Best Known Popular Public Domain Songs List of 268
IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain music. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove PD 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.
| Title | V=Verse C=Chorus N=Note P=Production w=Words m=Music |
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| Popular Songs are on this PD list if we have a pre-1923 PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years. | ||
| 99 Blues | See Ninety-Nine Blues | |
| Aba Daba Honeymoon |
1914 - w.m. Arthur Fields, Walter Donaldson V - Way down in the Congo land lived a happy chimpanzee, She loved a monkey with a long tail, (Lordy, how she loved him!) C - 'Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab' Said the chimpie to the Monk. 'Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab' Said the Monkey to the Chimp. | PD Reprint |
| After the Ball |
1892 - w.m. Charles K. Harris V - A bright little maiden climbed an old man's knee. Begged for a story, 'Do Uncle please?' Why are you single, why live alone? C - After the ball is over, After the break of morn, After the dancers leaving, After the stars have gone; | PD Reprint |
| After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It |
1920 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Listen to me honey dear, Something's wrong with you I fear. It's getting harder to please you, Harder and harder each year. C - After you get what you want you don't want it, If I gave you the moon, You'd grow tired of it soon. You're like a baby You want what you want when you want it. | PD Reprint |
| After You've Gone |
1918 - m. Turner Layton, w. Henry Creamer V - Now won't you listen honey while I say How could you tell me that you're going away C - After you've gone and left me crying, After you've gone There's no denying, you'll feel blue, You'll feel sad | PD Reprint |
| Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life |
1910 - m. Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), w. Rida Johnson Young (1875-1926) P - Naughty Marietta - 1910, Operetta V - Ah! Sweet Mysteryt of life, at last I've found thee. Ah! I know at last the secret of it all; All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting . . . C - . . . For it is love alone that rules for aye! | PD Reprint |
| Ain't We Got Fun |
1921 - m. Richard Whiting, w. Gus Kahn, Raymond Egan V - Bill collectors gather 'Round and rather, Haunt the cottage next door. Men the grocer and butcher sent, Men who call for the rent. C - Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, Ain't we got fun. Not much money Oh but honey Ain't we got fun. The rents unpaid dear, We haven't a bus . . . | PD Reprint |
| Alexander's Ragtime Band |
1911 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Oh, ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander, Ain't you goin', To the leader man, ragged meter man? Oh, ma honey. C - Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band, Come and hear, Come on and hear, It's the best band in the land. | PD Reprint |
| Alice Blue Gown |
1919 - m. Harry Tierney, w. Joe McCarthy V - I once had a gown it was almost new, Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice Blue C - In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown, When I first wandered down into town | PD Reprint |
| All Alone |
1911 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Will Dillon | PD Reprint |
| All By Myself |
1921 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I'm so unhappy. What'll I do, I long for somebody who, will sympathize with me; C - All by myself in the morning, All by myself in the night; I sit alone in a cosy Morris chair, So unhappy there Playing solitaire. | PD Reprint |
| All She'd Say Was Umh-Umn |
1920 - w.m. Jack Dill, Mac Emery, Gus Van, Joe Schenck V - I never cared for birds or flowers or buzzing ot eh bees until today C - Like a sweet coooin' dove I'm just bbbling with love Umh Hum Umh-Hum | PD Reprint |
| Allah's Holiday |
1916 - m. Rudolf Friml, w. Otto Harbach | PD Reprint |
| Any Little Girl That's A Nice Little Girl |
1910 - m. Fred Fischer, w. Thomas J. Gray V - Said she, C - Amy little girl that's a nice little girl is the right little girl for me | PD Reprint |
| Any Time |
1921 - w.m. Herbert Happy Lawson V - I'm sad and blue 'bout nobody but you, Why you don't seem the same to me. I told you that I love'd you right from the start . . . C - Any time that you are lonely, Any time that you are blue, Any time you feel down hearted, That will prove to you my love is true . . . | PD Reprint |
| April Showers |
1921 - m. Louis Silvers, w. Bud DeSylva | PD Reprint |
| Are You From Dixie ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too) |
1915 - m. George L. Cobb, w. Jack Yellen | PD Reprint |
| Avalon |
1920 - w.m. Al Jolson, Vincent Rose V - Ev'ry morning mem'ries stray Across the sea where flying fishes play And as the night is falling I find that I'm recalling C - I found my love in Avalon Beside the bay. I left my love in Avalon and sail'd away. I dream of her and Avalon From dusk 'till dawn | PD Reprint |
| Baby, Won't You Please Come Home |
1919 - w.m. Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield V - I've got the blues I feel so lonely,I'd give the world if I could only make you understand C - Baby won't you please come home . . . I have tried in vain, nevermore to call your name, When you left you broke my heart, That will never make us part | PD Reprint |
| Back Home Again in Indiana | See Indiana (Back Home Again In) | |
| Ballin' the Jack |
1913 - m. Chris Smith, w. Jim Burris V - Folks in Georgia's 'bout to go insane Since that new dance down in Georgia came, I'm the only person who's to blame I'm the party introduced it there, so! C - First you put your two knees close up tight, Then you swing 'em to the left, then you sway em to the right | PD Reprint |
| Band Played On |
1895 - m. Charles B. Ward, w. John F. Palmer V - Matt Casey formed a social club that beat the town for style, And hired for a meeting place a hall. C - Casey would waltz with a strawberry blond, and the band played on. He'd glide cross the floor with the girl he adored, and the Band played on. | PD Reprint |
| Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee |
1912 - m. Henry I. Marshall, w. Stanley Murphy | PD Reprint |
| Beale Street Blues |
1917 - w.m. W.C. Handy V - I've seen the lights of gay Broadway C - I'd rather be here than any place I know | PD Reprint |
| Beautiful Dreamer |
1864 - Stephen Collins Foster V - Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dew drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight, have all pass'd away! C - Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me. | PD Reprint |
| Beautiful Ohio |
1918 - m. Robert A. King, w. Ballard MacDonald | PD Reprint |
| Because ~ Guy d'Hardelot |
