Public Domain Music and Song List
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12th Street Rag |
D: 1916 |
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99 Blues |
D: 1920 |
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A and M College Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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A B C Tumble Down D | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Aba Daba Honeymoon |
D: 1914 |
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ABC Tumble Down D |
V: A,B,C, tumble down D, The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me. |
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Abide With Me |
D: 1885 - Carl D. Herdman J.L. Molloy V: When without hope we wander from the fold C: Help me to live a life of Christian love |
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Action Song |
D: or Earlier - Alfred S. Gatty V: Tell me, my children, and pray answer right. Are hand made to work with or only to fight? |
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Adelina Yale Boola Girl | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Adeste Fideles |
D: 1803 |
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Adieu! 'This Love's Last Greeting | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Adieu, Dundee |
D: 1905 |
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Admiral Benbow |
D: 1916 |
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The Aeroplane |
D: 1913 |
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African Pas' |
D: 1902 |
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After the Ball |
D: 1892 - Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris V: A little maiden climed an old man's knee C: After the ball is over, after the break of morn |
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After They Gather the Hay |
D: 1906 - J. J. Walker S.R. Henry V: While the evening shades are falling, Jennie dear C: After they gather the hay, after they harvest the grain |
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After 'While |
D: 1909 - Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris V: Years have come and years have gone so silently C: After while, after while, you will wonder why your heart is always aching |
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After You've Gone |
D: 1918 |
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Afterwards | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Afton Water |
D: 1905 |
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Agitation Rag |
D: 1915 |
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Ah Me Conditione | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ah! I Have Signed to Rest Me | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway! |
D: 1850 |
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Ah! So Pure | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life |
D: 1910 - Rida Johnson Young Victor Herbert V: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, at last I've found thee |
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Ain't I Glad I've Got Out the Wilderness |
V: O, ain't I glad I've got out the wilderness C: Come aleaning on the Lord |
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Ain't That Good News. |
V: I've a crown up in God's kingdow C: I'm a-goin' to lay down this world |
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Ain't We Got Fun |
D: 1921 - Gus Kahn, Raymond B. Egan Richard A. Whiting V: Bill collectors gather 'round and rather haunt the cottage door C: Every morning every evening Ain't we got fun |
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Ain't You Coming Back to Old New Hampshire, Molly? |
D: 1906 |
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Alabama Dream [A Rag Time Cake Walk] |
D: 1899 |
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Alabama Moon |
D: 1920 - George Hamilton Green George Hamilton Green V: Alabama moon coming out so soon shining through the trees C: Moonlight down in Alabam shining bright |
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The Alcoholic Blues (Some Blues) |
D: 1919 - Edward Laska Albert Von Tilzer V: I love my country, 'deed I do C: I've got the blues, I've go th alcoholic blues |
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Alexander |
D: 1904 |
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Alexander's Ragtime Band |
D: 1911 - Irving Berlin Irving Berlin V: Oh, ma joney, Better hurry and let's meander C: Come on and head . . . Alexander's ragtime band |
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Alice Blue Gown |
D: 1919 - Joseph McCarthy Harry Tierney V: I once had a gown it was almost new C: In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown, When I first wandered down into town |
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Alice, Where Art Thou? | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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All Alone |
D: 1911 - Wm. Dillon Harry Von Tilzer V: Hello Central, Hello Central, Give me 603 C: All alone, all alone, nobody here but me |
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All By Myself |
D: 1921 - Irving Berlin Irving Berlin |
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All Coons Look Alike to Me |
D: 1896 |
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All for the Sake of California | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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All For You |
D: 1921 - Benny Davis Arnold Johnson V: Cuddle up dear, I am sincere, There's something I want to tell you C: All for you, All for you, I would start my life anew |
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All Hail to Thee Fair Western | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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All is Quiet, Lullaby, Violin Obligato | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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All Over Now | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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All Over This World. |
V: All my troubles will soon be over C: All over this world |
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All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight |
D: 1863 |
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All She'd Say Was Umh-Umn |
