Public Domain Music and Song List
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Ba Be | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Baa Baa Black Sheep |
V: Baa Baa Black sheep, have you any wool. Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full. |
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Ba-Be-Bi-Bo-Bu | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Baby Bunting |
V: Bye, Baby Bunting, Daddy's gone a hunting, To get a little rabbit skin, To wrap his Baby Bunting in. |
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Baby Mine | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Baby Shoes |
D: 1916 - Jod Goodwin, Ed Rose Al Piantadosi |
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Babylon's Fallin' |
V: Pure city, Babylon's fallin' to rise no more C: Oh, Babylon's fallin', fallin', fallin' |
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Back Among the Clover and the Corn |
D: 1904 |
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Back Home in Tennessee |
D: 1906 |
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Back to Life |
D: 1905 |
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Bag of Rags, The |
D: 1912 |
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Baghdad |
D: 1918 - Harold Atteridge Al Jolson, Sigmund Romberg V: Cross the desert plains a traveler worn Came fatiguede and forlorn C: Bagdad, you rise through, Bagdad, through skies blue |
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Baker University Hymn | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ballin' the Jack |
D: 1914 |
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Balm in Gilead |
V: Sometimes I feel discouraged, C: There is a Balm in Gilead, Balm in Gilead, to heal the sick soul. |
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Balooloo, my lammie |
D: 1905 |
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The Bamboula | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Band Played On |
D: 1895 |
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Bandolero | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Banjo Song, A |
D: 1910 |
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Bantam Step |
D: 1916 |
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Barbara Allen | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Barbara Ellen |
D: 1916 |
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Barley-Mow, The |
D: 1916 |
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Barn Dance |
D: 1908 |
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A Barque at Midnight |
D: 1899 |
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The Battle Cry of Freedom |
D: 1862 - George F. Root V: Yes, we'll rally round the flag boys, we'll rally once again C: The Union forever, Hurrah boys, Hurrah |
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Battle Hymn of the Republic |
D: 1862 |
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Battle of the Nations |
D: 1915 |
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Bavarian Yodel | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Be Kind to the Loved Ones at Home |
V: Be kind to thy father, for when thou wert young. Who loved thee so fondly |
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Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee |
D: 1912 |
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Be My Little Bumble Bee |
D: 1912 |
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Beale Street |
D: 1917 |
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Beale Street Blues |
D: 1917 - W.C. Handy W.C. Handy V: I've seen the lights of gay Broadway C: I'd rather be here than any place I know |
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Bean Porridge Hot |
V: Bean porridge hot, Bean porridge cold, Bean porridge in the pot nine days old |
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Bear Gently, So Gently, the Roughly Made Bier |
D: 1864 |
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Bear Went Over Mountain, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Beau Ideal March |
D: 1894 - John Philip Sousa |
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Beau Ideal March, The |
D: 1894 |
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Beautiful Bells | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Beautiful Dreamer |
D: 1864 |
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Beautiful Garden of Prayer, The |
D: 1920 |
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Beautiful Isle of Somewhere |
D: 1901 |
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Beautiful Isle of the Sea | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Beautiful Ohio |
D: 1918 |
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Beautiful River |
D: 1866 |
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Beautiful Star in Heaven so Bright | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Beautiful Star of Heaven |
D: 1905 |
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Because |
D: 1902 - Guy d'Hardelot, tr. Edward Teschemacher Guy d'Hardelot |
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Because [1902] |
D: 1902 |
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Because You're You |
D: 1906 |
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Bed Time |
V: The evening is coming, The sun sinks to rest, The crows are all flying straight home to the nest. |
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Bedelia |
D: 1903 |
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Bedlam |
D: 1916 |
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Been Down Into the Sea |
V: O won't those mourners rise an' tell? C: Hallelujah! an a Hallelujah! |
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Before I'd Be A Slave |
V: O, what preachin' ! C: Before I'd be a slave, I'd be buried in my grave |
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Before This Time Another Year |
V: My mother's broke the ice and gone C: Before this time another year |
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Beggar, The |
D: 1916 |
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Behind Your Silken Veil |
D: 1919 |
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Believe Me |
D: 1909 |
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Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bell da Ring |
D: 1867 |
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Bell Doth Toll, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Belle Layotte |
D: 1867 |
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Belle Malone | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Belle of Avenoo A |
D: 1895 |
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The Bells of St. Mary's |
D: 1917 |
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Beloit Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Ben Bolt |
D: 1848 |
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Benny Havens Oh | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bethena - A Concert Waltz |
