JLesser Known Public Domain SongsJ List of 135
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. | |||
| J.J.J. Rag Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jack A Lent Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Jack Frost Children |
V - See! On the windows old, Jack Frost has come, the winter to stay, Isn't it pretty to see how he marks up the windows with lace work each day. | PD Reprint | |
| Jack Hall Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jack O'Hazeldean Traditional |
w. Sir Walter Scott, m.Traditional Irish | PD Reprint | |
| Jack of Spades Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jack on de green Traditional |
1863 - Dan Emmett | PD Reprint | |
| Jack Sprat Traditional |
1765 | PD Reprint | |
| Jack Spratt Children |
V - Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; | PD Reprint | |
| Jack Tar Patriotic |
1903 - m. John Philip Sousa | PD Reprint | |
| Jack's Farewell Traditional |
1701 | PD Reprint | |
| Jack's Health Traditional |
1686 | PD Reprint | |
| Jack's Maggot Traditional |
1703 | PD Reprint | |
| Jackson's Hornpipe Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jacob Hall's Jig Traditional |
1695 | PD Reprint | |
| Jacob's Ladder (I Want to Climb Up Jacob's Ladder) Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jacqueminots Waltzes Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jail Keys All Rattl'ing Around You Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jamaica Traditional |
1670 | PD Reprint | |
| Jamie's on the Stormy Sea Traditional |
Covert | PD Reprint | |
| Jaunting Car Traditional |
Before 186 | PD Reprint | |
| Java March Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jazz Babies' Ball Popular Song |
1920 - m. Maceo Pinkard, w. Charles Bayha V - Honey get your dancin' shoes We ain't go no time to lose--There's a swell affair At that dancin' hall Come on babe, let's 'wobble' down To the Jazz Babies' Ball C - First we'll dance with dignity Then we'll shake a wicked knee Oh! Oh! Let's go Mister Jazz will swing his bow | PD Reprint | |
| Jazz Baby Popular Song |
1919 - m. M.J. Jerome, w. Blanche Merrill V - My daddy was a ragtime trombone player, My mammy was a ragtime cabareter, They met one day at a tango tea. There was a syncopated wedding, and then came me! C - I'm a jazz baby, I want to be jazzing all the time; There's something in the tone of a saxophone, That makes me do a little wiggle all my own | PD Reprint | |
| Jazzing The Blues Away Popular Song |
1918 - m. Dick Heinrich, w. Jeff Branen | PD Reprint | |
| Jean Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jean o' Bethelnie Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jeannette and Jeannot Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jeff in Petticoats Traditional |
1865 - Cooper, Tucker | PD Reprint | |
| Jefferson and Liberty Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jehovah, Hallelujah Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jemima College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jennie Lee Popular Song |
1902 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Arthur Lamb | PD Reprint | |
| Jenny Come Tie My Cravat Traditional |
1690 | PD Reprint | |
| Jenny Pluck Pears Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Jenny's Mantle Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jerry, Go and Oil that Car Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jersey Cotillion Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jerusalem Traditional |
m. Henry Parker, w. Nella V - From out their peaceful village Along the sunlit way, The Price of Peace leads onward, A pilgrim band this day/ C - Lord, now as we meet Thee, Sing we Hosanna, Saviour, we greet Thee, Lord and King. | PD Reprint | |
| Jerusalem Morning College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jerusalem the Golden Hymn |
Alex Ewing V - Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest, | PD Reprint | |
| Jes Gwine Ober In De Heabenlye Lan' Spiritual |
V - You can hinder me here, but you can't do it there, For He sits in de Heavens and He answers prayer. 'Jes gwine ober in de heabenlye lan'! C - De Heabenlye lan', Heabenlye lan', 'Jes gwine ober in de heabenlye lan'! | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus Ain't Comin' Here T' Die No More Spiritual |
V - Virgin Mary had one son, The cruel Jews had him hung. C - But He ain't comin' here t' die no mo', Ain't comin' here t' die no mo'. | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus Christ Is Risen Today Traditional |
w. Tr. Tate and Brady, m. Lydia Davidica | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus Is Risen From the Dead Spiritual |