D: 1920 - King Zany, Mac Emery, Van and Schenck King Zany, Mac Emery, Van and Schenck V: I never cared for birds or flowers or buzzing ot eh bees until today C: Like a sweet coooin' dove I'm just bbbling with love Umh Hum Umh-Hum |
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All That I Ask of You Is Love |
D: 1910 - Edgar Selden Herbert Ingraham V: I care not what the world may say, Or if it mock and jeer C: All that I ask is love, All that I want is you |
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All the Money |
D: 60 |
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All Through the Night |
V: Sleep my babe, lie still and slumber, All through the night |
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All Throughout the Great Wide World I Wandered |
D: 0 |
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All Up and Down, My Honey [Sugar Lump] |
D: 1903 |
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Allah's Holiday |
D: 1917 - Otto Hauerbach Rudolf Frimi |
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Alleluia |
D: 1917 V: Let joyful praise to Heav'n ascend, for signs and tears have now an end C: Allueluia, Alleluia, Alleluia |
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Alma Mater | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Amherst | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Brown | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Colby | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Colgate | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Cornell | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Greenville | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Illinois | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Lake Erie | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Lehigh | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Muhlenberg | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Ohio State University | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Ohio Wesleyan College | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Princeton | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Swarthmore | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Syracuse | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - University of Chicago | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - University of North Dakota | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - University of Wisconsin | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - US Military Academy | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Vassar | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater - Yale | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Alma Mater O | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Almost Over |
D: 1867 |
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Aloha Oe |
D: 1912 or Earlier |
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Along the Peterskaya Road |
D: 0 |
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Alphabet Song |
V: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P. |
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Alpine Love Story |
D: 1913 |
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Am I Not Fondly Thine Own | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Amazon Rag, The |
D: 1904 |
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America |
D: 1861 V: My country 'tis of thee, Swet land of liberty, Of thee I sing. |
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America Hymn | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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America the Beautiful | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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American Beauty Rag |
D: 1913 |
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American Cradle Song |
V: See Rock-A-Bye Baby |
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American Jubilee |
D: 1916 |
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Amici | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Anchored |
D: No Date - Samuel K. Cowan, M.A. Michael Watson V: Flying with flowing sail, over the summer sea! Sheer thro' the seething gald Homeward bound was she! C: Safe at last, the danger past, safe in this father's home |
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And A Little Child Shall Lead Them |
D: 1906 - Charles K. Harris Charles K. Harris V: Mother dear, I want my Papa. Why did you send him away? C: And a little child shall lead them, lead them gently on their way. |
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And Then | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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And When the Leaves | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Angel Food |
D: 1911 |
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Angel Gabriiel | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Angelic Songs are Swelling | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Angeline | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Angels - We Call Them Mothers Down Here |
D: 1921 - Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby V: I watched a sweet little laddie die, One day at play, and I heard him say C: Angels have sould that are pure, Angels have hearts full of love |
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The Angels Changed My Namne | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Angels Ever Bright and Fair | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Annie Laurie |
D: 1905 or Earlier |
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Annie Lisle | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Antique Mosaic | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Antoinette - March and Two Step |
D: 1906 |
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Anvil Chorus | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Any Little Girl That's A Nice Little Girl |
D: 1910 - Thomas J. Gray Fred Fischer V: Said she, 'my dear, it seems so queer, I can't please you at all C: Amy little girl that's a nice little girl is the right little girl for me |
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Any Old Time At All |
D: 1906 - Wm. Jerome Jean Schwartz V: Honey, do you love me dearly? Honey, tell me, tell me, do C: Lov me when the moon is beaming, love me when the stars are dreaming |
