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Public Domain Songs List of 30

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IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain materials. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove public domain status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1922 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1922 or earlier and include music, lyrics, and complete original copyright information. Some of these songs may not be PD in countries other than the USA.

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	Title	V=Verse   C=Chorus   N=Note   P=Production   w=Words   m=Music	1 - 3   $5 each 4 up   $4 each
	Wait 'Til the Sun Shine Nellie Popular Song	1905 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling	PD Reprint
	Waiting for the Robert E. Lee Popular Song	1912 - m. Lewis F. Muir, w. L. Wolfe Gilbert	PD Reprint
	Waltz Me Around Again, Willie Popular Song	1906 - m. Ren Shields, w. Will D. Cobb	PD Reprint
	Waltz of the Flowers- The Nutcracker Suite Traditional	1891 - Tchaikovsky	PD Reprint
	Waltzing Matilda Traditional	1903 - N - CAUTION: Many well known versions were published after 1922 and are NOT in the public domain in the USA.	PD Reprint
	Wang Wang Blues Popular Song	1921 - m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson, Henry Busse, w. Leo Wood	PD Reprint
	Washington and Lee Swing Popular Song		PD Reprint
	Washington Post Patriotic	1889 - m. John Philip Sousa N - March	PD Reprint
	Way Down Upon the Swanee River	See Old Folks at Home
	Way Down Yonder in New Orleans Popular Song	1922 - w.m. Henry Creamer, Turner Layton	PD Reprint
	We Won't Go Home Till Morning Traditional	V - We're all met here together, We all met here together . . . To eat and drink good cheer C - For we won't go home till morning,We won't go home till morning . . . Till day light does appear. N - Tune: For He's A Jolly Good Fellow	PD Reprint
	Wearin' o' the Green Traditional	1798 -	PD Reprint
	Were You There? Spiritual	V - Were you there when they crucified my Lord? C - O sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, Were you there when they crucified my Lord?	PD Reprint
	What A Friend We Have in Jesus Hymn	1876 - m. C. Crozat Converse, w. H. Bonar V - What a friend we have in Jesus, All our sins and grief to bear	PD Reprint
	What You Goin' To Do When The Rent Comes 'Round Popular Song	1905 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling C - Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown, What You Goin' To Do When The Rent Comes 'Round	PD Reprint
	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling Popular Song	1912 - m. Ernest Ball, w. Chauncey Olcott, George Graff	PD Reprint
	When Johnny Comes Marching Home Patriotic	1863 - w.m. Louis Lambert, pseudonymn of Patrick Sarsfield Gil V - When Johnny comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then. Hurrah! Hurrah! C - . . . And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home. N - Possibly derived from Irish Anti-War Song "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye"	PD Reprint
	When My Baby Smiles at Me Popular Song	1919 - m. Bill Munro, w. Andrew Sterling, Ted Lewis	PD Reprint
	When the Chariot Comes Spiritual	V - O who will drive the chariot when she cu-hu-hu-hu-hums? O who will drive chariot when she comes? C - O who will drive the chariot, O who will drive the chariot, O who will drive the chariot when she comes? N - Original tune for She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain	PD Reprint
	When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional	1896 - Origin Unknown, Likely Black Spiritual N - A hymn published in 1896, When the Saints Are Marching In, James M. Black, is similar but far from exact. There is no known publication with a copyright date of 1922 or earlier, but it is widely accepted to be in the public domain.	PD Reprint
	When You and I Were Young, Maggie Popular Song	1866 - w. George W. Johnson, m. James Austin Butterfield V - I wandered today to the hill, Maggie, To watch the scene below! The creek and the creaking old mis, Maggie, As we used to long a go. C - Maggie, Since you and I were young.	PD Reprint
	When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose Popular Song	1914 - m. Percy Weinrich, w. Jack Mahoney	PD Reprint
	Where Has My Little Dog Gone College	V - Oh where, oh where has my little dog tone. Oh, where, oh where can he be?	PD Reprint
	Whiffenpoof Song Popular Song	1909 - m. Tod Galloway, w. Meade Minnigerode, George S. Pomeroy V - From the tables down at Mory's, to the place where Judas dwells, to the dear old Temple Bar we love so well. C - We are poor little lambs who have gone astray. Baa Baa Baa. We are little black sheep who have lost our way. Baa Baa Baa.	PD Reprint
	While Strolling Through the Park Traditional	1884 -	PD Reprint
	Whispering Popular Song	1920 - m. John Schonberger, w. Malvin Schonberger V - Honey I have something to tell you And it's worthwhile listening to C - Whispering while you cuddle near me, Whispering so no one can hear me.	PD Reprint
	Whispering Hope Popular Song	1868 -	PD Reprint
	White Coral Bells (May Bells) Traditional	V - White Coral Bells upon a slender stalk -- Lillies of the valley deck our garden walk. Oh, don't you wish that you could hear them ring . . .	PD Reprint
	Wild Irish Rose	See My Wild Irish Rose
	William Tell Overture Traditional	1829 - Rossini N - TV Theme for "The Lone Ranger"	PD Reprint

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