# Blue lyrics, Cecil article

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-lyrics-cecil-article/540184 "2010-05-20T21:37:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-lyrics-cecil-article/540184/1 "2010-05-20T21:37:19Z")

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So, in todays archive column, The Perfect Master, in addressing the question of John the Conqueroo root, makes a reference to a ‘Jack’ as a different kind of spell/charm/voodo thingy.

Now I acknowledge that Jack is pretty generic word with lots of usage, but I’m interested in some blues lyrics that mention a Jack in the context of a charm as Cecil used it.

[http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/284/what-is-the-john-the-conqueroo-made-famous-by-blues-singers](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/284/what-is-the-john-the-conqueroo-made-famous-by-blues-singers)