1902 - w. Edward Teschemacher, m. Guy d'Hardelot N - m. pseudonym of Helen Guy or Mrs. W.I. Thodes | PD Reprint |
| Because You're You |
1906 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Henry Blossom P - The Red Mill V - Love is a queer little elfin sprite, Blest with the deadliest aim! Shooting his arrow to left and right C - So I know I love you, dear, Because you're you. | PD Reprint |
| Bells of St Mary's |
1917 - m. A. Emmett Adams, w. Douglas Furber | PD Reprint |
| Bicycle Built for Two | See Daisy Bell | |
| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home |
1902 - w.m. Hughie Cannon (1877-1912) V - On one summer's day, Sun was shining fine. The lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on de line in her back yard, and weeping hard. C - Won't you come home Bill Bailey, won't you come home? She moans the whole day long; I'll do de cooking, darling, I'll pay de rent; I knows I've done you wrong. | PD Reprint |
| Bird In A Gilded Cage |
1900 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Arthur Lamb V - The ballroom was filled with fashions throng, It shone with a thousand lights, And there was a woman who passed along, The fairest of all the sights. C - She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sign to see, You may think see's happy and free from care, She's not, though she seems to be | PD Reprint |
| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me |
1919 - m. Carey Morgan, w. Charles McCarron V - What is that song about kisses, What is that song about smiles, If I could have my way I'd sing a song today C - There are Blues that you get from worry. There are Blues that you get from pain. And there are Blues when you're lonely | PD Reprint |
| Brighten the Corner Where You Are |
1913 - m. Charles H. Gabriel, w. Ima Duley Ogdon | PD Reprint |
| Bully of the Town |
1895 - w.m. Charles E. Trevathan P - Widow Jones - 1895, Musical V - Have yo' heard about dat bully dat's just come to town. He's round among de niggers a layin' their bodies down C - When I walk dat levee round, round, round , round . . . I'm a lookin' for dat bully an' he must be found. N - a.k.a. Bully Song, May Irwin's Bully Song | PD Reprint |
| By the Beautiful Sea |
1914 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Harold Atteridge V - Joe and Jane always together, Said Joe to Jane 'I love Summer weather, So let's go to that beautiful sea.' C - By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea, You and I, you and I, oh! how happy we'll be. When each wave comes a rolling in | PD Reprint |
| By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
1909 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Edward Madden V - Place park, Scene dark, Silv'ry moon is shining thro' the trees; Cast two, me, you, Sound of kisses floating on the breeze. C - By the light of the silvery moon, I want to spoon, To my honey I'll croon love's tune. Honeymoon keep a shining in June | PD Reprint |
| By the Waters of Minnetonka |
1914 - w. J.M. Cavanass, m. Thurlow Lieurance N - a.k.a. Moon Dear | PD Reprint |
| Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon |
1910 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Nellie Green met Harry Lee At a masquerade the other night C - Call me up some rainy afternoon, I'll arrange for a quiet little spoon | PD Reprint |
| Camptown Races |
1850 - Stephen Collins Foster V - De Camptown ladies sing dis song Doo-dah! doo-dah! De Camptown race-track five miles long. Oh! doo-dah day! C - Gwine to run all night! Gwine to run all day! I'll bet my money on de bobtail nag, Somebody bet on de bay. | PD Reprint |
| Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline |
1914 - m. Caro Roma, w. William H. Gardner | PD Reprint |
| Carolina In The Morning |
1922 - m. Walter Donaldson (1893-1947), w. Gus Kahn (1886-1941) | PD Reprint |
| Carry Me Back To Old Virginny |
1878 - w.m. James A. Bland V - Carry me back to old Virginny, There's where the cotton and the corn and taters grow. There's where the birds warble sweet in the springtime, There's where this old darkey's heart am long'd to go. | PD Reprint |
| Casey Jones |
1909 - m. Eddie Newton, w. T. Lawrence Seibert V - Come all you rounders if you want to hear a story about a brave Engineer. Casey Jones was the Rounders name On a six eight wheeler boys he won his fame. C - Casey Jones! mounted to the cabin. Casey Jones with his orders in his hand. Casey Jones mounted to the cabin and he took his farewell trip to that Promised land. | PD Reprint |
| Casey Would Waltz with the Strawberry Blonde | See The Band Played On | |
| Chicago, That Toddlin' Town |
1922 - w.m. Fred Fisher V - I got a gal, I got a pal, I got a chance, I got a dance, waiting for me. I'm goin' to make, right to the lake, There with the boys, in Illinois, I'll want to be. C - Chicago, Chicago, That todd'ling town, That todd'ling town. Chicago, Chicago, I'll show you around. I love it | PD Reprint |
| Chicken Reel |
1910 - m. Joseph M. Daly, w. Joseph Mittenthal | PD Reprint |
| Chinatown My Chinatown |
1910 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome V - When the town is fast asleep, And it's midnight in the sky C - Chinatown, my Chinatown, Where the lights are low | PD Reprint |
| Colonel Bogey March |
1916 - m. Kenneth J. Alford N - March used in 1957 Movie, Bridge on the River Kwai | PD Reprint |
| Come Back to Erin |
1866 - Claribel | PD Reprint |
| Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine |
1910 - m. Fred Fisher, w. Alfred Bryan | PD Reprint |
| Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine |
1908 - m. Karl Hoschna, w. Otto Harbach | PD Reprint |
| Curse of an Aching Heart |
1913 - m. Al Piantadosi, w. Henry Fink | PD Reprint |
| Daisy Bell |
1892 - w.m. Henry Dacre C - Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true. I'm half crazy over the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, 'Cause I can't afford a carriage . . . N - a.k.a. Bicycle Built For Two | PD Reprint |
| Danny Boy |
1913 - m. Old Irish Air, w. Fred E. Weatherly V - Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go, and I must abide. | PD Reprint |
| Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | See The Flying Trapeze | |
| Darktown Strutters' Ball |
1917 - w.m. Shelton Brooks | PD Reprint |
| Darling Nellie Gray |
1856 - w.m. B. R. Hanby V - There's a low green valley on the old Kentucky shore Where we whil'd many happy hours away; A-sitting and singing by the little cottage door Where dwelt my lovely Nellie Gray. C - Oh, my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away, And I'll never see my darling any more; I am sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day, For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore. | PD Reprint |
| Daughter of Rosie O'Grady |
1918 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Monty C. Brice | PD Reprint |
