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Public Domain Songs List of 131

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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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C Best Known Public Domain Songs C

	Title	V=Verse   C=Chorus   N=Note   P=Production   w=Words   m=Music	1 - 3   $5 each 4 up   $4 each
	Cabbage-Leaf Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Cactus Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Caissons Go Rolling Patriotic	1908 - w.m. Edmund L. Gruber V - Over hill over dale we have hit the dusty trail, As our caissons go rolling along. C - For it's Hi! Hi! He! In the field artillery, Shout out your numbers loud and strong.! N - U.S. Army Official Song	PD Reprint
	Cake Walk in the Sky Traditional		PD Reprint
	Calico Rag Popular Song		PD Reprint
	California Popular Song	1922 - w.m. Cliff Friend, Con Conrad	PD Reprint
	Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon Popular Song	1910 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Nellie Green met Harry Lee At a masquerade the other night C - Call me up some rainy afternoon, I'll arrange for a quiet little spoon	PD Reprint
	Calvery Spiritual	V - Every time I think about Jesus, C - Calvery..... Calvery, Calvery..... Calvery....	PD Reprint
	Cam' ye by Atholl Traditional		PD Reprint
	Campbells Are Comin' Traditional	1745 - Traditional Scots	PD Reprint
	Campin' on de Ole Suwanee Traditional	Lee Orean Smith	PD Reprint
	Camptown Races Popular Song	1850 - Stephen Collins Foster	PD Reprint
	Can Can Traditional	1858 - Offenbach	PD Reprint
	Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline Popular Song	1914 - m. Caro Roma, w. William H. Gardner	PD Reprint
	Can't You See I'm Lonely Popular Song	1905 - m. Harry Armstrong, w. Felix Feist	PD Reprint
	Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy? Popular Song	1911 - w.m. Thurland Chattaway	PD Reprint
	Canaday-I-O Traditional		PD Reprint
	Canadian Capers Popular Song	1915 - w.m. Gus Chandler, Bert White, Harry Cohen	PD Reprint
	Cannon Ball Rag Ragtime, Music Hall	1905 - m. Joseph Northrup	PD Reprint
	Caprice Viennois Popular Song	m. Fritz Kreisler	PD Reprint
	Capricio Espagnol Traditional	1888 - Rimsky-Korsikov	PD Reprint
	Captain Ginjah Traditional	F. W. Leigh	PD Reprint
	Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines Traditional	Pratt	PD Reprint
	Car-Barlick-Acid Traditional		PD Reprint
	Careless Love Popular Song	1895? - Probably Traditional	PD Reprint
	Carnal and the Crane Traditional		PD Reprint
	Carolina in the Morning Popular Song	1922 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Gus Kahn	PD Reprint
	Carpet Rags Popular Song		PD Reprint
	Carrie (Marry Harry) Popular Song	1909 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Junie McCree	PD Reprint
	Carry Me Back To Old Virginny Popular Song	1878 - w.m. James A. Bland	PD Reprint
	Cascades Traditional	1904 - Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Casey Jones Popular Song	1909 - m. Eddie Newton, w. T. Lawrence Seibert	PD Reprint
	Casey Would Waltz with the Strawberry Blonde	See The Band Played On
	Castle Doggy Traditional	James Reese Europe N - Fox Trot	PD Reprint
	Cat Came Back Traditional	1893 -	PD Reprint
	Cataract Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Champagne Charlie Traditional	c1868 - w. George Leybourne, m. Alfred Lee	PD Reprint
	Champagne Rag Traditional	Joseph Lamb	PD Reprint
	Chanticleer Rag Popular Song	1910 - m. Albert Gumble, w. Edward Madden	PD Reprint
	Charlatan Patriotic	1897 - m. John Philip Sousa	PD Reprint
	Charleston Gals Traditional		PD Reprint
	Chatterbox Rag Traditional	1910 - George Botsford	PD Reprint
	Chaw roast beef Traditional	1859 -	PD Reprint
	Cheer Up, Mary Popular Song	1906 - w.m. Jack Kendis, Harry Armstrong	PD Reprint
	Chelsea Reach Traditional	1665 -	PD Reprint
	Cherie Popular Song	1921 - m. Irbing Bibo, w. Leo Wood	PD Reprint
	Chester Traditional	1778 - William Billings N - Colonial Marching Song	PD Reprint
	Chevy Chase Ragtime, Music Hall	Eubie Blake	PD Reprint
	Chicago, That Toddlin' Town Popular Song	1922 - w.m. Fred Fisher	PD Reprint
	Chicken Reel Popular Song	1910 - m. Joseph M. Daly, w. Joseph Mittenthal	PD Reprint
	Child In The Manger Folk Song	m. Irish Traditional, w. Mary MacDonald V - Child in the manger! Infant of Mary; Outcast and stranger, Lord of all! Child who inherits All our transgressions, All our demerits on Him Fall! N - Morning Has Broken lyrics were published in 1931 and are NOT in the public domain.	PD Reprint
	Chili Bean Popular Song	1920 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Lew Brown	PD Reprint
	Chime Again Beautiful Bells Children	Sir Henry Bishop V - Chime again, chime again, beautiful bells. Now thy soft melody floats on the wind	PD Reprint
	Chin Chin Chinaman Traditional	1896 -	PD Reprint
	Chinatown My Chinatown Popular Song	1910 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome V - When the town is fast asleep, And it's midnight in the sky C - Chinatown, my Chinatown, Where the lights are low	PD Reprint
	Chong, He Come From Hong Kong Popular Song	1919 - w.m. Harold Weeks	PD Reprint
	Chop Sticks Traditional	1877 - de Lulli (?) N - a.k.a. Chop Waltz	PD Reprint
	Chorus Jig Traditional	1849 -	PD Reprint
	Christians Awake Hymn	1750 - m. John Wainwright, w. John Byron V - Christians, awake, salute the happy morn Whereon the Savior of the world was born. Rise to adore the mystery of love Which hosts of angels chanted from above,	PD Reprint
	Christmas Day Popular Song	1910 - m. Gustav Holst	PD Reprint
	Christmas Day in the Morning Children	V - Dame get up and bake your pies, bake your pies, on Christmas day in the morningt	PD Reprint
	Christmas Tree Children	1800s - German V - O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, how faithful are they leaves, N - German O Tannenbaum, tr. The Fir Tree	PD Reprint
	Chrysanthemum Traditional	Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Cincinnati Hornpipe Traditional		PD Reprint
	Ciribiribin Popular Song	1909 - m. Alberto Pestalozza, w. Rudolf Thaler	PD Reprint
	Clair De Lune - Suite Bergamasque Classical	1905 - Claude Debussy N - Music Only, No Lyrics	PD Reprint
	Cleanin' Up in Georgia Traditional	Harry P. Guy	PD Reprint
	Clementine	See Oh My Darling Clementine
	Cleopha Traditional	Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Clerk Saunders Traditional		PD Reprint
	Climbing Up the Golden Stairs Traditional	1884 -	PD Reprint
	Clyde's Water Traditional		PD Reprint
	Coal Black Mammy Popular Song	1921 - m. Ivy St. Helier, w. Laddie Cliff	PD Reprint
	Coal Black Rose Traditional	1827 -	PD Reprint
	Coasts of High Barbary Traditional		PD Reprint
	Coaxing the Piano Traditional	1922 - Zez Confrey	PD Reprint
	Cobbler's Hornpipe Traditional	1701 -	PD Reprint
	Cockles and Mussels Traditional	1750 -	PD Reprint
	Cohen On The Telephone Popular Song	1914 - w. Joe Hayman	PD Reprint
	Cold Icy Hand	See Death's Going to Lay His Hand on Me
	Cole Smoak Traditional		PD Reprint
	Colin's Cattle Traditional		PD Reprint
	Colonel Bogey March Popular Song	1916 - m. Kenneth J. Alford N - March used in 1957 Movie, Bridge on the River Kwai	PD Reprint
	Colored Major Traditional		PD Reprint
	Columbia the Gem of the Ocean Patriotic	1843 - m. Thomas a Becket, w. David T. Shaw V - O Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free. C - . . . When borne by the red, white, and blue N - Also possible British origin, "Britannia, the Pride of the Ocean"	PD Reprint
	Combination March Ragtime, Music Hall	1896 - m. Scott Joplin (1867 - 1917)	PD Reprint
	Come After Breakfast, Bring 'Long Your Lunch Popular Song	1909 - w.m. James T. Brymn, Chris Smith, Jim Burris	PD Reprint
