(field transcription, uncredited)
Cotton-Eyed Joe (hoodoo) pre-1925
Arnold, (James) Kokomo
Old Black Cat Blues (Jinx Blues)
(black cat, jinx) 1935
Arnold, (James) Kokomo
Policy Wheel Blues (Jinx Blues)
(policy dream books) 1935
Batts, Will
Country Woman Blues (goofer dust) 1933

Black Spider Dumpling
(John D. Twitty)
Sold It to the Devil (crossroads ritual, spider dumpling 1937
Blake, Blind (Arthur)
Policy Blues (policy dream books)
Blake, Blind (Arthur)
Panther Squall Blues (jinx) 1928
Bogan, Lucille (with Spoken parts by Papa Charlie Jackson)
Jim Tampa Blues (jomo, black cat bone) 1927
Brown, Bessie
Hoodoo Blues (goofer, gris-gris, spider dumpling, black cat bone, shoes) 1924
Brown, Gabriel
Jinx Is On Me (jinx, gypsy, card reading, numbers) 1945
Carter, Bo (Armentier Chatmon)
The Ins and Outs of My Girl (jinx)
1936 Carter, Big Lucky (Levester Carter)
Goofer Dust (goofer dust, dragon's blood, etc.) 1968
Chatmon, Harry
Hoo Doo Blues (hoodoo, palmistry, horseshoe) 1935
Chicago String Band
Hoodoo Blues (hoodoo, gambling)
Clayton, Dr. (Peter)
Root Doctor Blues (double entendre on root work) 1946
Cox, Ida
Fogyism (black cat, etc.) 1928
Cox, Ida
Gypsy Glass Blues (Gypsy) 1927
Cox, Ida
Mojo Hand Blues (mojo) 1927
Crudup, Arthur
"Big Boy" Hoodoo Lady (hoodoo lady, hoodoo hand) 1947
Dixon, Willie
I Ain't Superstitious (bad luck omen list) 1962
Gibson, Clifford
Don't Put That Thing On Me (conjure, hoodooing male nature) 1929
Gillum, Jazz
The Blues What Am (bad luck omen list) 1947
Gillum, Jazz
Hand Reader Blues (fortune teller, herb tea, good luck pills) 1947
Harlem Hamfats
Hoodooin' Woman (hoodoo, fix, spread stuff) 1937
Harris, Wynonie
Conjured (foot-track magic, graveyard dirt, etc.) 1964
Henry, Waymon "Sloppy"
Jomo Man Blues (jomo, lodestone, john the conquer, goofer dust) 1928
Hogg, Andrew "Smokey"
I Bleed Through My Soul (black cat bone) c.1950
Hopkins, Lightning
Mojo Hand (mojo) 1960; also a later version, undated
House, Son
The Jinx Blues [No. 1 and No. 2] (jinx, Gypsy) 1942
Hudson, Hattie
Doggone My Good Luck Soul (black cat, horseshoe, rabbit foot) 1927
Hunter, Ivory Joe
I Almost Lost My Mind (Gypsy) 1950
Jackson, Papa Charlie
Bad Luck Woman Blues (jinx, rat's [?] foot) 1924
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Bad Luck Blues 1926
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Broke and Hungry Blues (black cat bone) 19-- (INCOMPLETE)
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Dry Southern Blues (implied menstrual blood in coffee) 1926
Jefferson, Blind Lemon
Low Down Mojo Blues (mojo)
Jefferson, Blind
Lemon Rambler Blues (jinx) 1927
Johnson, Merline
Sold It to the Devil (crossroads ritual) 1937
Johnson, Robert Little
Queen of Spades (mojo) 1937
Johnson, Robert
Hellhound on My Trail (Hot Foot Powder)
Johnson, Robert
Stones In My Passway (foot-track magic) 1938
Jones, Curtis
Black Gipsy Blues (Black Gypsy) 1938
Jones, Curtis
Black Magic Blues (hoodoo)
Jordan, Charley (with Charlie Manson)
I Couldn't Stay Here (jinx) 1936
Jordan, Louis
Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man (hoodoo) 1939
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Lenoir, J. B.
The Mojo, a.k.a. Mojo Boogie, Voodoo Boogie (jack ball) 1953, etc.
