Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero Elements of'' Dust My Broom'' have been traced back to several earlier blues songs.
Ko te tikanga, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga ko "Ko nga waahanga o te'' Dust My Broom'kua kitea mai i nga waiata blues o mua, a kua whakaarohia kua timata a Robert Johnson ki te whakawhanake i tana putanga i te timatanga o te 1933. "