flagging (a train, a ride)

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"Zu stimmen", der Zug anzuhalten oder, den Wagen, die Fuhre mit dem Heu u.a.m. zu fangen ("Standin' at the crossroad / I was tryin' to flag a ride / Nobody seem to know me / Everybody passed me by" - Robert Johnson, Crossroads Blues; auch Memphis Minnie, In My Girlish Days; Bessie Smith, St. Louis Blues; Charley Patton, '34 Blues; Charlie Musselwhite, She May Be Your Woman).

→ salty (dog) → revenue man → rambling → pee wee → party piano → Mr. Charlie → Mickey Mouse music → making whoopie → lush → let the good times roll → lemon → lay across the drink → lawdy → kitty, hog → jukebox