D: 1905 |
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Betsy Ross |
D: 1910 |
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Better Times Are Coming |
D: 1862 |
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Bibabutzemann |
V: Gay dances Bibabutzemann, All in and out and round about; |
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Big Camp Meeting In the Promised Land |
V: You kin himder me here C: O dis union! |
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Big Foot Lou |
D: 1899 |
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Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home |
D: 1902 |
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Billiken Rag |
D: 1913 |
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Billy |
D: 1911 - Joe Goodwin Kendis & Paley |
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Billy Boy |
V: Oh, where have you been, Billy boy, Billy boy, Oh where have you been, charming Billy? |
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Billy Pringle |
V: Billy Pringle Had a little pig. When it was young it was not very big. |
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Bimini Bay |
D: 1921 |
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Bingo | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Binks' Waltz |
D: 1905 |
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A Bird in a Gilded Cage |
D: 1900 |
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Bird on Nellie's Hat, The |
D: 1906 |
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Birds in the Night |
D: or Earlier - Arthur S. Sullivan V: Birds in the night that softly call, Winds in the night that strangely sigh |
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Black and White Rag |
D: 1908 |
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Black Cat Patrol |
D: 1996 |
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Black Cat Rag, The |
D: 1905 |
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Black Smoke, A |
D: 1902 |
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Blackbirds and Thrushes |
D: 1916 |
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Blacksmith, The |
D: or Earlier - Franz Abt V: Who is that dark and swarthy man, Who there the hammer swings, So loudly hamm'ring all the day, |
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Blackville Society |
D: 1899 |
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Blame It on the Blues |
D: 1914 |
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Blanche Alpen | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blessed Guide to Peace and Light | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bloom My Tiny Violet |
V: Bloom my tiny violet by the water mill, Yet a short while longer, Thou'lt be fairer still |
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Blow Away the Morning Dew |
D: 1916 |
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Blow the Man Down | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blow Ye Winds Heigh-Ho | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blow Your Trumpet, Gabriel |
D: 1867 |
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Blow, Boys Blow | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blue Alsatian Mountains, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Blue Bells of Scotland |
D: or Earlier - Scottish Folk Song V: Oh! Where, tell me where is you Highland laddie gone? He's gone with streatming banners . . |
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Blue Eyed Mary |
D: or Earlier - German Folksong V: Come, tell me, blue eyed stranger, Say, whither dost thou roam? O'er this wide world a ranger, Hast thou no friends, no home? |
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Blue Eyes |
D: 1921 |
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Blue Goose Rag |
D: 1916 |
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Blue Grass Rag, The |
D: 1918 |
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Blue Juniata, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Blue Moon |
D: 1918 |
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Blue Streak |
D: 1921 |
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The Bluebird |
D: or Earlier - Ch. Debertiot V: Sweet bird, thy early note is gay, In woodland or in glade. |
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Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me |
D: 1919 - Arthur N Swanstone-Chas. R. McCarron-Carey Morgan Arthur N Swanstone-Chas. R. McCarron-Carey Morgan |
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Blythe, blythe and merry was she |
D: 1905 |
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Boat Song |
V: On, we are floating in sunshine and shadow, Soft are the ripples that sing as we go. |
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Boatmen's Dance, De | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bobby Shafto |
V: Bobby Shafto's gone to sea, Silver buckles on his knee. |
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Bohemia Rag |
D: 1919 |
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Bohunkus | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bold Fisherman | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bold Fisherman, The |
D: 1916 |
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Bold Nelson's Praise |
D: 1916 |
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Bolo Rag, The |
D: 1908 |
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Bon Bon Buddy |
D: 1907 |
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The Bonds of Love | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bonita Waltz |
D: 1909 |
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Bonnie | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomon' | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bonnie Blue Flag |
D: 1861 |
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Bonnie Dundee | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bonnie Eloise | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bonny Eloise | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bonny Lighter-Boy, The |
D: 1916 |
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Boo-Hoo-Hoo |
D: 1922 |
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Boola | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Boola Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Boom Our State |
D: 1921 |
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Botany Bay |
D: 1916 |
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Bound to Go |
D: 1867 |
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Bounding Buck, The |
D: 1918 |
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Boundless Expanse of the Sea, The |
D: 0 |
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Bowdoin Beata | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bowery |
D: 1892 |
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Bowery Buck |
D: 1899 |
