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Public Domain Songs List of 130

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IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain materials. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove public domain status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1922 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1922 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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	Title	V=Verse   C=Chorus   N=Note   P=Production   w=Words   m=Music	1 - 3   $5 each 4 up   $4 each
	Baa Baa Black Sheep Children	1765 - V - Baa Baa Black sheep, have you any wool. Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.	PD Reprint
	Baby Bunting Children	[1885] - V - Bye Baby Bunting, Daddy's gone a hunting, To get a little rabbit skin, To wrap his Baby Bunting in.	PD Reprint
	Baby Doll Popular Song	w.m. Armstrong and Clark	PD Reprint
	Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Popular Song	1919 - w.m. Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield	PD Reprint
	Babylon's Fallin' Spiritual	V - Pure city, Babylon's fallin' to rise no more C - Oh, Babylon's fallin', fallin', fallin'	PD Reprint
	Back Home Again in Indiana	See Indiana (Back Home Again In)
	Back To The Carolina You Love Popular Song	1914 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. Grant Clarke	PD Reprint
	Back, Back To Baltimore Popular Song	1904 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry H. Williams	PD Reprint
	Baffled Knight Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bag Of Rags Popular Song	1912 -	PD Reprint
	Bagdad Popular Song	1912 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Anne Caldwell, James O'Dea	PD Reprint
	Baliff's Daughter of Islington Traditional		PD Reprint
	Ballin' the Jack Popular Song	1913 - Chris Smith and James Reese Europe	PD Reprint
	Balm in Gilead Spiritual	1853 - V - Sometimes I feel discouraged, And think my work's in vain, But then the Holy Spirit, Revives my soul again. C - There is a Balm in Gilead, To make the wounded whole . . . To heal the sin sick soul.	PD Reprint
	Balooloo, my lammie Traditional		PD Reprint
	Band Played On Popular Song	1895 - m. Charles B. Ward, w. John F. Palmer V - Matt Casey formed a social club that beat the town for style, And hired for a meeting place a hall. C - Casey would waltz with a strawberry blond, and the band played on. He'd glide cross the floor with the girl he adored, and the Band played on.	PD Reprint
	Bandana Days Popular Song	1921 - w.m. Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle	PD Reprint
	Barbara Allen Traditional	1666 -	PD Reprint
	Barber of Seville Traditional	1813 - Rossini	PD Reprint
	Barcarolle Tales of Hoffman Traditional	1864 - Offenbach	PD Reprint
	Barley-Mow Traditional	1916 -	PD Reprint
	Baron of Brackley Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bartered Bride Smetana Traditional	1872 - Smetana	PD Reprint
	Battle Cry of Freedom Traditional	1863 - Root	PD Reprint
	Battle Hymn of the Republic Patriotic	1861 - m. John William Steffe (?), w. Julia Ward Howe V - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; C - Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on.	PD Reprint
	Battle of Harlaw Traditional		PD Reprint
	Battle of Otterburn Traditional		PD Reprint
	Battle of Philiphaugh Traditional		PD Reprint
	Be My Little Baby Bumblebee Popular Song	1912 - m. Henry I. Marshall, w. Stanley Murphy	PD Reprint
	Beale Street Blues Popular Song	1917 - w.m. W.C. Handy	PD Reprint
	Bear Went Over the Mountain Traditional	1783 -	PD Reprint
	Beau Ideal March Patriotic	1894 - m. John Philip Sousa	PD Reprint
	Beautiful Annabelle Lee Popular Song	1920 - m. George Meyer, w. Alfred Bryan	PD Reprint
	Beautiful Dreamer Popular Song	1864 - Stephen Collins Foster	PD Reprint
	Beautiful Garden of Prayer Popular Song	1920 -	PD Reprint
	Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Traditional	1897 -	PD Reprint
	Beautiful Ohio Popular Song	1918 - m. Robert A. King, w. Ballard MacDonald	PD Reprint
	Beautiful River Hymn	V - Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angels he has brought, With it's crystal tides forever Flowing by the throne of God. C - Yes, we'll gather at the river. . . gathered with the saints at the river that flows by the throne of God. N - a.k.a Shall We Gather at the River	PD Reprint