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Any Time |
D: 1921,1948 - Herbert Happy Lawson Herbert Happy Lawson V: Any time you're feeling lonely, any time you're feeling blue |
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Anybody Here? |
V: The angels wings were tipp'd withgold C: Is there anybody here That loves my Jesus |
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Anything is Nice If It Comes From Dixieland |
D: 1919 - Grant Clarke, Geo. W. Meyer, Milton Ager Grant Clarke, Geo. W. Meyer, Milton Ager V: Ev'ry winter you will notice that the birdies in the sky, to the south will always fly C: Just to make our clothes the cotton grows, in dear old Alabam' |
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Apple Blossoms |
D: 1911 |
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April Showers |
D: 1921 - B. G. De Sylva Louis Silvers V: Life is not a highway strewn with flowers, still it holds a goodly share of bliss C: Showers may come your way, They bring the flowers that bloom in May |
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Arabian Nights |
D: 1918,1919 - Herbert Reynolds M. David and Wm. Hewitt V: With what joy girl and boy have always loved to look C: Arabian nights, golden nights, dear delights of oriental mystery |
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Araby |
D: 1915 - Irving Berlin Irving Berlin V: Tonight I'm dreaming of Araby, That's where my dreams seem to carry me. C: Araby, when shades of night appear I seem to hear you calling. |
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Archangel, Open the Door |
D: 1867 |
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Are You From Dixie? |
D: 1915 - Jack Yellen George L. Cobb |
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Are You Sleeping | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ariel | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Arise, Arise |
D: 1916 |
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Arise, My Soul | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Arkansas Traveler, The |
D: 1863 |
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Army Blue | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Army Oh Army | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Army Team | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Army's Coming Down the River | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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A-Roving | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Arrah Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back to Oregon |
D: 1916 |
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Artillery Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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As A Little Child |
D: or Earlier - C.M. von Weber V: As a little chile relies On a care beyond its own, Knows beneath it father's eyes, It is never left alone. |
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As I Walked Through the Meadows |
D: 1916 |
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As We Go Round the Mulberry Bush |
D: 1903 |
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As Your Hair Grows Whiter |
D: 1897 - Harry Dacre Harry Dacre V: Light of my life! I will always love you darling C: As your hair grows whiter, I will love you more ! |
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Ashy Africa |
D: 1903 |
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Ask Her While the Band Is Playing |
D: 1908 |
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Asleep in the Deep |
D: 1897 |
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At a Georgia Camp Meeting |
D: 1897 |
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At Dawning |
D: 1906 - Nelle Richmond Eberhart Charles Wakefield Cadman V: When the dawn flames in the sky I love you, When the birdlings wake and cry I love you |
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At the Ball, That's All |
D: 1913 |
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At the Dawn of the Day |
V: Loko ku ti ga loko ku ti ga |
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At the Devil's Ball |
D: 1913 |
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At the Hop | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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At Twilight | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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At Twilight When The Shadows Fall |
D: 1918 - J. Stanley Brothers, Jr. J. Stanley Brothers, Jr. V: When the shadows of the night fall softly from above C: Sing me just a song at twilight, just a melody of love |
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Auf Wiedersehn |
D: 1915 |
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Augustan Club Waltz |
D: 1901 |
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Auld Lang Syne |
D: 1905 or Earlier - w. Robert Burns V: Should auld acquainteance be forgot And never brought to mind, C: For Auld Lang Syne, my dear, We'll take a cup o' kindness yet, For Auld Lang Syne. |
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Auld Robin Gray |
D: 1905 or Earlier |
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Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Aunt Hagaar's Children Blues |
D: 1921 |
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Aura Lee |
D: 1861 |
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Aurore Bradaire |
D: 1867 |
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Australia | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Autumn Song |
D: ND (1899) V: Oh, little bird upon the tree, What will you sing today? Now spring has gone and summer gone, And swallows flown away |
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Avalon |
D: 1920 - Al Jolson, Vincent Rose Al Jolson, Vincent Rose |
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Ave Maria |
D: 1895 or Earlier - Sir Walter Scott Franz Schubert V: Ave Maria, Maiden mil, Ah, listen to a maiden's prayer C: Ave Maria |
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Away Away Away We Go | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Away Down in Sunbury |
D: 1867 |
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Aye wakin', O! |
D: 1905 |
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Azalea |
D: 1902 |
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