Lewis, Furry
Black Gypsy Blues (Black Gypsy) 1929
Lightnin' Slim (Otis Hicks)
Hoo Doo Blues (hoodoo)
1957 Lincoln, Charlie (Charlie Hicks, Laughing Charley)
Mojoe Blues (mojo, hoodoo)
1927 Lofton, Cripple Clarence
I Don't Know (goofer dust) 1939
Lofton, Cripple Clarence
Strut That Thing (goofer dust) 1935
Lonesome Sundown (Cornelius Green)
I'm a Mojo Man (mojo) 1957
Mabon, Willie
I Don't Know (goofer dust) 1952 / 1953
Memphis Jug Band (with Will Shade)
Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues (Aunt Caroline Dye, mojo) 1930
Memphis Jug Band (with Will Shade)
I Whipped My Woman With A Singletree (Black Gypsy) 1930
Memphis Jug Band (with Hattie Hart)
Spider's Nest Blues (spider, toby) 1930
Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas)
Hoodoo Lady (hoodoo woman) 1936
Buddy Moss
Jinks Man Blues (jinx)
Nelson, Romeo
Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing (goofer dust) 1929
Otis, Johnny
Castin' My Spell (mentions many hoodoo beliefs) 1950s
Patton, Charlie
Revenue Man Blues (jinx) 1934
Rainey, Ma Black
Cat Hoot Owl Blues (bad luck beliefs) 1927
Rainey, Ma Black
Dust Blues (goofer dust) 1928
Rainey, Ma Louisiana
Hoo Doo Blues (Algiers, hand, hoodoo, goofer) 1925
Red, Tampa (Hudson Whittaker) and Georgia Tom
Dorsey The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas (hoodoo women) 1929
Ross, Dolly Hootin'
Owl Blues (bad luck beliefs) 1927
Shade, Will (Memphis Jug Band)
I Whipped My Woman with a Singletree (gypsy) 1929
Shines, Johnny
Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues (hoodoo doctor) 1970
Smith, Bessie
Lady Luck Blues (horseshoe, goofer dust) 1923
Smith, Elizabeth
Gwine To Have Bad Luck Seven Years (bad luck women list)
Spand, Charlie
Big Fat Mama Blues (goofer dust) 1930
Spand, Charlie
Evil Woman Spell (hoodoo woman) 1931
Spand, Charlie
Hoodoo Woman Blues (hoodoo woman) 1940
Spivey, Victoria
Hoodoo Man Blues (hoodoo man) 1926
Stokes, Frank
Bedtime Blues (Goofer Dust) 1928
Tampa Red (Hudson Woodbridge / Hudson Whittaker)
Anna Lou Blues (mojo hand)
Temple, Johnnie
Hoodoo Women (Aunt Caroline Dye, hoodoo) 1937
Torey, George
Lonesome Man Blues (jinx) 1937
Towel, Jim
I've Been Hoodooed (hoodoo, rabbit foot, foot track) 1928
Twitty, John D.
(Black Spider Dumpling) Sold It to the Devil (crossroads ritual) 1937
Washboard Sam
Hand Reader Blues (fortune teller, herb tea, good luck pills) 1938
Washboard Sam
Suspicious Blues (many bad-luck beliefs) 1938
Waters, Muddy (McKinley Morganfield)
Louisiana Blues (mojo) 1950
Weldon, Casey Bill (Casey Will Weldon)
Jinx Blues (jinx)
Wells, Junior
Hoodoo Man Blues (reworking of SBW's "Hoodoo Hoodoo") 1953 & 1965
Wheatstraw, Peetie
Last Week Blues (jinx) 1934
Wheatstraw, Peetie
Cut Out Blues (policy, jinx) 1936 (INCOMPLETE)
Wiley, Arnold
Spider in Your Dumpling (spider dumpling, live things) 1920s
Williams, Albert
Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al) (hoodoo man) 1963
Williams, Big Joe
Jinx Blues (jinx) 1963
Williams, Robert Pete
Black Cat Bone (black cat bone) 1961
Wiliamson, John Lee "Sonny Boy"
(I) Hoodoo Hoodoo (hoodoo, mojo) 1946 |