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The Bowld Sojer Boy | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bow-Wow-Wow | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Boy and the Cuckoo |
V: A little boy went out to shoot one day, And carried his arrows and bow. For guns are dangerous . . . C: Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, cukoo, cuckoo, cuckoo |
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Brave Boys Are They! |
D: 1861 |
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Brave Mother Yale | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Break the News to Mother |
D: 1897 |
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Break, Break, Break | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Breakfast | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Breathings of Spring |
D: or Earlier - Felicia Hemans, C.M. von Weber V: What wakest thou, Spring? Sweet voices in the wood, And reedlike echoes that have long been mute. |
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A Breeze from Alabama |
D: 1902 |
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A Breeze from Blackville |
D: 1899 |
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Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bride-Elect |
D: 1897 - John Philip Sousa |
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Bridgwater Fair |
D: 1916 |
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Briery Bush, The |
D: 1916 |
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Bright College Years | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bright Sparkles in de Churchyard |
V: May de Lord -- He will be glad of me. . . . |
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Bright Stars Do Shine | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bright Years of youth | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Brimbledon Fair |
D: 1916 |
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Bring Back My Bonnie To Me | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bring the Wagon Home John | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Brisk Young Bachelor |
D: 1916 |
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Brisk Young Sailor |
D: 1916 |
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The British Grenadiers | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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British Grenadiers, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Broadway Rag |
D: 1922 |
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Broke Broke Broke | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Brother Moses Gone |
D: 1867 |
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Brother So Fine |
V: Brother so fine, brother so gay, Come do not be angry I pray. |
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Brother, Guide Me Home |
D: 1867 |
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Brother, Tell Me of the Battle |
D: or Earlier - w. Thomas Manahan, m. George F. Root V: .How the soldiers found and fell |
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Brother-'n-Law Dan |
D: 1922 |
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Bruce's Address | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Brunonia | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bruton Town |
D: 1916 |
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Buckwheat Cakes | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Budding Rose Waltz |
D: 1912 |
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Buddy |
D: 1919 |
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Buffalo Gals | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Buffalo Rag, The |
D: 1904 |
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Bugle Call | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bugle Call Rag |
D: 1916 |
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Build a House in Paradise |
D: 1867 |
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The Bull Dog | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bull Dog [Oh! The Bull Dog] | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bull Dog [Way Down] | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Bull Dog and the Bull Frog | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bull Dog on the Bank | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bull Dog, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Bumble Bee, The |
D: 1909 |
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Bunch o' Blackberries |
D: 1899 |
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Bunker Hill | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Burial of the Robin |
D: or Earlier - Alfred S. Gatty V: Found in the garden, dead in his beauty, Ah! That a robin should die in the spring! |
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Burning of Rome |
D: 1903 |
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Buttercups and Daisies |
V: Buttercups and daisies, Oh the pretty flowers. Comine ere the springtime To tell of sunny hours! |
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Butterfly, The |
D: 1914 |
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The Butterfly's Ball |
V: Come little folks hasten, I beg of you all. To the grasshopper's feast and the butteryfly's ball |
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Buy a Broom |
V: From Deutschland I come with my light ware all laden, to the land where the blessing of freedom doth bloom; |
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Buzzing Bumble Bees | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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By an' By |
V: O, by an' by, by an' by I'm goin' to lay down did heavy load |
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By and By |
V: I know my robe's going to fit me well. C: O, by and by, by and by |
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By Heck |
D: 1915 |
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By the Beautiful Sea |
D: 1914 |
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By the Campfire |
D: 1919 |
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
D: 1909 |
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By the Sad Sea Waves | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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By The Watermelon Vine |
D: 1904 |
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By the Watermelon Vine Lindy Lou | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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By the Waters of Minnetonka |
D: 1914 |
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By yon bonnie banks |
D: 1905 |
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Bye Bye Here's a Fly |
V: Baby bye, here's a fly, We will watch him you and I. Hoiw he crawls up the walls, Yet he never falls! |
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Bye Lo |
D: 1919 |
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Bzt! Bzt! | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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