	Beauty in Tears Traditional	T. O'Carolan	PD Reprint
	Because ~ Guy d'Hardelot Popular Song	1902 - w. Edward Teschemacher, m. Guy d'Hardelot N - m. pseudonym of Helen Guy or Mrs. W.I. Thodes	PD Reprint
	Bedelia Popular Song	1903 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome	PD Reprint
	Before This Time Another Year Spiritual	V - My mother's broke the ice and gone C - Before this time another year	PD Reprint
	Beggar's Opera Traditional	John Gay	PD Reprint
	Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms Traditional	1775 -	PD Reprint
	Belle of Chicago Patriotic	1892 - m. John Philip Sousa	PD Reprint
	Bells of St Mary's Popular Song	1917 - m. A. Emmett Adams, w. Douglas Furber	PD Reprint
	Ben Hur Chariot Race March Traditional	1899 - E.T. Paull	PD Reprint
	Bendemere's Stream Traditional	1911 -	PD Reprint
	Bessy Bell and Mary Gray Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bethena - A Concert Waltz Ragtime, Music Hall	m. Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Better Times Are Coming Traditional	1862 - Stephen Collins Foster	PD Reprint
	Bibabutzemann Children	V - Gay dances Bibabutzemann, in and out and round about. Gay dances Bibabutzemann	PD Reprint
	Bicycle Built for Two	See Daisy Bell
	Big Bass Viol Popular Song	1910 - w.m. M.T. Bohannon	PD Reprint
	Big Camp Meeting In the Promised Land Spiritual	V - You kin hinder me here, but you can't do it there, For He sits in de heavens, and He answers prayer, Big camp meeting in de promised land! C - O dis union! . . . Big camp meeting in de promised land!	PD Reprint
	Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home Popular Song	1902 - w.m. Hughie Cannon, Johnnie Queen	PD Reprint
	Billboard March Traditional	1901 -	PD Reprint
	Billiken Rag Traditional	E.J. Stark	PD Reprint
	Billy Popular Song	1911 - w.m. Joe Goodwin, James Kendis, Herman Paley	PD Reprint
	Billy Boy Children	1824 - V - Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy, Oh where have you been, charming Billy?	PD Reprint
	Bimini Bay Popular Song	1921 - m. Richard Whiting, w. Gus Kahn, Raymond Egan	PD Reprint
	Bingo Children	V - The miller's big dog lay on the barn floor, And Bingo was his name; B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, And Bingo was his name.	PD Reprint
	Binks' Waltz Ragtime, Music Hall	m. Scott Joplin (1867 - 1917)	PD Reprint
	Bird In A Gilded Cage Popular Song	1900 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Arthur Lamb	PD Reprint
	Bird on Nellie's Hat Popular Song	m. Alfred Solman, w. Arthur Lamb	PD Reprint
	Bit O' Blarney Popular Song	1904 - m. J. Fred Helf, w. Will Heelan	PD Reprint
	Black and White Rag Instrumental, Keyboard	1908 - N - Ragtime - music only, no lyrics	PD Reprint
	Black Cat Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blackbirds and Thrushes Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blame It on the Blues Traditional	1914 - Charles L. Cooke	PD Reprint
	Blaze Away March Popular Song	1901 - m. Abe Holzmann	PD Reprint
	Blest Be the Tie That Binds Hymn	w. John Fawcett, m. Hans G. Naegeli	PD Reprint
	Blow Away the Morning Dew Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blow Blow Thou Winter Winds Traditional	1600's - Shakespeare	PD Reprint
	Blow Boys Blow Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blow the Man Down Traditional	1880 -	PD Reprint
	Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho Traditional	1830 -	PD Reprint
	Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blue (and Broken-Hearted) Popular Song	1922 - m. Lou Handman, w. Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie	PD Reprint
	Blue Alsatian Mountains Traditional	Adams	PD Reprint
	Blue Bells of Scotland Children	Scottish Folk Song V - Oh! Where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? He's gone with streaming banners . .	PD Reprint
	Blue Bonnets Over the Border Traditional	Traditional Scots	PD Reprint
	Blue Danube Traditional	1867 - J Strauss	PD Reprint
	Blue Danube Blues Popular Song	1921 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Anne Caldwell	PD Reprint
