YLesser Known Public Domain SongsY List of 93
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. | |||
| Y.M.C.A. March Popular Song |
1903 - m. W.H. Anstead | PD Reprint | |
| Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula Popular Song |
1916 - w.m. E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young, Pete Wendling | PD Reprint | |
| Yale Boola Traditional |
1901 | PD Reprint | |
| Yale Boola Song College |
N - Yale University | PD Reprint | |
| Yale Quickstep Traditional |
1843 | PD Reprint | |
| Yale Yale You Can't Play Ball College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Yama Yama Blues Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Spencer Williams, Clarence Williams V - Papa, Papa, tell me what you've done to me, Papa, Papa, I'm as happy as can be When you're by my side I'm always gay, That's why I say: C - Papa,papa, mama, mama, do she double do love you. Papa, papa, mama, mama, don't care what you do | PD Reprint | |
| Yama-Yama Man Popular Song |
1908 - m. Karl Hoschna, w. George Collin Davis P - Three Twins - 1908, | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Bird Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Yankee Doodle (Nursery Version) Children |
V - Yankee Doodle came to town, Upon a little pony, He stuck a feather in his cap, And called it macaroni. C - Yankee Doodle, doodle do, Yankee Doodle dandy; All the lassies are so smart and sweet as sugar candy. | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Doodle (Patriotic) Children |
V - O, fath'r and I went down to camp Along with Captain Good'in. And there we saw the men and boys as thick as hasty puddin'. C - Yankee Doodle, keep it up, Yankee Doddle dandy, Mind the music and the step and with the girls be handy. | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Doodle Blues Popular Song |
1922 - m. George Gershwin, w. Irving Caesar, Bud DeSylva | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Doodle-oodle Patriotic |
m. College Tune, w. Richard D. Ware V - My name is Yankee Doodle and my home's the U.S.A. I'm getting pretty husky now and growing ev'ry day; Columbus brought me over here in fourteen ninety two, And landed me on Plymouth Rock to see what I would do. C - Oh! Yankee Doodle! Doo-dle-de-oo-dle-e-oo! Oh! Yankee Doodle! Doo-dle-de-oo-dle-e-oo-dle-e-oo-dle! N - Tune: Solomon Levi | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Grit Popular Song |
1905 - m. Abe Holzmann | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Hornpipe Traditional |
1823 | PD Reprint | |
| Yankee Ship and a Yankee Crew Traditional |
1885 - King | PD Reprint | |
| Yanks Started Yankin' Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon Traditional |
1788 - w. Robert Burns, m. Traditional Scots | PD Reprint | |
| Ye Parliaments of England Traditional |
1813 | PD Reprint | |
| Ye Social Powers Traditional |
1774 | PD Reprint | |
| Yellow and Blue College |
N - University of Michigan | PD Reprint | |
| Yellow and the Brown College |
N - Nebraska Wesleyan University | PD Reprint | |
| Yellow Ribbon Traditional |
Traditional | PD Reprint | |
| Yes or No Traditional |
1868 - Dan Emmett | PD Reprint | |
| Yes We Will All Be Dar Traditional |
Est 1900 | PD Reprint | |
| Yesterday Popular Song |
1907 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| Yiddle On Your Fiddle Popular Song |
1909 - w.m. Irving Berlin | PD Reprint | |
| Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay Popular Song |
1908 - m. John H. Flynn, w. Will D. Cobb | PD Reprint | |
| Yoo-Hoo Popular Song |
1921 - m. Al Jolson, w. Bud DeSylva | PD Reprint | |
| York Fusiliers Traditional |
1794 | PD Reprint | |
| Yorktown's Centennial Patriotic |
m. John Philip Sousa N - March | PD Reprint | |
| Yorkville Waltz Traditional |
1823 | PD Reprint | |
| You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Gus Kahn. Al Jolson, Bud DeSylva | PD Reprint | |
| You Ain't Talkin' To Me Popular Song |
1909 - w.m. Shelton Brooks | PD Reprint | |
| You Are The Ideal Of My Dreams Popular Song |
1910 - w.m. Herbert Ingraham | PD Reprint | |
| You Can Have Every Light on Broadway Popular Song |
1922 - m. Seymour B Simons, w. Bennie Davis | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Traditional |
1899 | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Cross Here Spiritual |
V - Yes, you must have that true religion . . . Or you can't cross here. C - O where you going sinner? O where you going, I say? Going down to the rivers of Jordan, You can't cross here. | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Fool All Of The People All Of The Time Popular Song |
1903 - w.m. Shepard N. Edmonds | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Keep A Good Man Down ~ Bradford Popular Song |
1920 - w.m. Perry Bradford | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Keep A Good Man Down ~ Carey Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. M.F. Carey | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Play In Our Yard Any More Traditional |
1894 | PD Reprint | |
| You Can't Stop Me From Loving You Popular Song |
1913 - m. Henry I. Marshall, w. Alex Gerber, Stanley Murphy | PD Reprint | |
| You Didn't Want Me When You Had Me Popular Song |
1919 - m. George J. Bennett, w. Ben Russell, Bernie Grossman | PD Reprint | |
| You Don't Have To Come From Ireland To Be Irish Popular Song |
1917 - m. Bert Grant, w. George Graff, Jr. V - What I've heard of Ireland, It must be a beautiful place' Rivers, lakes, and shamrocks, And a fighting wonderful race. C - You don't have to come from Ireland to be Irish. There's lots of Irish who've never seen a bit of Ireland. | PD Reprint | |
| You Gave Me Your Heart Popular Song |
1922 - m. Ted Snyder, w. Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler | PD Reprint | |
