothers	4 cylinder	Lemon Jefferson	D B 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
Automobiles	Dumaine, Ed	Conoco gas station prop.	Smoky Babe	Hottest Brand Goin'	1961
Automobiles	Ford	??	Waymon Sloppy Henry	The Best Cheap Car In The Market Is A Ford	1929
Automobiles	Ford	1928 model	William Moore	Ragtime Millionaire	1928	"Mr. Henry's going to send me a Ford, he must, everybody else are going to taste my dust" and "Some of the boys say I'm going to be late, no if you please I've got a '28. Some of them say they're going to catch me at last, but all I've got to do is step on the gas"
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Ford	n/n	Cedar Creek Sheik	Watch the Fords Go By	1936
Automobiles	Ford	n/n	Lemon Jefferson	D B 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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Ford	n/n	Uncle Dave Macon	On The Dixie Bee Line (In That Henry Ford of Mine)	1926
Automobiles	Ford	n/n	Uncle Dave Macon	Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel	1927
Automobiles	Ford	n/n	Uncle Dave Macon	The New Ford Car	1928
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Buddy Moss	Going to Your Funeral In A Vee 8 Ford	1935
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Cedar Creek Sheik	Ford V-8	1936
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Dan Pickett	Ride To A Funeral In A V-8	1949
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Kid Prince Moore	Ford V-8 Blues	1938
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Roosevelt Sykes	Henry Ford Blues	1929
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Sonny Boy Williamson	Jackson Blues	1937
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Sonny Boy Williamson	Project Highway	1937
Automobiles	Ford	V-8	Teddy Darby	I'm Gonna Wreck Your Vee Eight (Vee Eight Blues)	1935
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Hudson	Super Six	Lemon Jefferson	D B 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
Automobiles	Hudson	Terraplane	Frank Edwards	Terraplane Blues	1941
Automobiles	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?
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Packard	n/n	Lemon Jefferson	D B 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
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Rolls Royal (sic)	n/n	??	??
Automobiles	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
Automobiles	Stutz	Bear Cat	Meade Lux Lewis	Bear Cat Crawl	1938
Automobiles	Stutz	Bear Cat	W. Lee O'Daniel	Bear Cat Mama	1937
Automobiles	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
Aviation	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
Beverages, Alcohol	Boords	Tomcat Gin	Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey	Whiskey And Gin Blues	1926	Gonna drink my whiskey, drink my Tomcat Gin, gonna mess around 'til the bulls break in
Beverages, Alcohol	Budweiser	beer	Uncle Dave Macon	Come Along Buddie, Don't You Want to Go?
Beverages, Alcohol	Gordon	gin	Big Bill Broonzy	I Feel So Good	1941	I love my tea, crazy 'bout my Gordon gin
Beverages, Alcohol	Gordon	gin	Tampa Red	Good Gordon Gin	1928
Beverages, Alcohol	Old Grand-Dad	whiskey	Old Grand-Dad Jug Band	n/a
Beverages, Alcohol	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)
Beverages, Alcohol	Schlitz	beer	Schlitz Jug Band	n/a
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	Sterno	Canned Heat	Keghouse	Canned Heat Blues	1928
Beverages, Alcohol	Sterno	Canned Heat	Tommy Johnson	Canned Heat Blues	1928
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Allen Brothers	Jake Walk Blues	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Asa Martin	Jake Walk Papa	1933
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Byrd Moore	Jake Leg Blues	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Jake Leg Blues	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Ishmon Bracey	Jake Liquor Blues	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Lemuel Turner	Jake Bottle Blues	1928
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Namour & Smith	Jake Leg Rag	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Ray Brothers	Got The Jake Leg Too	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Ray Brothers	Jake Leg Wobble	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Tommy Johnson	Alcohol and Jake Blues	1930
Beverages, Alcohol	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
Beverages, Alcohol	various	Jamaican Ginger Extract (Jake)	Willie Lofton	Jake Leg Blues	1934
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Buffalo Rock	Ginger Ale	Sonny Scott	Try Me Man Blues	1933	I've got a Buffalo Rock baby, and an Orange Crush in my hand
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Maxwell House	coffee	Blind Blake	West Coast Blues	1926	Good to the last drop, just like Maxwell House coffee, yes!
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Maxwell House	coffee	John Hurt	Coffee Blues	1965?
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Nehi	soda	Frank Stokes	Nehi Mama Blues	1928
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Orange Crush	Ward's	Sonny Scott	Try Me Man Blues	1933	I've got a Buffalo Rock baby, and an Orange Crush in my hand
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Nugrape	soda	Nugrape Twins	I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape	1926
Beverages, Non-alcohol	Nugrape	soda	Nugrape Twins	Nugrape - A Flavor You Can't Forget	1927
Beverages, Non-alcohol	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
Chemicals	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
Commodities	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
Commodities	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
Food	Ballard Flour Co	baking	Ballard Chefs Jug Band	n/a	1920s
Food	Helvetia Milk Condensing Co	Pet Cream	J.B. Hutto	Pet Cream Man	1954
Food	Helvetia Milk Condensing Co	Pet Cream	Walter Davis	If You Only Understand	1938
Food	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
Food	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
Food	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
Food	Wrigleys	chewing gum	Allen Brothers	Bow Wow Blues	1927	She's got a sister she loves some fun, but she's got more ways of loving than Wrigley's got gum
Hardware	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
Hardware	Johnson	machine gun	Willie Blackwell	Machine Gun Blues	1941
Hardware	Wade & Butcher	straight razor	Bahamas Blind Blake	Jones (Oh Jones)	1951
Hardware	Wade & Butcher	straight razor	Bessie Smith	Hateful Blues	1924	If I see him I'm gonna beat him, gonna kick and bite him too, gonna take my Wade & Butcher, gonna cut him two in two
Hospitality	Canaan's, Jim	barrelhouse	Robert Wilkins	Old Jim Canaan's	1934
Hospitality	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
Hospitality	North Memphis Café	café	Memphis Minnie	North Memphis Blues	1930
Jewellery	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
Jewellery	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
Jewellery	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
Jewellery	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
Jewellery	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
Musical Instruments	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
Newspapers	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
Newspapers	Dallas Morning News	newspaper	Lemon Jefferson	One Dime Blues	1927	I bought that Morning News, Lord // Then I bought a cigar too
Newspapers	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)
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Pharma & Cosmetics	Compound Cathartic	purgative pills, various	Mae Glover	Gas Man Blues	1929	"But mister gas man this cold wind surely will give me a chill". "You'd better go to the doctor, get you a CC Pill." "I ain't got no money..." "That's funny..."
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Pharma & Cosmetics	Procter & Gamble	White Naptha Soap	Mississippi Sheiks	Don't Wake It Up	1932	Get a bar of P&G and take a bath tonight
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Pharma & Cosmetics	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
Services	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
Services	Hayes, C.H	undertaker	Willie Blackwell	Machine Gun Blues	1941
Services	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
Services	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
Tobacco	Battle Axe	tobacco, chewing	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?
Tobacco	Brown's Mule, R.J.Reynolds	tobacco, chewing	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
Tobacco	Chesterfield	tobacco, cigarettes	Buddy Moss	Chesterfield
Tobacco	Chesterfield	tobacco, cigarettes	John Jackson	Chesterfield
Tobacco	Golden Grain	tobacco, rolling	Buddy Moss	Chesterfield
Tobacco	Levi Garrett	tobacco, chewing	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
Transport	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
Transport	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
Transport	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