| Dear Little Boy of Mine |
1918 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan | PD Reprint |
| Dear Old Pal of Mine |
1918 - m. Lt. Gitz Rice, w. Harold Robe | PD Reprint |
| Do You Ever Think of Me |
1920 - m. Earl Burtnett, w. Harry D. Kerr, John Cooper | PD Reprint |
| Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming |
1910 - m. Henry Ingraham, w. Beth Slater Wilson V - Dreaming I stray, back love's sweet way, Ev'ry where I find but gladness. C - Don't wake me up I am dreaming, Dreaming of one I love. | PD Reprint |
| Down Among the Sheltering Palms |
1915 - m. Abe Olman, w. James Brockman | PD Reprint |
| Down By the Old Mill Stream |
1910 - w.m. Tell Taylor | PD Reprint |
| Down on the Farm | See I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm) | |
| Down Where the Wurzburger Flows |
1902 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Vincent Bryan | PD Reprint |
| Down Yonder |
1921 - w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert V - Railroad train, Railroad train, Hurry some more. Put a little steam on, just like never before. C - Down yonder someone beckons to me, Down yonder someone reckons on me. I seem to see a race in memory. Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. | PD Reprint |
| Drill Ye, Tarriers, Drill |
1888 - w.m. Thomas F. Caset V - Oh ev'ry morn at seven o'clock There are twenty tarriers on the rock, The boss come along and says 'be still And put all your power in the cast steel drill'. C - Then, drill, ye tarriers, drill . . . Oh it's work all day without sugar in your tay when ye work beyant on the railway, And drill, ye tarriers, drill. and drill, and drill! | PD Reprint |
| East Side, West Side | See The Sidewalks of New York | |
| El Choclo |
1913 - A. G. Villoldo N - Tango Argentino | PD Reprint |
| Entry Of The Gladiators |
1897 - m. Julius Fucik N - Well known circus theme, March, a.k.a. The Gladiator's Entry, Thunder and Blazes | PD Reprint |
| Erie Canal | See Low Bridge Everybody Down | |
| Everybody Works But Father |
1905 - w.m. Jean Havez V - Every morning at siz o'clock I go to my work, Overcoat buttoned up 'round my neck no job would I shirk. C - Everybody works but father And he sits around all day, Feet in front of the fire Smoking his pipe of clay. Mother takes in washing So does sister Ann, Everybody works at my house but my old man. | PD Reprint |
| Everybody's Doing It Now |
1911 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Honey, honey, cant you hear? Funny, funny music dear; Ain't the funny strain Goin' to your brain? Like a bottle of wine, fine C - Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it . . . See that ragtime couple over there, Watch them throw their shoulders in the air | PD Reprint |
| Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal | See Low Bridge Everybody Down | |
| Flying Trapeze |
1868 - m. Alfred Lee, w. George Leybourne V - Once I was happy, but now I'm forlorn. Like an old coat that is tatter'd and torn. C - He'd float through the air with the greatest of ease. A daring young man on the flying Trapeze. | PD Reprint |
| For Me and My Gal |
1917 - m. George Meyer, w. Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz | PD Reprint |
| Forty-Five Minutes from Broadway |
1905 - w.m. George M. Cohan V - The West, so they say, is the home of the jay, And Missouri's the state that can grind them. This may all be, but just take it from me, You don't have to go out West to find them. C - Only forty-five minutes from Broadway, think of the changes it brings. For the short time it takes, what diff'rence it makes,In the ways of the people and things. | PD Reprint |
| From the Land of the Sky Blue Water |
1909 - m. Charles W. Cadman, w. Nellie R. Eberhart | PD Reprint |
| Give My Regards to Broadway |
1904 - w.m. George M. Cohan | PD Reprint |
| Glow-Worm |
1907 - m. Paul Lincke, w. Lilla Cayley Robinson V - When the night falls silently, the night falls silently on forests dreaming, Lovers wander forth to see, they wander forth to see the bright stars gleaming; C - Shine, little glow-worm glimmer, shine little glow-worm glimmer! Lead us, lest too far we wander, Love's sweet voice is calling yonder! | PD Reprint |
| Goin' Home |
1922 - Anton Dvorak (1841-1904) V - Goin' home, goin' home. I'm a-goin' home; Quiet like, some still day, I'm jes goin' home. N - From the Largo of the New Work Symphony | PD Reprint |
| Good Bye Broadway, Hello France |
1917 - m. Billy Baskette, w. C. Francis Reisner, Billy Davis | PD Reprint |
| Good Man Is Hard to Find |
1918 - w.m. Eddie Green V - My heart's sad and I am all forlorn, My man's treating me mean, I regret the day that I was born, And that man of mine I've ever seen. C - A good man is hard to find, You always get the other kind. Just when you think that he is your pal, You look for him and find him fooling 'round some other gal. | PD Reprint |
| Great Rock Island Line |
1882 - w.m. J.A. Roff N - Early version of The Wabash Cannonball. Very similar chorus, but not the same tune as best known today. | PD Reprint |
| Green Grass Grew All Around |
1912 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. William Jerome V - Little Johnnie Green, Little Sallie Brown spooning in the park with the grass all around. Underneath a tree, they were making love, Gazing at the silver stars above. C - And the green grass grew all around, All a round, All around, And each little bird in the tree-top high said 'Oh You Kid', and winked his eye. | PD Reprint |
| Gwine to Run All Night | See Camptown Races | |
| Hail Hail the Gang's All Here |
1908 - m. Theodore F. Morse, Arthur Sullivan, w. D.A. Esrom V - A gang of good fellows are we, are we, are we. With never a worry you see, you see, you see. C - Hail! hail! The gang's all here. What the deuce do we care, what the deuce do we care, Hail! Hail! we're full of cheer, What the deuce do we care, Bill! | PD Reprint |
| Harrigan |
1907 - w.m. George m. Cohan | PD Reprint |
| Has Anybody Seen Kelly? |
1909 - w.m. C.W. Murphy, Will Letters, William C. McKenna | PD Reprint |
| He's a Devil In His Own Home Town |
1914 - w.m. Grant Clarke, Irving Berlin V - I've got an Uncle by the name of Jerry. He's got a farm a great big farm C - He's a devil in his own home town, on the level, He's as funny as a clown | PD Reprint |
| Heaven Will Protect the Working Girl |
1909 - m. Baldwin Sloane, w. Edgar Smith | PD Reprint |
| Hello! Ma Baby |
1899 - w.m. Howard and Emerson V - I've got a little baby, but she's out of sight. I talk to her across the telephone. C - Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello ma ragtime gal! Send a kiss by wire. Baby my heart's on fire! | PD Reprint |
| High Society March |
1901 - Porter Steele N - Originally published as a march, became a Jazz standard. Lyrics written by Walter Melrose are not performed. | PD Reprint |
| Hindustan |