V - Go, tell Mary and Martha . . . Yes, Jesus is risen from the dead. C - In-a this-a band we have sweet music . . . Jesus is risen from the dead. | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus Lover of My Soul Hymn |
S. B. Marsh V - Jesus lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus on the Waterside Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jesus Shall Reign Wheree'er the Sun Traditional |
w. Isaac Watts, m. J. Hatton | PD Reprint | |
| Jesus, Won't You Come By-and-By Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jesus! the Very Thought of Thee Traditional |
Dyken | PD Reprint | |
| Jew's Daughter Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jilted College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jim Crack Corn | See The Blue Tail Fly | ||
| Jim Crow Traditional |
1830 - w.m. Thomas Dartmouth Rice V - Come listen all you galls and boys I's jist from Tucky-hoe. I'm goin to sing a little song, My name's Jim Crow. Weel about and turn about and do jis so, Eb'ry time I weel about and jump Jim Crow. N - Published in 1840s with 44 verses. | PD Reprint | |
| Jim Judson (From The Town Of Hackensack) Popular Song |
1905 - w.m. Paul Dresser | PD Reprint | |
| Jimmy Pride Of Newspaper Row Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. A. Baldwin Sloane | PD Reprint | |
| Jimmy Valentine Popular Song |
1911 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Edward Madden | PD Reprint | |
| Jine 'Em Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jinx Rag Traditional |
L.P. Gibson | PD Reprint | |
| Job of Journeywork Traditional |
1893 | PD Reprint | |
| Jock o' Hazeldean Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jockey Traditional |
1688 | PD Reprint | |
| Joe Hill Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| John Barleycorn Folk Song |
1568 V - There were three kings came from the west, Their victory to try; And they have taken a solemn oath, John Barleycorn should die. C - Fol the dol the did-i-ay, Fol the dol the did-i-ay-ge-wo. | PD Reprint | |
| John D. Rockerfeller College |
N - University of Chicago | PD Reprint | |
| John Peel Traditional |
1820 | PD Reprint | |
| John Saw Spiritual |
V - Worthy, worthy is the Lamb, is the Lamb . . . Settin' on de golden altar. C - John saw, Oh, John saw, John saw de holy number, Settin' on de golden altar. | PD Reprint | |
| John, John of the Holy Order Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Johnnie Cope Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Johnny Come Down to Hilo Traditional |
Broadside | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Get Your Gun Traditional |
1886 | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Goolar Traditional |
1859 - Dan Emmett | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Had a Little Dog Children |
V - Johnny had a little dog, And Bingo was his name, sir, B I N G O go, Bingo was his name, sir. | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Harvard College |
N - harvard university | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Traditional |
Traditional Irish V - I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel, When my flax is spun, I'll sell my wheel, To buy my love a sword of steel, Oh, Johnny has gone for a soldier. N - Tune: Irish Folk Song Shule Aroon. Known during U.S. Revolutionary War. Also U.S. Civil War. | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Traditional |
Traditional Irish | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny is my Darling Traditional |
1865 | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Sands Traditional |
Sinclair V - A man whose name was Johnny Sands Had married Betty Hague, And thought she brought him gold and land, She proved a terrible plague | PD Reprint | |
| Johnny Schmoker Traditional |
1863 | PD Reprint | |
| Johnson Rag Traditional |
1917 - Henry Kleinkauf, Guy Hall | PD Reprint | |
| Join the Angel Band Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jollity College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jolly Boating Weather College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jolly Cooper Traditional |
1713 | PD Reprint | |
| Jolly D.K.E. College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jolly Dog's Polka Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jolly Golfing Weather College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jolly Huntsman Children |
V - The jolly huntsman rides his horse thro' all the forest green, As happy as can be. C - Hurrah, Hurrah, the holly huntsman's life for me, he sing so merrily. | PD Reprint | |
| Jolly Me Along Popular Song |
1904 - m. Albert Gumble, w. C.P. McDonald | PD Reprint | |
| Jolly Miller Children |
Old English V - There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee, He worked and sang from morn till night, No lark more blithe than he, C - I care for nobody, no, not I, and nobody cares for me. | PD Reprint | |
