Merline Johnson (born c. 1912, 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 common euphemism in blues hokum songs for "ass", for example in 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, but she is thought to have been born in Mis ... Show More