Thanks for the replies. I really want to keep to traditional/pD songs if possible and there have been some good songs mentioned.

Songs like "Downhearted Blues" 1921 by Bessie Smith; the country favorite "Lovesick Blues" popularized by Hank Williams and written in 1922 are PD.

Salty Dog Blues; Gambler's Blues/St. James Infirmary; Wanderin'; How long Blues; and Motherless Children are old blues type song that before 1923 and no author has been proven.

Any other fav blues/jazz songs that fit the traditonal/PD requirement?

Richie