NLesser Known Public Domain SongsN List of 99
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. | |||
| N.S.U. So Gay College |
N - Nevada State University | PD Reprint | |
| N'Everything Popular Song |
1917 - w.m. Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn | PD Reprint | |
| Nae Mair We'll Meet Again Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Nancy Brown Popular Song |
1901 - w.m. Clifton Crawford | PD Reprint | |
| Nancy Lee Traditional |
m. Stephen Adams, pseudonymn of Michael Maybrick, w. Frederick E. Weatherly V - Of all the wives as e'er you know, Yeo-ho! lads! There's none like Nancy Lee, I trow, Yeo-ho! C - The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be, The sailor's wife his star shall be. | PD Reprint | |
| Nappy Lee Traditional |
Adams | PD Reprint | |
| Nassau Hall College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Nat'an, For What Are You Waitin', Nat'an? Popular Song |
1916 - w.m. James Kendis | PD Reprint | |
| National, Patriotic and Typical Airs of All Lands Patriotic |
1890 - m. John Philip Sousa | PD Reprint | |
| Natural History Children |
V - What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy dog's tails, And that are little boys made of. | PD Reprint | |
| Naughty Marietta Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! Popular Song |
1916 - m. Nat Vincent, w. Joe Goodwin, William Tracey | PD Reprint | |
| Navajo Popular Song |
1903 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry H. Williams | PD Reprint | |
| Navy Blue and White College |
N - Marietta College | PD Reprint | |
| Navy We Greet you College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Neal's Maggot Traditional |
1742 | PD Reprint | |
| Neapolitan Cradle Song Children |
V - Sleep on. O Baby dearest, Thou darling of my heart, Thy mother watcheth near thee, All her love and joy thou art! | PD Reprint | |
| Neapolitan Love Song Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Near the Cross Traditional |
w. Fanny J. Crosby, m. W.H. Doane V - Jesus keep me near the cross | PD Reprint | |
| Neath the Elms College |
N - Trinity College | PD Reprint | |
| Neath the Elms of Dear Old Yale College |
N - Yale University | PD Reprint | |
| Neath the South Sea Moon Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. Gene Buck, Louis Hirsch, Dave Stamper | PD Reprint | |
| Neath the Southern Moon Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Needle's Eye Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Nellie Kelly, I Love You Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. George M. Cohan P - Little Nellie Kelly - 1922, | PD Reprint | |
| Nellie Was a Lady Spiritual |
V - Down on the Mississippi floating, Long time I trabbel o'er the way C - Nellie was a lady, last night she died; Toll de bell for lubly Nell, my dark Virginia bride. | PD Reprint | |
| Nelly Was a Lady Traditional |
1849 - Stephen Colllins Foster | PD Reprint | |
| Never Love Thee More Traditional |
1686 | PD Reprint | |
| Never Said a Mumblin' Word Spiritual |
1865 V - They crucified my Lord an' He never said a mumbalin' word; Not a word, not a word, not a word. | PD Reprint | |
| Never Weatherbeaten Sail Traditional |
Early 1600 - Thomas Campion | PD Reprint | |
| Never, Never, Never Popular Song |
1856 - m. Caroline Rive, w. Capt. C.W. Cutter | PD Reprint | |
| New Born Again Spiritual |
V - I found free grace and dying love, I'm newborn again. Been long time a-talking 'bout my trials here below. Free grace, free grace. C - Sinner, Free grace, free grace, I'm a newborn again So glad! so Glad! | PD Reprint | |
| New Born Again (Hallelujah) Spiritual |
V - Free grace, free grace! free grace, sinner! C - Hallelujah, hallelujah! Newborn again, Been a long time talkin' Bout a starint' on de way. | PD Reprint | |
| New Burying Ground Spiritual |
V - O, my Lord, good and kind, Take the little babe, Leave its mother behind. C - Judgment day! God's a callin'! Stars a-fallin'! Chariot's comin' down To the new buryin' ground! . . . . N - 8 verses use phrases from many, many different spirituals. | PD Reprint | |
| New College Medley College |
PD Reprint | ||
| New Emancipation Song Traditional |
1864 - w. R A T, m. Mrs. Parkhurst V - Oh! Give the slaves their freedon, You surely do not need them, And no longer clothe and feed them, In these United States. C - For they all sigh for freedom, They all sigh for freedom, For they all sigh for freedom in these United States | PD Reprint | |
| New Era Rag Traditional |
James Scott | PD Reprint | |
| New Harmony Hornpipe Traditional |
1823 | PD Reprint | |
| New Jersee College |
PD Reprint | ||
| New Jerusalem Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| New Orleans Traditional |
1916 - w.m. George W. Thomas V - Old New Orleans is a great big old Southern town where hospitality you will surely find, The population there. Is very fair, with ev'ry thing they do they all seem to be true C - Glide, Slide, Dance, Prance, Hop, Stop, um, um. I can never get tired, Dancing them Hop Scop Blues Girls, Once more you slide, glide, Prance, Dance. | PD Reprint | |
| New Woman College |
PD Reprint | ||
| New Year Carol Children |
Alfred S. Gatty V - Come thou with me, And climb the moor, Its path is free, Now night is o'er; C - O Haiul to thee, Hail! New Year with rosy wings; Touch thou the world and bid the sacred springs | PD Reprint | |
| New Year Song Children |