1918 - m. Harold Weeks, w. Oliver G. Wallace | PD Reprint |
| Home Sweet Home |
1823 - m. Henry R. Bishop, w. John Howard Payne V - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home. C - Home! Home! Sweet, sweet home. There's no place like home. | PD Reprint |
| Hot Lips |
1922 - w.m. Henry Busse, Henry Lange, Lou Davis V - There's a boy that's in out band And how he blows that horn C - He's got hot lips When he plays Jazz, He draws out steps, Like no one has. | PD Reprint |
| How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm |
1919 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint |
| Hush-A-Bye, Ma Baby | See Missouri Waltz | |
| I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) |
m. Spencer Williams, Dave Peyton, w. Roger Graham V - Say, had a sweetheart once I loved, And I was happy as could be; But now he's gone and left me here For someone else, you see. C - I Ain't Got Nobody, And Nobody Cares for Me. That's why I'm sad and lonely. Say, won't you take a chance with me? N - Early publications credited words David Young, music Charles Wakefield which is believed to be in error. | PD Reprint |
| I Don't Want To Get Well |
1917 - m. Harry Jentes, w. Harry Pease, Howard Johnson | PD Reprint |
| I Don't Want to Play in Your Yard |
1894 - m. Philip Wingate, w. H. W. Petrie V - Once there lived side by side, two little maids. Used to dress just alike, hair down in braids C - I don't want to play in your yard, I don't like you any more. You'll be sorry when you see me, sliding down our cellar door. You can't holler down our rain barrel, you can't climb our apple tree . . . | PD Reprint |
| I Just Can't Make My Eyes Behave |
1906 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Will D. Cobb | PD Reprint |
| I Love A Piano |
1915 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - As a child I went wild when a band played, How I ran to the man when his hand swayed. Clarinets were my pets and a slide trombone I thought was simply divine. C - I love a piano, I love a piano, I love to hear somebody plan upon a piano, A grand piano, It simply carries me away. I know a fine way to treat a Steinway | PD Reprint |
| I Love You Truly |
1906 - w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond | PD Reprint |
| I Want A Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad |
1911 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Will Dillon | PD Reprint |
| I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm) |
1914 - w.m. Irving Berlin N - a.k.a. Down on the Farm | PD Reprint |
| I Want What I Want When I Want It |
1905 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Henry Blossom | PD Reprint |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate |
1922 - w.m. Armand J. Piron V - Went to a dance with my sister Kate, ev'ry one there said she danced so great C - I Wish I could Shimmy like my sister Kate, She shivers like the Jelly on a plate | PD Reprint |
| I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now |
1909 - m. Joseph E. Howard, Harold Orlob, w. Wil M. Hough, Frank R. Adams P - Prince Of To-Night - 1909, V - You have loved lots of girls in the sweet long ago, And each one has meant heaven to you You have vowed your affection to each one in turn, And have sworn to them all you'd be true; C - I wonder who's kissing her now, I wonder who's teaching her how, Wonder who's looking into her eyes, Breathing sighs, telling lies; | PD Reprint |
| I'd Love To Live In Loveland With A Girl Like You |
1910 - w.m. W.R. Williams, Leon M. Block, Harry I. Alford | PD Reprint |
| I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time |
1920 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Neville Fleeson V - I'm writing you dear, just to tell you, In September, you remewmber . . . C - I'll be with you in apple blosson time, I'll be with you to change your name to mine | PD Reprint |
| I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen |
1876 | PD Reprint |
| I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy | See The Yankee Doodle Boy | |
| I'm Always Chasing Rainbows |
1918 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Joe McCarthy V - At the end of the rainbow there's happiness, And to find it how often I've tried, But my life is a race, just a wild goose chase, And my dreams have all been denied. C - I'm always chasing rainbow, Watching for clouds drifting by. My schemes are just like all my dreams, Ending in the sky. | PD Reprint |
| I'm Falling in Love with Someone |
1910 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Rida Johnson Young | PD Reprint |
| I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles |
1919 - m. John W. Kellette, w. James Kendis, James Brockman, Nat Vincent V - I'm dreaming dreams I'm scheming schemes I'm building castles high. They're born a new their days are few Just like a sweet butterfly. C - I'm forever blowing bubbles. Pretty bubbles in the air. They fly so high nearly reach the sky, Then like my dreams they fade and die. | PD Reprint |
| I'm Just Wild About Harry |
1921 - w.m. Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake | PD Reprint |
| I'm Nobody's Baby |
1921 - w.m. Benny Davis, Milton Ager, Lester Santly V - I used to be my mother's baby, When I was near my Dad went wild C - I'm Nobody's baby, I wonder why, Each night and day I pray the Lord up above, Please send me down somebody to love | PD Reprint |
| I've Got A Pain In My Sawdust |
1909 - m. Herman Wade, w. Henry Warner | PD Reprint |
| I've Got Rings On My Fingers |
1909 - m. Maurice Scott, w. R.P. Weston, F.J. Barnes | PD Reprint |
| Ida Sweet As Apple Cider |
1903 - w.m. Eddie Leonard V - In the region where the roses always bloom C - Ida Sweet as Apple Cider, Sweeter than all I know | PD Reprint |
| If I Had My Way |
1913 - m. James Kendis, w. Lou Klein V - I'd like to make your golden dreams come true, dear, If I only had my way. A paradise this world would seem to you, dear, If I only had my way. C - If I had my way, dear, forever there's be a garden of roses for you and for me, A thousand and one things, dear, I would do, Just for you, just for you. | PD Reprint |
| If I Knock the L Out of Kelly |
1916 - m. Bert Grant, w. Joe Young, Sam Lewis | PD Reprint |
| If You Were The Only Girl in the World |
1916 - m. Nat D. Ayer, w. Clifford Grey P - Bing Boys Are Here - 1916, V - Sometimes when I feel bad and things look blue, I wish a girl I had say one like you. C - If I were the only girl in the world, And you were the only boy, Nothing else would matter in world today. | PD Reprint |
| In My Merry Oldsmobile |
1905 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Vincent Bryan | PD Reprint |
| In Old New York | See The Streets of New York (In Old New York) | |
| In the Evening By the Moonlight |
