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Merline Johnson
Merline Johnson (born c. 1912 or 1918, date of death unknown) was an African-American blues singer in the 1930s and 1940s, billed as "The Yas Yas Girl". "Yas yas" was a euphemism for "ass" in hokum blues songs, such as Blind Boy Fuller's "Get Yer Yas Yas Out" and Tampa Red's "The Duck's Yas-Yas-Yas".
Little is known of her life. It is generally believed that she was born in
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