cry the blues vs repine

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. 

repine

verb
  • To complain; to regret. 

  • To fail; to wane. 

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