	Come Along My Mandy Popular Song	1910 - w.m. Tom Mellor, Alfred J. Lawrence, Harry Gifford	PD Reprint
	Come Back to Erin Popular Song	1866 - Claribel	PD Reprint
	Come Back to Sorrento Traditional	1904 -	PD Reprint
	Come Down, Ma Evenin' Star Popular Song	1902 - m. John Stromberg, w. Robert B. Smith	PD Reprint
	Come Haste to the Wedding Traditional	Traditional Irish	PD Reprint
	Come Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl Traditional	1750 -	PD Reprint
	Come Lasses and Lads Traditional	Traditional	PD Reprint
	Come Lassies and Lads Children	Old English V - Come, lasses and lads, get leave of your dads, And away to the Maypole hie	PD Reprint
	Come Let's Be Merry Traditional	1727 -	PD Reprint
	Come Out Of The Kitchen, Mary Ann Popular Song	1917 - w.m. James Kendis, Charles Bayha	PD Reprint
	Come Take A Trip In My Airship Popular Song	1904 - m. George Evans, w. Ren Shields	PD Reprint
	Come Thou Almighty King Hymn	1885 - m. F. Giardini, w. C.Wesley	PD Reprint
	Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing Hymn	1885 - Wyeth	PD Reprint
	Come to the Moon Popular Song	1919 - m. George Gershwin, w. Ned Wayburn, Lou Paley V - Helly ev'rybody, I have come to take you back with me To a land of liberty C - Come to the moon, I'll lead the way to Spoonland There earthly troubles vanish like bubbles	PD Reprint
	Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming Traditional	1855 - Stephen Collins Foster	PD Reprint
	Come Ye Disconsolate Traditional	Webbe	PD Reprint
	Come, Josephine, in My Flying Machine Popular Song	1910 - m. Fred Fisher, w. Alfred Bryan	PD Reprint
	Comin' Thro' the Rye Traditional	1796 - w. ed Robert Burns, m. unknown	PD Reprint
	Comrades, I Am Dying! Patriotic	1864 - w. Manahan, m. Sontag	PD Reprint
	Concerto for Piano #2 Traditional	1901 - Rachmaninoff	PD Reprint
	Cooper o'Fife Traditional	Traditional Scots	PD Reprint
	Coronation March Traditional	1849 - Meyerbeer	PD Reprint
	Cotton Bolls Traditional		PD Reprint
	Cotton Eyed Joe Traditional	Traditional Fiddle Tune	PD Reprint
	Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray Spiritual	V - In the valley . . . with my burden! . . . An' my Saviour! . . . C - An' I couldn't hear nobody pray. O way down yonder by myself I couldn't hear nobody pray.	PD Reprint
	Country Club Traditional	1909 - Scott Joplin	PD Reprint
	Country Gardens Traditional	1728 -	PD Reprint
	Coventry Carol Christmas, Holiday	1500s - w.m. English Traditional Carol V - Lullay, Thou little tiny Child, By, by, lully, lullay. Lullay, Thou little tiny Child, By, by lully, lullay.	PD Reprint
	Cradle Song - Brahms Children	Johannes Brahms V - Lullaby and good night, with roses bedight, With lilies bedecked is baby's wee bed	PD Reprint
	Cradle Song - Weber Children	Weber V - Sleep, my heart's darling, in slumber repose. Let the fair lid o'er those blue eyes now close;	PD Reprint
	Crazy Blues Popular Song	1920 - w.m. Perry Bradford	PD Reprint
	Crazy Bone Rag Traditional	1913 - Charles L. Johnson	PD Reprint
	Creole Belles Popular Song	1900 - m. J. Bodewald Lampe, w. George Sidney	PD Reprint
	Crinoline Days Popular Song	1922 - w.m. Irving Berlin	PD Reprint
	Crown Him With Many Crowns Hymn	m. G. J. Elvey, w. M. Bridges	PD Reprint
	Cry Baby Blues Popular Song		PD Reprint
	Cuban Moon Popular Song	1920 - m. Joe McKiernan, w. Norman Spencer	PD Reprint
	Cuckolds All in a Row Traditional	1650 -	PD Reprint
	Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Lovey Mine Popular Song	1908 - m. Karl Hoschna, w. Otto Harbach	PD Reprint
	Cum-Bac Rag Traditional		PD Reprint
	Cumberland Gap Traditional	Traditional Fiddle Tune	PD Reprint
	Curse of an Aching Heart Popular Song	1913 - m. Al Piantadosi, w. Henry Fink	PD Reprint
	Cutty Wren Traditional		PD Reprint
	Cyclone in Darktown Traditional	George D. Barnard	PD Reprint

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