bless my soul vs hey

bless my soul

intj
  • Exclamation of surprise. 

hey

intj
  • An expression of surprise. 

  • Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. 

  • A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics. 

  • An exclamation to get attention. 

  • A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion. 

  • A protest or reprimand. 

  • An informal greeting, similar to hi. 

noun
  • A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately. 

How often have the words bless my soul and hey occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )