Public Domain Music and Song List
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PD Reprints 1-3 $5, 4+ $4 |
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Dabbling in the Dew |
D: 1916 |
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Daddy |
D: or Earlier - F. Behrend V: Take my head on your shoulder, Daddy. Turn your face to the west. It is just the hour when the sky turns gold. |
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Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow-Wow |
D: 1892 |
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The Daisy |
V: I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring, in the meadows I am found, Peeping just above the ground |
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Daisy Bell |
D: 1892 |
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Dance a Baby Diddy |
V: Dance a baby diddy! What can mammyu do wid'e? Sit in her lap, Give it some pap, |
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Dance of the Fairies |
V: The fairies are dancing, how nimbly they bound, They flit o'er the grass top, they touch not the ground. |
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Dance of the Snowflakes | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dance of the Wild Flowers | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dance With Me | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Dancing Lesson |
V: Brother come and dance with mel Both my hand I'm offring thee, |
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Daniel Saw the Stone |
V: Never saw such a men before. C: Daniel saw the stone slowly |
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Danish National Hymn | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Danny Boy |
D: 1913 |
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Danny Deever | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Danube River, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Danville Chariot |
V: I done been to heaven and I done been tried C: Oh, swing low , sweet chariot |
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Dapper Dan | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Darby and Joan | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dardanella |
D: 1919 |
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Dark Is the Night |
D: 0 |
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Darktown Strutters' Ball | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Darktown Stutters' Ball, The |
D: 1917 |
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Darling Go to Rest |
V: Evening shades are falling; Time to go to rest, Stars are softly calling Darling to her rest; |
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Darling Nellie Gray |
D: 1856 |
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Dartmouth Our Dartmouth | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Dartmouth Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dashing Cavaliers | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dashing White Sergeant | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dat Lovin' Rag |
D: 1908 |
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Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, The |
D: 1918 |
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Dauntless March |
D: 1877 |
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Day By Day |
D: 1900 |
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Day of Judgment, The |
D: 1867 |
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Days of Summer Glory |
D: or Earlier - C.M. von Weber V: Days of summer glory, Days I love to see C: La la la, la la la, la la la, la la la, la la la |
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Days of Youth | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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De blin' man stood on de road an' cried - 1933 |
V: O de blin' man stood on' de road an' cried |
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De Gospel Train "Git on bo'd lit'l children" |
V: De gospel train am a comin; I heard it jus' at han; C: Git on bo'd lit'l children |
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De Ole Sheep Done Know De Road |
V: Oh, sooner in de mornin' C: Oh, de ole sheep done know de road |
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De Winter'll Soon Be Ober |
V: Oh, look up yonder what I see C: Oh de winter, de winter |
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Dear Alma Mater | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Aunt May | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Bucknell | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Evelina, Sweet Evelina | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Heart |
D: 1919 - Jean Lefavre W.C. Polla, Willard Goldsmith V: I'm dreaming dreams of days gone by, A heart that once was true C: Dear heart, are you true to me |
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Dear Kenyon | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Little Boy of Mine |
D: 1918 - J. Keirn Brennan Ernest R. Ball V: Oft when I'm lonely my memory swings Back to your baby days C: Boy of mine, Altho' my heart was aching, I seemed to know you'd want to go |
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Dear Mother Goose |
D: or Earlier - w. Kate Forman, m. Carrie Bullard V: O dear Mother Goose, come and take us |
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Dear Old Girl |
D: 1903 |
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Dear Old Pals | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Old Reserve | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dear Old Yale | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dearest Mae | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dearest Spot is Home, The |
D: or Earlier - w.m. W. T. Wrighton V: The dearest spot on earth to me is home, sweet home |
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Dearie |
D: 1905 |
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The Death and Burial of Cock Robin |
V: Who kill's Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow; With my bow and arrow, I kill'd Cock Robin. |
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Death and the Lady |