1878 - w.m. James A. Bland V - In de ebening by de moonlight when dis darkies work was over, We would gather round de fire, 'till de hoecake it was done C - In de ebening by de moonlight, you could hear us darkies singing, In de ebning by de moonlight, you could hear de banjo ringing | PD Reprint |
| In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree |
1905 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry H. Williams | PD Reprint |
| Indiana (Back Home Again In) |
1917 - m. James.F. Hanley, w. Ballard MacDonald V - I have always been a wand'rer, Over land and sea. Yet a moonbeam on the water Casts a spell o'er me C - Back home again in Indiana, And it seems that I can see The gleaming candle light still shining bright Thru the sycamores for me | PD Reprint |
| It's A Long, Long Way to Tipperary |
1912 - w.m. Jack Judge, Harry H. Williams | PD Reprint |
| Italian Street Song |
1910 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Rida Johnson Young V - Ah! my heart is back in Napoli, Dear Napoli C - Zing, Zing, zizzy, zizzy,zing, zing, Boom, boom aye | PD Reprint |
| Ja-Da |
1918 - w.m. Bob Carleton V - You've heard all about your raggy melodies, Ev'ry thing from opera down to harmony, But I've a little song that I will sing to you C - Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Da, Ja Dah, Jing, Jing, Jing. . . . That's a funny little bit of melody. It's so soothing and appealing to me. | PD Reprint |
| Japanese Sandman |
1920 - m. Richard Whiting, w. Raymond Egan V - Won't you stretch imagination for the moment and come with me. Let us hasten to a nation lying over the western sea. C - Here's the Japanese Sandman Sneaking on with the dew. Just an old second hand man He'll buy your old day from you. He will take every sorrow Of the day that is through | PD Reprint |
| Jazz Me Blues |
1921 - w.m. Tom Delaney V - Down in Louisiana in that sunny clime, They play a class of music that is super fine, And it makes no difference if it's rain or shine C - Jazz me, Come on professor and Jazz me. You know I like my dancin' both day and night, And if I don't get my jazzin I Don't feel right | PD Reprint |
| Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair |
1854 - w.m. Stephen Collins Foster V - I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair. Borne, like a vapor, on the summer air. I see here tripping where the bright streams play, Happy as the daisies that dance on her way. C - I long for Jeanie and my heart bows low, Never more to find here where the bright waters flow. | PD Reprint |
| Jelly Roll Blues |
1915 - Ferd [Ferdinand] Morton N - No lyrics. | PD Reprint |
| Joe Turner Blues |
1915 - w.m. W.C. Handy V - You'll never miss the water till your well runs dry, You'll never miss Joe Turner tile he say 'Good Bye'. Sweet Babe, I'm goin' to leave you and the time ain't long C - You will be sorry, be sorry from your heart. Sorry to your heart, Some day when you and I must part. And ev'ry time you hear a whisle blow | PD Reprint |
| Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour) |
w. 1890's, - w. English, m. French
V - Pleasures of love last but a moment, Sorrows of love last while we live. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment. Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. C - In one brief hour the joys of love depart; The grief of love to the end enduring. N - a.k.a. Joy of Love, Plaisir d'amour |
PD Reprint |
| Just A Song At Twilight | See Love's Old Sweet Song | |
| K-K-K-Katy |
1918 - w.m. Geoffrey O'Hara V - Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold, Katy was a maid with hair of gold, Like an act of fate Kate was standing at the gate, Watching all the boys on dress parade. C - K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore. When the m-m-m-moon shines, Over the cow shed, I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door. | PD Reprint |
| Kashmiri Love Song |
PD Reprint | |
| Kathleen Mavoureen |
1840 - m. F. Nicholls Crouch, w. Mrs. Crawford V - Kathleen Mavoureen! the grey dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill C - . . thou voice of my heart? It may be for years, and it may be forever, Then why art thou silent Kathleen Mavoureen? | PD Reprint |
| L'Amour Toujours L'Amour |
1922 - m. Rudolf Friml, w. Catherine Chisholm Cushing V - Ah, love, you've found me at last In my heart is a song. C - L'amour Toujours l'Amour. Love, now last, you've found me. | PD Reprint |
| La Paloma |
1864 | PD Reprint |
| Last Rose of Summer |
m. Sir John Stevenson, w. Thomas Moore V - Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions are faded and gone. N - Well Known Arrangements also by Beethoven Op. 105, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Fantasy in E Major), and Friedrich von Flowtow (Martha) | PD Reprint |
| Let Me Call You Sweeetheart |
1910 - m. Leo Friedman, w. Beth Slater Whitson V - I am dreaming Dear of you Day by day. Dreaming when the skies are blue When they're gray C - Let me call you 'Sweetheart' I'm in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep the lovelight glowing in your eyes so true. . . | PD Reprint |
| Let the Rest of the World Go By |
1919 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan | PD Reprint |
| Li'l Liza Jane |
1916 - w.m. Ada DeLachau | PD Reprint |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird |
1855 - Winner | PD Reprint |
| Little Annie Rooney |
1890 - Nolan | PD Reprint |
| Little Bit of Heaven (Shure They Call it Ireland) |
1914 - m. Ernest R. Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan V - A little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day, and it nestled in the ocean in a spot so far away C - Shure they called it Ireland. | PD Reprint |
| Little Brown Church |
1865 - w.m. William S. Pitts V - There's a church in the valley by the wildwood, No lovelier place in the dale. No spot is so dear to my childhood, as the liitle brown church in the vale. C - Come to the church by the wildwood, Oh come to the church in the dale. No spot is so dear to my childhood, as the liitle brown church in the vale. | PD Reprint |
| Londonderry Air | See Danny Boy | |
| Lonesome Blues |
1916 - Perry Bradford V - Want someone to love me, want someone to hug me now, Want someone to squeeze me, want someone to teach me how C - Woke up this morning feeling awfully blue, Ain't got no one to tell my trouble to. The fortune teller Has told me little fellow, That I am lonely, lonely | PD Reprint |
| Long Long Ago |
1843 - m. T. H. Bayly V - Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, Long, long ago, Sing me the songs I delighted to hear C - Long, long ago, long ago. | PD Reprint |
| Look for the Silver Lining |
1920 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Bud DeSylva V - Please don't be offended if I preach to you a while, Tears are out of place in eyes that were meant to smile. C - Look for the silver lining When e'er a cloud appears in the blue. Remember somewhere the sun is shining And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you. | PD Reprint |
| Lorena |
1857 - m. J. P. Webster, w. Rev. H. D. L. Webster V - The years creep slowly by, Lorena, More than we ever dared to tell; The snow is on the grass again, The sun's low down the sky, Lorena, The frost gleams where the flow'rs have been. N - Well Known Background Music in Movie 'Gone With The Wind' | PD Reprint |
| Lost Chord |
1877 - Arthur Sullivan V - Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wander'd idly Over the noisy keys C - It may be that Death's bright angel Will speak in that chord again, It may be that only in Heav'n, I shall hear that grand Amen. | PD Reprint |
| Love's Old Sweet Song |
1884 - w. G. Clifton Bingham V - Once in the drear dead days beyond recall, When on the world the mist began to fall C - Just a song at twilight, when the lights are low, And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go | PD Reprint |
| Low Bridge Everybody Down |
1913 P - Thomas S. Allen V - I got a mule and her name is Sal C - Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal | PD Reprint |
| M-O-T-H-E-R |
1915 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Howard Johnson V - I've been around the world, you bet, But I never went to school, Hard knocks are all I seem to get, Perhaps I've been a fool. C - M is for the million things she gave me, O means only that she's growing old, T is for the tears were shed to save me, H is for her heart of purest gold . . . | PD Reprint |
| Mandy Lee |
1899 - w.m. Thurland Chattaway V - Many years ago today Wedding bells were ringing gay, Seemed as if they sang a song of love to me. At the meeting house in town All the folks were gathered 'round C - Mandy Lee I loves you deed I do my Mandy Lee. Your eyes they shine like diamonds, love to me. Seems as though my heart would break without you Mandy Lee. | PD Reprint |
| Margie |
1920 - m. Con Conrad, J. Russel Robinson, w. Bennie Davis | PD Reprint |
| Mary's A Grand Old Name |
1905 - w.m. George M. Cohan | PD Reprint |
| Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis |
1904 - m. Kerry Mills, w. Andrew Sterling | PD Reprint |
| Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland |
1909 - m. Leo Friedman, w. Beth Slater Whitson | PD Reprint |
| Merry Widow Waltz |
1908 - m. Franz Lehar | PD Reprint |
| Mighty Lak' a Rose |
1901 - m. Ethelbert Nevin, w. Frank Stanton | PD Reprint |
| Missouri Waltz |
1914 - m. Procured By John Valentine Eppel, w. James R. Shannon V - Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumber time is comin' soon; Rest yo' head up on ma breast while Mammy hums a tune; N - a.k.a. Hush-a-bye, Ma Baby | PD Reprint |
| Mister Dooley |
1902 | PD Reprint |
| Moonlight Bay |
1912 - m. Percy Weinrich, w. Edward Madden | PD Reprint |
| My Gal Sal |
1905 - w.m. Paul Dresser | PD Reprint |
| My Melancholy Baby |
1912 - m. Ernie Burnett, w. George A. Norton V - Come sweetheart mine, Don't sit and pine, Tell me of the cares that make you feel so blue. What have I done? Answer me, Hon' C - Come to me, my melancholy baby, Cuddle up and don't be blue; All your fears are foolish fancy, may be, You know dear that I am strong for you. | PD Reprint |
| My Old Kentucky Home |
1853 - w.m. Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864) V - The sun shines bright in my old Kentucky home, 'Tis summer, the darkies are gay C - Weep no more, my lady, Oh! Weep no more today! | PD Reprint |
| My Wild Irish Rose |
1899 - Chauncy Olcott V - If you listen I'll sing you a sweet little song, Of a flower that's now droped and dead. Yet dearer to me, yes, than all of its mates, Tho' each holds aloft it's proud head. C - My wild Irish Rose, the sweetest flow'r that grows. You may search everywhere, but none can compare, with my wild Irish Rose. | PD Reprint |
| Narcissus |
1891, 1899 - Etherbert Nevin | PD Reprint |
| Nelly Bly |
1850 - w.m. Stephen Colllins Foster V - Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! bring de broom along, We'll sweep de kitchen clean, my dear, and hab a little song. C - Heigh! Nelly Ho! Nelly, listen lub to me, I'll sing for you, play for you, a dulcem melody. | PD Reprint |
| Ninety-Nine Blues |
1920 - w. Henry McCurdy, m. S. Gordon Saunders V - The other night I felt so lonely I had such awful blues Then I went to the phone to try and find her alone C - I've got the blues those 99 blues such awful blues I don't know what to do. But that's my fate Ev'ry time I call that place | PD Reprint |
| Nola |
1916 - m. Felix Arndt N - A Silhouette for the Piano | PD Reprint |
| O Dry Those Tears |
1901 - w.m. Teresa Del Riego V - O dry those tears, And calm those fears, Life is not made for sorrow. 'Twill come alas, But soon twill pass, Clouds will be sunshine tomorrow. C - O dry those tears, Life is not made for sorrow. | PD Reprint |
| Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! |
1917 - m. Abe Olman, w. Ed Rose | PD Reprint |
| Oh Promise Me |
1889 - m. Reginal De Koven, w. Clement Scott V - Oh, promise me that someday you and I will take our love together to some sky | PD Reprint |
| Oh You Beautiful Doll |
1911 - m. Nat D. Ayer, w. A. Seymour Brown | PD Reprint |
| Oh! Susanna |
1848 - Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864) V - I come from Alabama, Wid my banjo on my knee. I'm gwyne to Louisiana, My true love for to see; It rained all night the day I left, The weather it was dry . . . C - Oh! Sussanna, Oh don't you cry for me, I've come from Alabama Wid my banjo on my knee. | PD Reprint |
| Oh! What A Pal Was Mary |
1919 - m. Pete Wendling, w. Edgar Leslie, Bert Kalmar | PD Reprint |
| Old Black Joe |
1860 - Stephen Collins Foster V - Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay; Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away. C - I'm coming, I'm coming, For my head is bending low; I hear those gently voices calling "Old Black Joe" | PD Reprint |
| Old Dan Tucker |
1843 - Dan Emmett | PD Reprint |
| Old Folks at Home |
V - Way down upon the Swanee ribber, Far, far away C - All de world am sand and dreary' Eb'ry whar I roam N - a.k.a. Way Down Upon the Swanee River | PD Reprint |
| Old Grey Mare |
1918 - m. Traditional | PD Reprint |
| Old Oaken Bucket |
w. Woodworth Poem V - How dear to my heart are the scense of my childhood, When fond recollections present them to view. | PD Reprint |
| On The Beach at Waikiki |
1915 - m. Henry Kailimai, w. G.H. Stover | PD Reprint |
| On the Road to Mandalay |
PD Reprint | |
| Over There |
1917 - w.m. George m. Cohan | PD Reprint |
| Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag and Smile Smile Smile |
1915 - m. Felix Powell, w. George Asaf V - Private Perks is a funny little codger With a smile a funny smile. Five feet none, he's an artful little dodger with a smile a funny smile. C - Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile. While you've a lucifer to light your fag, Smile, boys, that's the style. N - World War 1 marching song. Lucifer was a match, fag was a cigarette, and a kit bag was a canvas duffle bag. | PD Reprint |
