bawl vs cry the blues

bawl

verb
  • To weep profusely. 

  • To wail; to give out a blaring cry. 

  • To shout or utter in a loud and intense manner. 

noun
  • A loud, intense shouting or wailing. 

cry the blues

verb
  • To complain, especially in order to obtain sympathy for one's own purportedly sad situation. 

  • To sing in the style of blues music. 

How often have the words bawl and cry the blues occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )