DLesser Known Public Domain SongsD List of 213
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.
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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. | |||
| Daddy Children |
F. Behrend V - Take my head on your shoulder, Daddy. Turn your face to the west. It is just the hour when the sky turns gold. | PD Reprint | |
| Daddy Long Legs Popular Song |
1919 - m. Harry Ruby, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint | |
| Daddy Mine Popular Song |
w.m. Lew Wilson, Alfred Dubin | PD Reprint | |
| Daddy, You've Been A Mother To Me Popular Song |
1920 - w.m. Fred Fisher V - I just can remember my mother, Angels one day, took her away, You took her place with a smile on your face, That's why I'm happy to say C - Daddy, dear old daddy, You've been more than a daddy to me, You might have gone with the boys ev'ry night, You gave them up just to bring me up right. | PD Reprint | |
| Daddy's Little Girl Popular Song |
1905 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Edward Madden | PD Reprint | |
| Daisies Won't Tell Popular Song |
1908 - w.m. Anita Owen | PD Reprint | |
| Daisy Children |
V - I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring, in the meadows I am found, Peeping just above the ground | PD Reprint | |
| Dam It Traditional |
1731 | PD Reprint | |
| Dame Durden Traditional |
Old English Song V - Dame Durden in the morn so soon, she did begin to call; To rouse her servant maids and men, she then began to bawl. C - Dame Durden kept five serving girls, to carry the milking paid. She also kept five lab'ring men to use the spade and flail. | PD Reprint | |
| Dance a Baby Diddy Children |
V - Dance a baby diddy! What can mammy do wid'e? Sit in her lap, Give it some pap, | PD Reprint | |
| Dance of the Fairies Children |
V - The fairies are dancing, how nimbly they bound, They flit o'er the grass top, they touch not the ground. | PD Reprint | |
| Dance Of The Grizzly Bear Popular Song |
1910 - m. George Botsford, w. Irving Berlin N - Vocal Artist: Sophie Tucker | PD Reprint | |
| Dance Of The Honeybees Popular Song |
1902 - m. Benjamin Richmond | PD Reprint | |
| Dance of the Wild Flowers Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dance with Me College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dancing Fool Popular Song |
1922 - m. Ted Snyder, w. Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler | PD Reprint | |
| Dancing Lesson Children |
V - Brother come and dance with mel Both my hand I'm offering thee, | PD Reprint | |
| Danube River Traditional |
Aide | PD Reprint | |
| Danville Chariot Spiritual |
V - I done been to heaven, an' I done been tried, I been to de water, an' I been baptized, C - Oh, swing low, sweet chariot, Pray let me enter in, I don' want to stay here no longer. | PD Reprint | |
| Daphne Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Dar's One More Ribber To Cross Traditional |
1881 | PD Reprint | |
| Darby and Joan Traditional |
Malloy | PD Reprint | |
| Dargason Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | See The Flying Trapeze | ||
| Dark Is the Night Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Darling Go to Rest Children |
V - Evening shades are falling; Time to go to rest, Stars are softly calling Darling to her rest; | PD Reprint | |
| Darrow Warrow Traditional |
1860 | PD Reprint | |
| Dartmouth Our Dartmouth College |
N - Dartmouth College | PD Reprint | |
| Dartmouth Song College |
N - Dartmouth College | PD Reprint | |
| Dashing Cavaliers Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dat Lovin' Rag Traditional |
1908 - w. Victor H. Smalley, m. Bernard Adler | PD Reprint | |
| Dauntless March Popular Song |
1877 | PD Reprint | |
| David of the White Stone Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Davy Jones' Locker Traditional |
1901 | PD Reprint | |
| Dawn of Day Traditional |
Welsh | PD Reprint | |
| Day By Day Popular Song |
1900 | PD Reprint | |
| Day of Judgment Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Day That You Grew Colder Popular Song |
1905 - w.m. Paul Dresser | PD Reprint | |
| Days of Summer Glory Children |
C.M. von Weber V - Days of summer glory, Days I love to see C - La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la, la la la | PD Reprint | |
| Days of Youth Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| De Back-log Traditional |
1862 | PD Reprint | |
| De Contrack Traditional |
1860 | PD Reprint | |
| De Ole Sheep Done Know De Road Spiritual |
V - Oh, sooner in de mornin' when I rise, De young lambs mus' find de way. Wid crosses an' trials on ebry side, C - Oh, de ole sheep done know de road . . . De young lambs mus' find de way. | PD Reprint | |
| De Winter'll Soon Be Over Spiritual |
V - Oh, look up yonder what I see, Bright angels comin' arter me. C - Oh de winter . . . de winter'll soon be ober children. . .Yes, my Lord. | PD Reprint | |
| De'il's Awa' Ai' the Exciseman Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dear Alma Mater College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dear Aunt May College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dear Bucknell College |
N - Bucknell University | PD Reprint | |
| Dear College Chums Popular Song |
w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Heart Popular Song |
1919 - m. W.C. Polla, Willard Goldsmith, w. Jean Lefavre V - I'm dreaming dreams of days gone by, A heart that once was true C - Dear heart, are you true to me N - NOT Henry Mancini's Dear Heart (I wish you were here) | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Heart (Knight For A Day) Popular Song |
w.m. J. Anton Dailey P - A Knight For A Day | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Kenyon College |
N - Kenyon College | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Little Rose Girl Popular Song |
m. Anselm Goetz, w. William Cary Duncan P - Dear Little Rose Girl | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Mother Goose Children |
w. Kate Forman, m. Carrie Bullard V - O dear Mother Goose, come and take us | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Old Moonlight Popular Song |
1909 - m. Tom Lemonier, w. Henry Creamer | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Old Pals Traditional |
G.W. Hunt | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Old Reserve College |
N - Western Reserve University | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Old Rose Popular Song |
1912 - m. George W. Meyer, w. Jack Drislane | PD Reprint | |
| Dear Old Yale College |
N - Yale University | PD Reprint | |
| Dearest Place Traditional |
1890 - Wrighton | PD Reprint | |
| Dearest Spot is Home Traditional |
1891 - Wrighton | PD Reprint | |
| Dearie Popular Song |
1905 - w.m. Clare Kummer | PD Reprint | |
| Dearie Dear Popular Song |
m. Bert C. Randall, w. Fred C. Roegge, Henry Roegge, Jr. | PD Reprint | |
| Death and Burial of Cock Robin Children |
V - Who kill's Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow; With my bow and arrow, I kill'd Cock Robin. | PD Reprint | |
| Death and the Lady Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Deirdre's Farewell to Scotlands Traditional |
Hebrides | PD Reprint | |
| Delaware Cotillion Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Delight of Gruffydd ap Cynan Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Delight of the Men of Dovey Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dem Charming Bells Spiritual |
V - Come along my brother, come along, For your time is drawing near; C - Lord, I'm almost home! . . . For to ring them charming bells! | PD Reprint | |
| Democracy's Call Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Demon Lover Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Demonstration College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Der Baum in Odenwald Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Der Schweizer Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Der Wandersmann Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Derby Reel Traditional |
1823 | PD Reprint | |
| Dere's an Old Camp Meetin' College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Derry Down Folk Song |
1600s - English Folk Song C - Hey down, ho down, derry, derry, down N - See Three Ravens and The Keeper | PD Reprint | |
| Des Madchens Klage Traditional |
1831 - w. Philipp Duringer, m. Traditional | PD Reprint | |
| Desiree Patriotic |
1884 - m. John Philip Sousa | PD Reprint | |
| Despairing Lover Traditional |
1711 | PD Reprint | |
| Devil among the Quakers Traditional |
1823 | PD Reprint | |
| Dh' Fhalbh Mo Leannan Fhein Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dick's Maggot Traditional |
1703 | PD Reprint | |
| Did You Hear My Jesus Spiritual |
V - Ef you want to get to hebben, come a-long . . . Hear my Jesus when He call you. C - Did you hear my Jesus when He call you . . . For to try on your long white robe. | PD Reprint | |
| Didelphis or Opossum March and Two Step Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Die Auserwahlte Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Die Binschgauer Wallfahrt Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Die drei Reitertrad Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Die drei Roselein Schwabisches Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Die Lindenwtin Traditional |
w. 1876, m - w. R. Baumbach, m. Franz Abt | PD Reprint | |
| Dimpled Cheek Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dimples Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dingy Slowdown Traditional |
Robert Hoffman | PD Reprint | |
| Dissembling Love Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Dixie Queen Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Do do My Huckleberry Do Traditional |
1893 | PD Reprint | |
| Do I Love Her College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Do Not Awaken My Memories Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Do Not Scold Me and Do Not Reproach Me Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Do They Think of Me at Home Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Do You Ever Think of Me Popular Song |
1920 - m. Earl Burtnett, w. Harry D. Kerr, John Cooper | PD Reprint | |
| Do You Take This Woman Popular Song |
1913 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling | PD Reprint | |
| Do You Think I'd Make A Soldier Spiritual |
V - Do you think I'll make a soldier, soldier . . Soldier of the cross C - Rise, shine, give God the glory glory . . . Soldier of the cross | PD Reprint | |
| Do, Do, Pity My Case (In Some Lady's Garden) Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Doan Ye Cry, Ma Honey Popular Song |
1899 - w.m. Albert W. Noll | PD Reprint | |
| Doctor Brown Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Doctor Cook's in Town College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Doctor Tinkle Tinker Popular Song |
1910 - m. Karl Hoschna, w. Otto Harbach | PD Reprint | |
| Dodger Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dodo Baby Do Children |
V - Dodo, Baby, Do Now my babe to sleep will go, There the old hen dozes, Over 'neath the roses, | PD Reprint | |
| Dog and the Cat Children |
V - Why do you scratch me Pussy, You naughty little thing? Unless you stop Miss Pussy, Another tune you'll sing! | PD Reprint | |
| Dolly and Her Mamma Children |
V - Dolly, you're a naughty girl, All you hair is out of curl | PD Reprint | |
| Dolly Gray Barn Dance Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai Traditional |
1861 - Stephen Collins Foster | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Call de Roll Spiritual |
V - Jacob's ladder slim an' tall. Don't call de roll till I git there. Haint got de faith surely yo' mus' fall . . . C - Oh, don't call de roll . . . don't call de roll till I git there. | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Call The Roll Spiritual |
V - Don't call the roll, John, Till I get there, Don't call the roll, John, Till I get there. C - Ain't that a pity, Lord! Sin and a shame, Sinner man so hard believe. | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Cry Little Girl, Don't Cry Popular Song |
w.m. Macco Dinkard | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Cry, Frenchy, Don't Cry Popular Song |
1919 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Forget Dar's a Weddin' To-night College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Don't I Though College |
N - Overelin College | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Leave Me, Lord Spiritual |
V - Jesus, Jesus is my frien', Lord, don't heave a me behin', He will go with me to de en' C - Don't leave me, Lord. Don't leave me Lord. Lord, don't leave a me behin'. | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More Popular Song |
1901 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Try To Steal The Sweetheart Of A Soldier Popular Song |
m. Van Schenck, w. Alfred Bryan | PD Reprint | |
| Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming Popular Song |
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 | |
| Don't Ye View Dat Ship a-Come a-Sailin' Spiritual |
V - Don't ye view dat ship a come a sailin'? . . . Dat ship is heavy loaded . . . She neither reels nor totters. C - Hallelujah! | PD Reprint | |
| Don't You Remember the Time Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. W. R. Williams | PD Reprint | |
| Don't You Think That You Could Learn To Love Me Popular Song |
m. Percy Wenrich, w. Morris S. Silver | PD Reprint | |
| Don't You Want To Go Spiritual |
V - O brother don't you want to go? . . . Come, less go down to Jordan, Hallelu! C - Less go down to Jordan . . . Hallelu! | PD Reprint | |
| Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again? Popular Song |
w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Done Been Sanctified Spiritual |
V - One day I'se a walking a long, The Lord done sanctified me . . Mourner, behold de Lamb of God. C - He sanctified my soul. | PD Reprint | |
| Doo Dah Blues Popular Song |
1922 - m. Ted FioRito, w. Fred Rose | PD Reprint | |
| Dora Dean Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dost Thou Love Me, Sister Ruth Traditional |
1895 - Haydn | PD Reprint | |
| Doubtful Shepherd Traditional |
1780 | PD Reprint | |
| Douglas! Tender and True Traditional |
Scott | PD Reprint | |
| Dove Traditional |
Traditional Welsh | PD Reprint | |
| Dover Pier Traditional |
1791 | PD Reprint | |
| Down Along the Mother Volga Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down Among the Cane-Brakes Traditional |
1860 - Stephen Collins Foster | PD Reprint | |
| Down Among the Dead Men Traditional |
1660 - Traditional | PD Reprint | |
| Down Among the Sheltering Pines Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down At The Husking Bee Popular Song |
1908 - m. S.R. Henry, w. Monroe Rosenfeld | PD Reprint | |
| Down By the Meadow Brook Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down By the O-Hi-O Popular Song |
1920 - m. Abe Oldman, w. Jack Yellen | PD Reprint | |
| Down By the River (We'll Gain) Spiritual |
V - And if those mourners would believe, Down by the river, The gift of life they would receive, Down by the riverside. C - Yes, we'll gain this world, Down by the river . . . Down by the riverside. | PD Reprint | |
| Down By the River (We'll Wait) Spiritual |
V - Oh, hallelujah to the Lamb, Down by the river, The Lord is on the giving hand . . . C - Oh, we'll wait till Jesus comes, Down by the river . . Down by the riverside. | PD Reprint | |
| Down in a Coal Mine Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down in Alabam' Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down In Bom-Bombay Popular Song |
1915 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Ballard MacDonald | PD Reprint | |
| Down in Maryland College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down in Mobile College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down in Poverty Row Traditional |
1895 | PD Reprint | |
| Down In The Deep, Let Me Sleep When I Die Popular Song |
1900 - m. Henry W. Petrie, w. W.L. Titus | PD Reprint | |
| Down In The Depths Popular Song |
1901 - w.m. Henry W. Petrie | PD Reprint | |
| Down in the Licensed Saloon Traditional |
1899 | PD Reprint | |
| Down in the Old Apple Orchard College |
m. Ted Garton, Max Clay, w. Will R. Garton | PD Reprint | |
| Down In The Old Meadow Lane Popular Song |
m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry Williams | PD Reprint | |
| Down In The Vale Of The Shenandoah Popular Song |
1904 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Down on Penny's Farm Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down On The Farm Popular Song |
1902 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Raymond A. Browne | PD Reprint | |
| Down on the Farm | See I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm) | ||
| Down South Popular Song |
1900 - m. William H. Myddleton | PD Reprint | |
| Down The Field Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Down The Old Church Aisle Popular Song |
1921 - w.m. Ray Perkins | PD Reprint | |
| Down the Trail Popular Song |
1920 - w.m. Ernest R. Ball | PD Reprint | |
| Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow Popular Song |
1901 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling | PD Reprint | |
| Down Where The Silv'ry Mohawk Flows Popular Song |
1905 - m. John Heinzman, Otto Heinzman, w. Monroe Rosenfeld | PD Reprint | |
| Down Where The Swanee River Flows Popular Song |
1916 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Charles S. Alberte, Charles McCarron | PD Reprint | |
| Downward Road is Crowded Spiritual |
V - Come all ye wayward trav'lers, An' let us jine an' sing, De everlastin' praises, Of Jesus Christ our King. C - Oh, de downward road is crowded, crowded, crowded . . . with unbelievin' souls. | PD Reprint | |
| Doxology Children |
L. Bourgeois V - All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice C - Praise God from who all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. | PD Reprint | |
| Drake's Drum Traditional |
CV Stanford | PD Reprint | |
| Draper's Maggot Traditional |
1721 | PD Reprint | |
| Dream Traditional |
1895 | PD Reprint | |
| Dream Days Popular Song |
1913 - m. Charles L. Johnson | PD Reprint | |
| Dream Faces Traditional |
Hutchinson | PD Reprint | |
| Dreaming Alone in the Twilight Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dreaming Day Dreams Popular Song |
w.m. Wenonah Owen | PD Reprint | |
| Dreaming Of Bye Gone Days Popular Song |
w.m. Eugene R. Kenney | PD Reprint | |
| Dreaming, Love, Of You Popular Song |
1905 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Dreams (Smith) Popular Song |
w.m. Russell Smith V - Life has its sadness and gladness, Love has its sorry and pain. C - Dreams, dreams, love dreams. Dreaming that you are mine. | PD Reprint | |
| Dreams of Home Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dreams Of Long Ago Popular Song |
1912 - m. Enrico Caruso, w. John Focaci, Earl Carroll | PD Reprint | |
| Dreamy Alabama Popular Song |
1919 - m. Joe Young, w. Ballard MacDonald | PD Reprint | |
| Dreamy Melody Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. Ted Koehler, Frank Magine, Clayton Naset | PD Reprint | |
| Drink It Down Drink It Down Traditional |
1853 | PD Reprint | |
| Drink Puppy Drink Traditional |
1874 - C.J. Whyte-Melville | PD Reprint | |
| Drinking Song College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Drinking Song (Tillie's Nightmare) Popular Song |
m. A. Baldwin Sloane, w. Edgar Smith P - Tillie's Nightmare | PD Reprint | |
| Driving Away at the Smoothing Inn Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Droppings of the Mash-Tub Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Drowner Lover Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Drum-Major of Schneider's Bank College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Drumclog Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dry Dock Waltz Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dude Who Couldn't Dance College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dude Who Didn't Dance College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Duet from "Parigi O Cara" Traditional |
1882 - Dugall Quin | PD Reprint | |
| Duet from Linda Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Duke of Bedford Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Duke of Rutland's Delight Traditional |
1728 | PD Reprint | |
| Dull Sir John Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Dunderbeck Traditional |
1894 | PD Reprint | |
| Dusky Night Traditional |
1777 | PD Reprint | |
| Dust an' Ashes Spiritual |
V - Dust, dust and ashes fly over my grave C - He rose, he rose, he rose from de dead | PD Reprint | |
| Dustman Children |
J.L. Molloy V - When the toys are growing weary and the twilight gathers in, When the nurs'ry still re-echoes to the children's merry din | PD Reprint | |
| Dutch Company Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dutch National Song Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dutch Warbler College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Duty To Home And Flag Popular Song |
1903 - w.m. Ed Rogers | PD Reprint | |
| Dying Girl Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Dying Volunteer Traditional |
1861 - Gumpert | PD Reprint | |