| Jolly Tester Children |
V - Oh, my little six pence, my pretty little six pence, I love six pence better than my life; | PD Reprint | |
| Jolly Times Galop Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Jordan Am a Hard Road to Trabbel Traditional |
w. Dan Emmett, m. T.F. Briggs | PD Reprint | |
| Jordan's Mills Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Josephine My Jo Traditional |
1901 | PD Reprint | |
| Joys of Love (Plaisir d'Amour) Popular Song |
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 | |
| Judgement Day Is a-Rollin' Around Spiritual |
V - I've a good ole mudder in de heaven, my Lord, Oh, how I long to go dere too. C - Judgment, Judgment, Judgment day is a-rolling around, Judgement, Judgement, Oh, how I long to go. | PD Reprint | |
| Juice of the Barley Traditional |
1690 | PD Reprint | |
| July Song Children |
Alfred S. Gatty V - In the month of hot July, All things are quite boiling, Red hot sun and cloudless sky, Flow'rs and shrubs are spoiling C - Nature calls, but calls in vain, Sadly is she crying | PD Reprint | |
| Jump Jim Crow Traditional |
1828 - 1917, w. Rida Johnson Young, m. Sigmund Romberg V - It's a dance that' s rather shocking To a spinster or a frump, For it's apt to show your stocking When you make the little jimp. C - Jump, jump, oh jump, Jim Crow! Take a little twirl and around you go! Slide, slide, and point your toe, You're as naughty as a devil When you jump, Jim Crow! N - Above lyrics are a 1917 popular song. Beginning in the late 1920's, many versions of 'Jim Crow' and 'Jump Jim Crow' with varying words and tunes began to appear. | PD Reprint | |
| Jungle Time Traditional |
E. Phillip Severin | PD Reprint | |
| Junk Man Rag Traditional |
1913 - C. Luckyth Roberts | PD Reprint | |
| Juno and Pallas Traditional |
1727 | PD Reprint | |
| Just A Dream at Dawn Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just A Gleam Of Heaven In Her Eyes Popular Song |
1904 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Just a Little House of Love Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just A Little Love Song Popular Song |
1921 - m. Joe Cooper, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint | |
| Just A Little Rocking Chair And You Popular Song |
1905 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Bert Fitzgibbon, Jack Drislane | PD Reprint | |
| Just A Song At Twilight | See Love's Old Sweet Song | ||
| Just A Thinkin' O' You Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just A-Wearyin' for You Traditional |
1901 | PD Reprint | |
| Just As I Am Hymn |
1835 - w. Charlotte Elliott, m. Wm.B. Bradbury V - Just as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thous bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come! I come! C - O Lamb of God, I come! I come! | PD Reprint | |
| Just Ask Me Traditional |
Charles Hunter | PD Reprint | |
| Just Because I Loved You So Popular Song |
1907 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. John Queen, Hughie Cannon | PD Reprint | |
| Just For A Girl Popular Song |
1910 - m. Ernest Ball, w. Ren Sheilds | PD Reprint | |
| Just for Princeton College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just Kiss Yourself Goodbye Popular Song |
1902 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome | PD Reprint | |
| Just Like A Gypsy Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Seymour B. Simon, Nora Bayes | PD Reprint | |
| Just Like A Rainbow Popular Song |
1921 - w.m. Robert A. King, Ted FioRito | PD Reprint | |
| Just Like Washington Crossed The Delaware Popular Song |
1918 - m. George W. Meyer, w. Howard Johnson | PD Reprint | |
| Just Love Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just Next Door Popular Song |
1902 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Just Now Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just One Girl Traditional |
1898 | PD Reprint | |
| Just One Kiss Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Just One Word Of Consolation Popular Song |
1906 - m. Tom Lemonier, w. Frank Williams | PD Reprint | |
| Just Some One Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just Someone Popular Song |
1908 - w.m. Will R. Anderson | PD Reprint | |
| Just Tell Them That You Saw Me Traditional |
1895 | PD Reprint | |
| Just the Kind of Girl Popular Song |
1917 | PD Reprint | |
| Just Try to Picture Me Back Home in Tennessee Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just When I Needed You Most Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. William B. Gray | PD Reprint | |
| Just You Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Just-A-Wearying For You Popular Song |
1901 - m. Frank Stanton, w. Carrie Jacobs Bond | PD Reprint | |