D: 1916 |
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Death Goning to Lay His Hand on Me. |
V: O... sinner, sinner, you better pray C: Crying,"O......Lord!!" "O my Lord!" |
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Death of Queen Jane, The |
D: 1916 |
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Deck the Hall | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Deep River |
V: Deep river, my home is over Jordon |
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De'il's Awa' Ai' the Exciseman, The |
D: 1905 |
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Dem Charning Bells |
V: Come along my brother, come along C: Lord, I'm almost home |
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Democracy's Call | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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A Demonstration | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Der Deitcher's Dog |
D: 1864 |
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Dere's A Little Wheel A-turnin |
V: Dere's a little wheel a turnin; in my heart |
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Dere's an Old Camp Meetin' | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dese Dry Bones of Mine |
V: What kind of shoes is dem you wear? C: An' a Lord, dese dry bones of mine |
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Dh' Fhalbh Mo Leannan Fhein |
D: 1905 |
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Dickory Dickory Dock |
V: Dickory, Dickory Dock; The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down . . . NOTE: Also 'Hickory, Dickory, Dock' |
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Did You Hear How Dey Crucified My Lord |
V: Did you hear how dey crusified my Lord C: Oh, how it makes me tremble, tremble |
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Did You Hear My Jesus |
V: Ef you want to get to hebben, come a-long, C: Did you hear my Jesus when He call you |
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Diddle Diddle Dumpling |
V: Diddle, diddle dumpling, my son John Went to bed with his stockings on; |
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Didelphis or Opossum March and Two Step | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? |
V: Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel; d'liver Daniel, d'liver Danie |
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Die Wacht Am Thein | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dill Pickles |
D: 1906 |
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Dimples |
D: 1910 |
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Ding Dong Bell |
V: Ding Dong Bell, Pussy's in the well; Who put here in? Little Johnny Green; Who pulled her out? Big John Stout. |
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Dingy Slowdown, A |
D: 1900 |
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The Diplomat |
D: 1904 - John Philip Sousa |
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Diplomat, The |
D: 1904 |
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The Directorate |
D: 1896 - John Philip Sousa |
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Dixie Blossoms |
D: 1906 |
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Dixie Dimples |
D: 1918 |
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Dixie Girl |
D: 1903 |
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Dixie Queen |
D: 1907 |
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Dixie's Land |
D: 1860 - Dan D. Emmett Dan D. Emmett V: I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old time dar am not forgotten C: Den I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! |
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Do I Love Her | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Do Not Awaken My Memories |
D: 0 |
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Do Not Scold Me and Do Not Reproach Me |
D: 0 |
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Do They Think of Me at Home | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Do You Think I'd Make A Soldier |
V: Do you think I'll make a soldier, soldier . . Soldier of the cross C: Rise, shine, give God the glory glory . . . Soldier of the cross |
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Do, Do, Pity My Case [In Some Lady's Garden] |
D: 1903 |
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Doc Brown's Cake Walk |
D: 1899 |
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Doctor Brown |
D: 1914 |
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Doctor Cook's in Town | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dodo Baby Do |
V: Dodo, Baby, Do Now my babe to sleep will go, There the old hen dozes, Over 'neath the roses, |
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The Dog and the Cat |
V: Why do you scratch me Pussy, You naughty little thing? Unless you stop Miss Pussy, Another tune you'll sing! |
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Dolly and Her Mamma |
V: Dolly, You're a Naughty Girl, All your hair is out of curl. |
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Dolly Gray Barn Dance |
D: ND |
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Don't Be Weary, Trabeller |
V: My head got wet with the midnight dew C: Don't be weary traveler |
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Don't Be Weary, Traveler |
V: no lyrics |
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Don't call de Roll |
V: Jacob's ladder, slim an' toaa C: Oh, don't call de roll, don't call de roll |
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Don't Call The Roll |
V: Don't call the roll, John C: Ain't tha a pity Lord |
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Don't Leave Me, Lord |
V: Jesus, Jesus is my frien' C: Don't leave me, Lord.Don't leave me Lord |
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Don't Ye View Dat Ship a-Come a-Sailin' |
C: Don't ye view dat ship a-come a-sailin' |
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Don't You Want To Go |
V: O brother don't you want to go? C: Less go down to Jordan |
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Done Been Sanctified |
V: One day I'm walkin' along |
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Don't Be Weary, Traveler |