| You Gentlemen of England Traditional |
Traditional | PD Reprint | |
| You Got to Die Spiritual |
V - O, you just as well live in union, You got to die C - It may be tomorrow, You can't tell the minute nor the hour . . .You got to die. | PD Reprint | |
| You Know And I Know (And We Both Understand) Popular Song |
1915 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Schuyler Greene | PD Reprint | |
| You Know You Belong to Someone Else Popular Song |
1922 - m. James V. Monaco, Ira Schuster, w. Eugene West | PD Reprint | |
| You Made Me Love You Popular Song |
1913 - m. James V. Monaco, w. Joe McCarthy V - You made me happy sometimes, You made me glad, But there were times, You made me feel so bad. C - You made me love you. I didn't wanna do it. I didn't wanna do it. You made me want you. And all the time you knew it . . . | PD Reprint | |
| You May Belong to Someone Else, But Your Heart Belongs to Me Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| You Must Be Pure and Holy Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| You Naughty Naughty Men Traditional |
1866 | PD Reprint | |
| You Needn't Say The Kisses Came From Me Popular Song |
1900 - w.m. Stanley Carter | PD Reprint | |
| You Never Miss the Water Traditional |
1885 - m. R. Howard, w. Harry Linn V - When a child I lived at Lincoln with my parents at the farm, The lessons that my mother taught to me were quite a charm. C - Waste no, want no, is the maxim I would teach, Let you watch word be despatch, and practice what you preach. | PD Reprint | |
| You Never Spoke To Me Like That Before Popular Song |
1903 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | PD Reprint | |
| You Planted A Rose In The Garden Of Love Popular Song |
1914 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Will Callahan | PD Reprint | |
| You Remind Me of My Mother Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. George m. Cohan P - Little Nellie Kelly - 1922, | PD Reprint | |
| You Said It! Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| You Said Something Popular Song |
1916 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse | PD Reprint | |
| You Splash Me And I'll Splash You Popular Song |
1907 - m. Alfred Solman, w. Arthur Lamb | PD Reprint | |
| You Spotted Snakes Traditional |
Shakespeare | PD Reprint | |
| You Taught Me How To Love You Popular Song |
1909 - m. George Meyer, w. Jack Drislane | PD Reprint | |
| You Tell 'Em Ivories Traditional |
1921 - Zez Confrey | PD Reprint | |
| You Tell Her, I S-T-U-T-T-E-R Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. Billy Rose, Cliff Friend | PD Reprint | |
| You Tell Me Your Dream (And I Will Tell You Mine) Popular Song |
1900 - m. Neil Moret, w. Seymour A. Rice, Al H. Brown | PD Reprint | |
| You Tell Me Your Dream, I'll Tell You Mine Traditional |
1899 | PD Reprint | |
| You Won't Find a Man Like Jesus Spiritual |
V - You may search from sea to sea, But this thing is clear to me. That you won't find a man like Jesus. C - Like Jesus, like Jesus; And you won't find a man like Jesus. | PD Reprint | |
| You'd Be Surprised Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Irving Berlin | PD Reprint | |
| You'll Always Be The Same Sweet Baby Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| You'll Always Be The Same Sweet Girl Popular Song |
1915 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Strerling | PD Reprint | |
| You're A Dangerous Girl Popular Song |
1916 - m. James V. Monaco, w. Grant Clarke | PD Reprint | |
| You're A Great Big Blue-Eyed Baby Popular Song |
1913 - w.m. A. Seymour Brown | PD Reprint | |
| You're A Million Miles From Nowhere Popular Song |
1919 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | PD Reprint | |
| You're As Welcome As The Flowers In May Popular Song |
1902 - w.m. Dan J. Sullivan | PD Reprint | |
| You're Here And I'm Here Popular Song |
1914 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Harry B. Smith P - Marriage Market - 1914, | PD Reprint | |
| You're More Than The World To Me Popular Song |
1914 | PD Reprint | |
| You're My Baby Popular Song |
1912 - m. Nat D. Ayer, w. A. Seymour Brown V - There's something the matter with me, dear. Something I've tried to explain. If you're away for a week or a day, 'round my heart I feel a pain, C - You're my baby. You're a wonderful child. I like to have you 'round to make a fuss over me. N - Verse melody is well-known tune for Frankie and Johnny | PD Reprint | |
| You're Not the Only Pebble on the Beach Traditional |
1896 | PD Reprint | |
| You've Got A Milliion Dollar Smile Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| You've Got to Go Down and Join the Union Traditional |
PD Reprint | ||
| You've Got Your Mother's Big Blue Eyes Popular Song |
1913 - w.m. Irving Berlin | PD Reprint | |
| Young Charlotte Traditional |
1840's | PD Reprint | |
| Young Lover College |
PD Reprint | ||
| Young Man's Fancy Popular Song |
1920 - m. Milt Ager, w. Jack Yellen, John M. Anderson | PD Reprint | |
| Young Molly Who Lives at the Foot of the Hill Traditional |
1760 | PD Reprint | |
| Young Recruit Children |
F. W. Kucken V - Ev'ry boy would be a soldier, He must learn to shoot a gun, Then his training's just begun. | PD Reprint | |
| Young Widow Traditional |
1788 | PD Reprint | |
| Your Daddy Did The Same Thing Fifty Years Ago Popular Song |
PD Reprint | ||
| Your Eyes Have Told Me So Popular Song |
1919 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Walter Blaufuss, w. Gus Kahn | PD Reprint | |
| Your Mission Traditional |
1885 - m. S.M. Grannis, w. Jessie R. Gates V - If you cannot on the ocean Sail among the swiftest fleet, Rocking on the highest billow | PD Reprint | |
| Your Mother Wants You Home, Boy Popular Song |
1903 - w.m. Paul Dresser | PD Reprint | |
