QBest Known Public Domain SongsQ List of 1
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 1926 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1926 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.
| A | B | C
| D | E | F
| G | H | I
| J | K | L
| M | N | O
| P | Q | R
| S | T | U
| V | W | X
| Y | Z |
| Title | V=Verse C=Chorus N=Note P=Production w=Words m=Music |
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| Songs are on this PD list if we have a pre-1927 PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years. | |||
| Quilting Party Traditional |
1885 V - In the sky the bright stars glittered, On the bank the pale moon shone; And twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting party, I was seeing Nellie home. C - I was seeing Nellie home . . . . And twas from Aunt Dinah's quilting party, I was seeing Nellie home. N - a.k.a. I Was Seeing Nellie Home | PD Reprint | |