D: 1867 |
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Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai |
D: 1861 |
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Don't Forget Dar's a Weddin' To-night | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Don't I Though | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Don't Jazz Me Rag |
D: 1921 |
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Don't You Remember the Time |
D: 1919 |
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Dora Dean |
D: 1896 |
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Dost Thou Love Me, Sister Ruth | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Douglas! Tender and True | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down Along the Mother Volga |
D: 0 |
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Down Among the Cane-Brakes |
D: 1860 |
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms |
D: 1915 |
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Down Among the Sugar-Cane | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down By the Meadow Brook | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down by the Old Mill Stream |
D: 1910 |
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Down By the River [1] |
V: Oh, hallelujah to the Lamb, Down by the river, The Lord is on the giving hand . . . C: Oh, we'll wait till Jesus comes, Down by the river . . Down by the riverside. |
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Down By the River [2] |
V: And if those mourners would believe C: Yes, we'll gain the world |
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Down By the Riverside |
V: Goin' t' lay down my burden, Down by the riverside . . Goin' to study war no more. C: Ain't goin't study war no more, Ain't goin't study war no more, |
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Down Home Blues, The |
D: 1921 |
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Down in Alabam' |
D: 1858 |
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Down in Honky Tonky Town |
D: 1916 |
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Down in Maryland | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down in Mobile | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down in the Valley to Pray |
V: O brother, less go down, C: I went down in the valley to pray |
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Down the Field | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Down the Trail |
D: 1920 - Ernest R. Ball Ernest R. Ball |
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Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home |
D: 1920 |
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Down the Volga River |
D: 0 |
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Down Went McGinty |
D: 1889 |
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Down Where the Wurzburger Flows |
D: 1902 |
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Down Yonder |
D: 1921 |
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The Downward Road is Crowded |
V: Come all ye wayward traveler' C: Oh, de downward road is crowded |
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Doxology |
D: or Earlier - L. Bourgeois V: All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice |
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Dream Days |
D: 1913 |
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Dream Faces | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dream Girl | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dream, A |
D: 1895 |
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Dreaming | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dreaming Alone in the Twilight | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dreams of Home | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dreamy Melody | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Drill Ye, Tarriers, Drill |
D: 1888 |
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Drink Puppy Drink | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Drink to Me Only | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Drinking Song |
V: My comrades when I'm no more drinking, But sick with gout or palsy lie. |
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Drinking Song [Princeton] |
V: How cool and fair this cellar where My throne a dusty cask is! C: . . . for drinking, drinking, drinking |
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Driving Away at the Smoothing Inn |
D: 1916 |
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Drowner Lover, The |
D: 1916 |
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Drum-Major of Schneider's Bank | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Drummer Boy of Shiloh |
D: 1863 |
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Dubinushka |
D: 0 |
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The Dude Who Couldn't Dance | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Dude Who Didn't Dance | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Duke of Bedford |
D: 1916 |
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Dunderbeck | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dusky Dudes |
D: 1899 |
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Dust an' Ashes |
V: Dust, dust and ashes fly over my grave C: He rose, he rose, he rose from de dead |
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The Dustman |
D: or Earlier - J.L. Molloy V: When the toys are growing weary and the twilight gathers in, When the nurs'ry still re-echoes to the children's merry din |
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Dusty |
D: 1908 |
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Dusty [Rag] |
D: 1908 |
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The Dutch Company | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dutch Company, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dutch National Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dutch Warbler | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Dying Volunteer, The |
D: 1861 - w. New Orleans Times, m. A.E.A. Muse V: Come, mother, dear mother, come to me now |
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