Alfred S. Gatty V - Upon the first day of the year, it seems to me, my children dear, That if you cou,d you really shoud, Be very good C - Until this very day next year, this very day next year. | PD Reprint | |
| New Year's Day in the Morning Traditional |
1750 | PD Reprint | |
| New Year's Eve Traditional |
1830 | PD Reprint | |
| Newcastler Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Newgate College |
PD Reprint | ||
| News from Tripoli Traditional |
1703 | PD Reprint | |
| News of the Victory Traditional |
1820 | PD Reprint | |
| Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love? Popular Song |
1909 - m. Ted Snyder, w. Irving Berlin | PD Reprint | |
| Night on Bald Mountain A Mussorgsky Traditional |
1887 | PD Reprint | |
| Night Wind Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Night's Shade No Longer Rossini Traditional |
1890 | PD Reprint | |
| Nights Of Gladness Popular Song |
1913 - m. Charles Ancliff, w. Ballard MacDonald | PD Reprint | |
| Nineteen Birds Children |
V - Nineteen birds and one bird more, Just make twenty and that's a score. | PD Reprint | |
| No 1 Hook and Ladder Quickstep Traditional |
1853 | PD Reprint | |
| No Irish Need Apply Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| No Man Can Hinder Me Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| No More Auction Block Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| No More Rain Fall for Wet You Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| No Never No Traditional |
1885 | PD Reprint | |
| No One to Love Traditional |
1885 - w. A.H.G. Richardson V - No one to love, none to caress, Roaming along through this world's wilderness | PD Reprint | |
| No Sounds from the City Are Heard Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| No Wedding Bells For Me Popular Song |
1906 - m. Seymour Furth, w. Will Heelan, Ed Moran | PD Reprint | |
| Noble Dickinsonia College |
N - Dickinson College | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody Popular Song |
1905 - m. Bert Williams, w. Alex Rogers | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord Spiritual |
V - Brothers will you pray for me? Sisters will you pray for me? Mothers will you pray for me, And help me to drive old Satan away? C - Nobdy knows the trouble I see, Lord, Nobody knows the trouble I see; nobody know the trouble I see Lord, Nobody knows like Jesus. | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody Knows, And Nobody Seems To Care Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I'm sad and lonely, there's a good reason why. Nobody cares about me That's why I sad as can be. I long for some one, somebody yes indeed, Lovin' kisses from one, Is exactly what I need. C - Many's the time I feel so lonesome But nobody knows, And nobody care. I've grown so tired of being by my 'own some' I want somebody to hug | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares Popular Song |
1909 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody Lied Popular Song |
1922 - m. J. Edwin Weber, w. Karyl Norman, Hyatt Berry | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody's Jig Traditional |
1728 | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody's Little Girl Popular Song |
1907 - m. Theordore F. Morse, w. Jack Drislane | PD Reprint | |
| Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon Popular Song |
1901 - m. J. Rosamond Johnson, w. Bob Cole | PD Reprint | |
| Nocturne op 9 no 2 Traditional |
1832 - Chopin | PD Reprint | |
| None But the Lonely Heart Traditional |
1869 - Tchaikovsky | PD Reprint | |
| Nonesuch Traditional |
1650 | PD Reprint | |
| Nonpareil Traditional |
1907 - Scott Joplin | PD Reprint | |
| Nora O'Neal Traditional |
1885 - Hays | PD Reprint | |
| Norma Grand March Traditional |
1849 | PD Reprint | |
| North Wind Children |
Alfred S. Gaty V - When the north wind keenly blows, Very red is Baby;s nose. Very cold are Baby's toes | PD Reprint | |
| North Wind Doth Blow Children |
V - The North wind doth blow, and we shall have snow | PD Reprint | |
| Northern Nancy Traditional |
1721 | PD Reprint | |
| Norwalk Traditional |
1890 - L.M. Luse | PD Reprint | |
| Norway Popular Song |
1915 - m. Fred Fisher, w. Joe McCarthy | PD Reprint | |
| Norwegian Dance Traditional |
1881 - Grieg | PD Reprint | |
| Not Because Your Hair Is Curly Popular Song |
1906 - w.m. Bob Adams | PD Reprint | |
| Not Very Long Ago Popular Song |
1900 | PD Reprint | |
| Not Weary Yet Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| Nothing - But Another Girl College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier Traditional |
1863 - Stephen Colllins Foster | PD Reprint | |
| Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Children |
V - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep | PD Reprint | |
| Now Is the Month of Maying Traditional |
Traditional | PD Reprint | |
| Now the Day is Over Hymn |
J. Barnby V - Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening, Steal across the sky. | PD Reprint | |
| Number One Traditional |
Est 1900 | PD Reprint | |
| Nun leb wohl du kleine Gasse Traditional |
w. 1833, m - w. A.G Schlippenbach, m. Silcher | PD Reprint | |
| Nur in Deutschland! Traditional |
w. 1824, m - w. H. von Fallersleben, m. J.W. Lyra | PD Reprint | |
| Nurse's Song Children |
V - Dance a baby, diddy, What can Mammy do wid 'e? Sit in a lap, Give it some pap, And dance a baby diddy. | PD Reprint | |
| Nymph Divine Traditional |
1728 | PD Reprint | |