	Blue Goose Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Blue Grass Rag Traditional	1918 - Charles Straight	PD Reprint
	Blue Juniata Traditional	1849 -	PD Reprint
	Blue Tail Fly Minstrel	1846 - Daniel Decatur Emmett N - a.k.a. Jim Crack Corn	PD Reprint
	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me Popular Song	1919 - m. Carey Morgan, w. Charles McCarron V - What is that song about kisses, What is that song about smiles, If I could have my way I'd sing a song today C - There are Blues that you get from worry. There are Blues that you get from pain. And there are Blues when you're lonely	PD Reprint
	Boar's Head Carol Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bobby Shafto Children	ca. 1750 - V - Bobby Shafto's gone to sea, Silver buckles on his knee, He'll come back and marry me, Pretty Bobby Shafto. N - a.k.a. Bobby Shaftoe	PD Reprint
	Bohemia Rag Traditional	Joseph Lamb	PD Reprint
	Bold Fisherman Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bolo Rag Traditional	1908 - Albert Gumble	PD Reprint
	Bonaparte's March Traditional	1849 -	PD Reprint
	Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond Traditional		PD Reprint
	Bonnie Blue Flag Traditional	1861 - McCarthy	PD Reprint
	Boola Boola Popular Song	1901 - w.m. Billy Johnson, Bob Cole, Allen M. Hirsch N - Yale University	PD Reprint
	Boston Come All Ye Traditional	1830 -	PD Reprint
	Boundless Expanse of the Sea Folk Song		PD Reprint
	Bowery Buck Traditional	Tom Turpin	PD Reprint
	Braes o' Yarrow Traditional		PD Reprint
	Breeze - Blow My Baby Back To Me College	m. James F. Hanley, w. Ballard MacDonald, Joe Goodwin	PD Reprint
	Breeze from Alabama Traditional	1902 - Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Bridal Chorus Traditional	Lohengrin	PD Reprint
	Bride-Elect Traditional	1897 -	PD Reprint
	Briery Bush Traditional		PD Reprint
	Brighten the Corner Where You Are Hymn	1913 - m. Charles H. Gabriel, w. Ima Duley Ogdon	PD Reprint
	Brighton Camp	See The Girl I Left Behind (Me)
	Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella Christmas, Holiday	1553 - w.m. French Carol, 1700s translated to English V - Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabelle! Bring a torch, to the stable run Christ is born. Tell the folk of the village Jesus is born and Mary's calling. C - Ah! Ah! beautiful is the Mother! Ah! Ah! beautiful is her child.	PD Reprint
	Bring Back My Bonnie To Me	See My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean
	Brisk Young Sailor Traditional		PD Reprint
	Britannia The Gem of the Ocean Traditional	1852 -	PD Reprint
	British Grenadiers Traditional	1750 -	PD Reprint
	Broadway Rag Traditional	James Scott	PD Reprint
	Broadway Rose Popular Song	1920 - m. Otis Spencer, Martin Fried, w. Eugene West	PD Reprint
	Broom of Cowdenknowes Traditional		PD Reprint
	Broomfield Hill Traditional		PD Reprint
	Brown Haired Maiden Traditional	Traditional Welsh	PD Reprint
	Brown October Ale Traditional	1891 -	PD Reprint
	Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine Popular Song	1907 - m. Seymour Furth, w. Vincent Bryan	PD Reprint
	Buffalo Gals Children	1844 - V - As I went lumbrin' down de street . . . a lubly gal I chanc'd to meet, Oh! She was fair to view C - Oh, Buffalo Gals will ye come out tonight, come out tonight. . . And dance by de light of de moon? N - Tune for Wheels On The Bus. We can neither confirm nor deny the public domain status of Wheels on the Bus lyrics.	PD Reprint
	Buffalo Rag Traditional	Tom Turpin	PD Reprint
	Burning Of Rome Popular Song	1903 - m. E.T. Paull	PD Reprint
	By and By Spiritual	V - I know my robes going to fit me well, I'm going to lay down my heavy load; C - O, by and by, by and by, I'm going to lay down my heavy load;	PD Reprint
	By Heck Popular Song	1914 - m. S.R. Henry, w. J. Wolfe Gilbert	PD Reprint
	By the Beautiful Sea Popular Song	1914 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Harold Atteridge	PD Reprint
	By the Light of the Silvery Moon Popular Song	1909 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Edward Madden	PD Reprint
	By the Waters of Minnetonka Popular Song	1914 - w. J.M. Cavanass, m. Thurlow Lieurance N - a.k.a. Moon Dear	PD Reprint
	By yon bonnie banks Traditional		PD Reprint

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