| Peg O' My Heart |
1913 - m. Fred Fisher, w. Alfred Bryan | PD Reprint |
| Plaisir d'Amour | See The Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour) | |
| Play A Simple Melody |
1914 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - The different lays of now-a-days All set my brain a-whirl. They're not the kind of songs they sang When mother was a girl C - Won't you play a simple melody Like my mother sang to me. One with good old fashioned harmony. Play a simple melody. N - a.k.a. Won't You Play a Simple Melody | PD Reprint |
| Pretty Baby |
1916 - m. Tony Jackson, Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Gus Kahn | PD Reprint |
| Pretty Girl is Like a Melody |
1919 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I have an ear for music, And I have an eye for a maid. I link a pretty girlie, With each pretty tune that's played. C - A pretty girl is like a melody That haunts you night and day. Just like the strain of a haunting refrain, She'll start upon a marathon And run around your brain. | PD Reprint |
| Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet |
1909 - m. Percy Weinrich, w. Stanley Murphy | PD Reprint |
| Put Your Arms Around Me. Honey |
1910 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Junie McCree V - Nighttime am a fallin', ev'rything is still, And the moon am a shining from above. Cupid am a callin', ev'ry Jack and Jill, It's just about the time for making love. C - Put your arms around me honey, hold me tight. Huddle up and Cuddle up with all your might. Oh, babe, Won't you roll dem eyes, Eyes that I just idolize. | PD Reprint |
| Ragtime Cowboy Joe |
1912 - m. Lewis F. Muir, Maurice Abrahams, w. Grant Clarke | PD Reprint |
| Red Wing |
1907 - m. Kerry Mills, w. Thurland Chattaway V - There once lived an Indian maid, A shy little prairie maid, Who sang a lay, a long song gay, As on the plain she'd while away the day. C - Now, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing, the breeze is sighing, the night bird's crying, For afar 'neath his star her brave is sleeping, While Red Wing's weeping her heart away. | PD Reprint |
| Rings on My Fingers | See I've Got Rings On My Fingers | |
| Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody |
1918 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint |
| Row Row Row |
1912 - m. James V. Monaco, w. William Jerome | PD Reprint |
| Say It With Music |
1921 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Music is a language lovers understand, Melody and romance wander hand in hand. C - Say it with music, Beautiful music. Somehow they'd rather be kissed To the strains of Chopin or Liszt. | PD Reprint |
| School Days |
1906 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Will D. Cobb | PD Reprint |
| Second Hand Rose |
1921 - m. James F. Hanley, w. Grant Clarke | PD Reprint |
| Shine On, Harvest Moon |
1908 - w.m. Jack Norworth, Nora Bayes V - The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see, For the moon refused to shine, Couple sitting underneath a willow tree, For love they pine. C - Oh, sing one, shine on harvest moon up in the sky, I ain't had no lovin' since April, January, June or July | PD Reprint |
| Shure They Call It Ireland | See A Little Bit of Heaven (Shure They Call it Ireland) | |
| Sidewalks of New York |
1894 | PD Reprint |
| Silver Threads Among The Gold |
1873 - m. H.P. Danks, w. Eben E. Rexford V - When your hair is silver white, And your cheeks no longer bright, With the roses of the May; I will kiss your lips and say C - Darling, I am growing old, Silver threads among the gold, Shine upon my brow today, Life is fading fast away | PD Reprint |
| Sipping Cider Thru A Straw |
1919 - w.m. Carey Morgan and Lee David V - When sweetest girl I ever saw, Was selling cider in a groc'ry store. C - Thipping thider thru a thtraw, We sat there for hours or more. | PD Reprint |
| Smiles |
1917 - m. Lee G. Roberts, w. J. Will Callahan | PD Reprint |
| Some of These Days |
1910 - w.m. Shelton Brooks V - Two sweethearts in a country town, the neighbors say, Lived happily the whole day long, Until one day he told her he must go away; C - Some of these days You'll miss me, honey, Some of these days You'll feel so lonely; You'll miss my hugging, You'll miss my kissing | PD Reprint |
| Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child |
V - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child . . . a long ways from home. True believer. C - A long ways from home, a long ways from home | PD Reprint |
| Song of Songs |
1914 - m. Harold Vickers, w. Clarence Lucas | PD Reprint |
| St. Louis Blues |
1914 - w.m. William C. Handy V - I hate to see de evening sun go down . . .Cause ma baby he done lef dis town. Feelin' tomorrow lak ah feel today I'll pack my trunk make ma git away C - Got de St. Louis Blues jes blue as ah can be. Dat man got a heart lak a rock cast in the sea. Or else he woulden't gone so far from me. N - a.k.a. Saint Louis Blues | PD Reprint |
| Streets of New York (In Old New York) |
N - a.k.a. In Old New York | PD Reprint |
| Swanee |
1919 - m. George Gershwin, w. Irving Caesar | PD Reprint |
| Swanee River Moon |
1921 - w.m. H. Pitman Clarke | PD Reprint |
| Sweet and Low |
1863 - Barnby V - Sweet and Low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea. | PD Reprint |
| Sweet By and By |
1868 - m. Joseph P. Webster, w. Sanford F. Bennett V - There's a land that is fairer than day, And by faith you can see it afar. For the Father waits over the way, To prepare us a dwelling place there. C - In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore. In the sweet by and by, we shall meet on that beautiful shore. N - a.k.a. In The Sweet By and By | PD Reprint |
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady |
1896 - w.m. Maude Nugent V - Just down around the corner of the street where I reside, There lives the cutest little girl that I have ever spied. C - Sweet Rosie O'Grady, My dear little Rose, She's my steady lady, Most ev'ry one know, And when we are married, How happy we'll be | PD Reprint |
| Sweet Violets - Fritz in Ireland |
1882 - w.m. J.K. Emmet V - Sweet violets. Sweeter than all the roses; Ladened with fragrance, Sparkling with dew. Sweet violets. From mossy dell and rivulet. C - (Yodel) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, N - Popular song of 1951 recorded by Dinah Shore | PD Reprint |
| Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay |
1891 | PD Reprint |
| Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do |
w.m. Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins V - There ain't nothin' I can do nor nothin' I can say, That folks don't criticise me, But I'm gonna do just as I want to any way, And don't care if they despise me. C - Tain't nobody's biz-ness if I do. | PD Reprint |
| Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
1908 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Jack Norworth V - Katy Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad; Just to root for the home town crews, ev'ry sou Katie blew C - Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd, Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack, I don't care if I never get back | PD Reprint |
| That Tumbledown Shack in Athlone |
1918 - m. Monte Carlo, Alma M. Sanders, w. Richard W. Pascoe | PD Reprint |
| That's an Irish Lullaby | See Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral | |
| That's Why They Call Me 'Shine' |
PD Reprint | |
| There Is a Tavern in the Town |
1883 | PD Reprint |
| They Called Her Frivolous Sal | See My Gal Sal | |
| This Old Man |
1906 V - This old man, he played one, he played nick nack on my drum. C - With a nick nack paddy whack, give a dog a bone, this old man cam rolling home. | PD Reprint |
| Tiger Rag |
1917 - m. Nick LaRocca, Original Dixieland Jazz Band | PD Reprint |
| Till We Meet Again |
1918 - m. Richard A. Whiting, w. Raymond B. Egan V - There's a song in the land of the lily Each sweetheart has heard with a sigh Over high garden walls This sweet echo falls As a soldier boy whispers good bye C - Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu When the clouds roll by I'll come to you.Then the skies will seem more blue Down in lovers lane | PD Reprint |
| Tis the Last Rose of Summer | See The Last Rose of Summer | |
| Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral |
1913 - w.m. James.Royce Shannon V - Over in Killarney, Many years ago, Me Mither sang a song to me In tones so sweet and low. Just a simple little ditty, In her good ould Irish way C - Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Hush now, don't you cry! Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li, Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, That's an Irish Lullaby. | PD Reprint |
| Toot, Toot, Tootsie |
1922 - w.m. Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo | PD Reprint |
| Toyland |
1903 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Glen MacDonough V - When you've grown up my dears, And are as old as I, You'll often ponder on the years That roll so swiftly by, my dears, That roll so swiftly by . . . C - Toyland. Toyland. Little girl and boy land. While you dwell within it, You are ever happy then. Childhood's joy-land. Mystic merry Toyland, Once you pass it's borders, You can never return again. | PD Reprint |
| Trail of the Lonesome Pine |
1913 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Ballard MacDonald | PD Reprint |
| Turkey in the Straw |
1834 N - Originally known as Zip Coon | PD Reprint |
| Twelfth Street Rag |
1916 - m. Euday L. Bowman N - Ragtime Arrangement Only - No Lyrics | PD Reprint |
| Twelfth Street Rag - Song |
1919 - m. Euday L. Bowman, w. James S. Sumner V - In a certain city where the girls are cute and pretty C - First you slide and then you glide, then shimmie for a while | PD Reprint |
| Under The Anheuser Bush |
1903 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling V - Talk about the shade of the sheltering palms, Praise the bamboo tree and its wide spreading charms, There's a little bush that grows right here in town . . . C - Come, come, come and make eyes with me, Under the Anheuser Bush. Come, Come, drink some | PD Reprint |
| Vive L'Amour | See Vive la Compagnie | |
| Vive la Compagnie |
1818 or earlier - English Traditional V - Let Bacchus to Venus libations pour fast, Vive la compagnie. And let us make use of our time to the last, Vive la compagnie. C - Vive la, vive la, vive l'amour, vive la, vive la, vive l'amour, Vive l'amour, vive l'amour, Vive la compagnie. | PD Reprint |
| Waiting for the Robert E. Lee |
1912 - m. Lewis F. Muir, w. L. Wolfe Gilbert | PD Reprint |
| Waltz Me Around Again, Willie |
1906 - m. Ren Shields, w. Will D. Cobb | PD Reprint |
| Wang Wang Blues |
1921 - m. Gus Mueller, Buster Johnson, Henry Busse, w. Leo Wood | PD Reprint |
| Washington and Lee Swing |
PD Reprint | |
| Way Down Upon the Swanee River | See Old Folks at Home | |
| Way Down Yonder in New Orleans |
1922 - w.m. Henry Creamer, Turner Layton V - Guess! Where do you think I'm going when the winds start blowing strong? Guess! Where do you think I'm going when the nights start growing long? C - Way down yonder in New Orleans In the land of dreamy scenes There's a garden of Eden. That's what I mean. | PD Reprint |
| When Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
1912 - m. Ernest Ball, w. Chauncey Olcott, George Graff V - There's a tear in your eye, And I'm wondering why, For it never should be there at all. C - When Irish eyes are smiling, Sure it's like a morn in Spring. In the lilt of Irish laughter, You can hear the angels sing. | PD Reprint |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
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 You and I Were Young, Maggie |
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 |
| Whiffenpoof 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 |
| Whispering |
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 |
1868 - w.m. Alice Hawthorne V - Soft as the voice of an angel, Breathing a lesson unheard. Hope with a gentle persuasion, Whispers her comforting word C - Whispering Hope, Oh how welcome thy voice. Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice. N - Alice Hawthorne is pseudonymn for Septimus Winner | PD Reprint |
| Wild Irish Rose | See My Wild Irish Rose | |
| Woodman! Spare That Tree |
1837 - m. Henry Russell, w. George Pope Morris V - Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough. In youth it shelter'd me, And I'll protect it now. | PD Reprint |
| World Is Waiting for the Sunrise |
1919 - m. Ernest Seitz, w. Eugene Lockhart | PD Reprint |
| Yankee Doodle Boy |
1904 - w.m. George M. Cohan V - I'm the kid that's all the candy, I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, I'm glad I am. So's Uncle Sam. C - I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Yankee Doodle, do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam's, born on the Fourth of July. N - a.k.a. Yankee Doddle Dandy | PD Reprint |
| Yellow Rose of Texas |
1853 V - There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see, No other darkey knows here, no darkey only me; She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart C - She's the sweetest rose of color this darkey ever knew, Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they sparkle like the dew. | PD Reprint |
| You're A Grand Old Flag |
1906 - w.m. George M. Cohan V - There's a feeling comes a-stealing, And it set my brain a-reeling. C - You're a grand old flag, You're a high flying flag, and forever in peace may you wave. | PD Reprint |