Public Domain Music and Song List
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G Whiz | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gaby Glide, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gaily the Troubadour | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Garnet and Gold | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gaudeamus | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gaudeamus Igitur | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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General Pershing |
D: 1918 |
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General Persifor F. Smith's March | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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General Roll Call |
V: O come, my brethern, one an' all C: I'll be there, I'll be there, I'll be there |
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The Genesee | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gentle Annie |
D: 1856 |
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Gentle Lena Clare |
D: 1862 |
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Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo |
D: 1916 |
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Geography Song |
V: Oh, have you heard georgraph sung? For if you've not, it's on my tongue |
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Geordie |
D: 1916 |
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George Washington | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Georgia |
D: 1922 - Howard Johnson Walter Donaldson |
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Georgia Grind Song, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Georgie Porgie |
V: Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie, Kiss'd the girls and made them cry; When the girls cam out to play, Georgie Porgie ran away. |
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Geraldine | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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German Cradle Song |
V: Sleep, baby sleep. Thy Father tends the sheep; Thy mother shakes the dreamland tree, A little dream falls down for thee, |
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German Lullaby |
V: Brother, thou and I, We'll sing our lullaby; Hush thee, dear, sing sweet and low, Baby now to rest would go |
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Gesu Bambino |
D: 1919 - Frederick H. Martens Pietro A. Yon V: When blossoms flowered mid the snows C: O come let us adore him |
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The Ghost Dance | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Giannina Mia |
D: 1912 |
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Gideon's Band or De Milk-white Horses |
V: Oh, de band ob Gideon, oh de band ob Gideon C: Oh, de twelve white crosses |
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Gin'ral Grant | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Girl I Left Behind Me, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Girl of Mine | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Girl of My Dreams | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Girl on the Magazine, The |
D: 1915 |
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Girl Who Cares For Me, The |
D: 1904 |
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Girls and Boys |
V: Girls and boys come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; |
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Girls and Boys Come Out to Play |
V: Girls and boys come out to plan, The moon doth shine as bright as day |
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Git On Board |
V: De Gospel train's a comin', I hear it jus' at han', I hear de carwheels rumblin' C: Git on board, little children, Git on board . . Dere's room for many a mo'. |
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Git On Board Little Children |
V: De gospel train's a-coming C: Git on board little children |
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Git On The Evening Train |
V: Gabrial's trumphet shall blow, blow C: Gwine to get on the evening train |
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Giv Me Dat Water-Million | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Give a Man A Horse He Can Ride | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Give Me Jesus |
V: I heard my mother say, C: Give me Jesus, |
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Give Me the Waltz | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Give Me the Waltz (Piper Heidsieck) | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Give Me Your Hand |
V: You say your aiming for the skies. C: O give me your hand, Give me your hand. |
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Give My Regards to Broadway |
D: 1904 |
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Give Up the World |
D: 1867 |
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Glad Cat Rag |
D: 1905 |
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The Gladiator |
D: 1886 - John Philip Sousa |
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Gladiator, The |
D: 1886 |
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Gladiolus Rag |
D: 1907 |
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Glen Rose March and Two Step | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Glendy Burk, The |
D: 1860 |
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Glenogie |
D: 1905 |
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Glorious Fourth, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Glory and Honor |
V: Oh, my young children, I got lots for to tell you C: Live humble, humble, humble yourselves |
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Glory! Glory! |
D: 1866 |
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Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! |
D: 1861 |
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Glow-Worm, The |
D: 1907 |
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Go Down Moses |
V: When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let me people go. C: Way down in Eqypt land, Tell old Pharoah, Let my people go. |
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Go Down, Moses (Let my people go!) |
V: When Israel was in Egypt's lan' C: Let my people go |
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Go in the Wilderness |
D: 1867 |
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Go Round and Round the Valley |
D: 1903 |
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Go to Sleep Lena Darling |
V: Close your eyes, Lena, my darling, While I sing your lullaby; Fear thou no danger, Lena, Move not, dear Lena NOTE: See Emmet's Lullaby |
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Go to Sleep, Lena Darling | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Go Way Old Man | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Go 'way, Old Man! | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Go, Mary an' Toll De Bell |
V: Whose all dem all dressed in white C: Go Mary an' toll de bell |
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The Gobble Duet |
V: I've often seen your pretty sheep, dear. And wonder'd why they are so white, dear. Your turkey gobblers I have watch's dear, |
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God Be With You | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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God Got Plenty o' Room |
D: 1867 |
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God is Love | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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God Knows All |
V: Do you know how many little stars Whine up there in the sky C: God, our Father, He has counted them, An no error does he ever make; |
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God Speed the Right | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goin' Home | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goin' To Shout |
D: 1922 - Negro Spiritual Negro Spiritual V: I goat a robe, you got a robe C: Heav'n, Everybody talkin' 'bout heav'n ain't goin' there |
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Goin' Over On De Uddaah Side Of Jordan |
V: O, I'm jes goin' over on de udder side of Jordan |
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Goin' to Shout |
V: I got a robe, you got a robe, all God's children got a robe |
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Going Back to Nassau Hall | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Going Home in the Chariot |
V: O....never you mind what Satan say. C: Going home in the chariot in the morning. |
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Going to Heaven |
V: De book of revelation God to us revealed C: Going to heaven, going to heaven |
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Going to Hold Out to the End |
V: I have a dear old mother C: Going to hold out to the end |
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Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven |
V: I got a robe, you've got a robe, all God's children got a robe. C: Heav'n, heav'n, everybody talking 'bout heav'n. |
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Going Up | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gold and Blue | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gold and Olive | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Gold Band |
D: 1867 |
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The Golden Altar |
D: 1867 |
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The Golden Bear | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Golden Rule |
V: To do to others as I would that they should do to me, Will make me honest kind and good as children ought to be. |
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Golden Slippers | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Golden Sun |
D: or Earlier - Johann Strauss V: The golden sun sinks in the west, the mountain tops retain his beams; The parent bird flies to her nest, |
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The Golden Vanity |
D: 1916 |
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De Golden Wedding | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gondellied |
D: ND (1899) |
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Gone Along |
V: My good old auntie's gone along C: Thank God she's got religion |
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Goober Peas |
D: 1866 |
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Good Bye Boys |
D: 1913 |
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Good Bye Dolly Gray |
D: 1900 |
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Good Bye Everybody | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Bye Sweet Day |
D: 1891 - Celia Thaxter Kate Vannah V: I have so loved the, but cannot cannot hold thee C: Good bye Sweet Day, Good bye Sweet Day |
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Good Bye, My Lady Love |
D: 1904 |
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Good Bye, My Lover | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Bye, Sweet Day | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Gravy Rag |
D: 1913 |
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Good Lord, Shall I Ever Be The One |
V: God placed Adam in de garden |
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Good Man Is Hard to Find, A |
D: 1918 |
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Good Morning |
V: Good morning everybody, oh, children |
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Good Morning Carrie! |
D: 1901 |
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Good Morning Merry Sunshine |
V: Good morning merry sunshine, How did you wake so soon? You've scared the little stars away |
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Good Morning To All |
NOTE: Tune for Happy Birthday to You |
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Good Morning, Mr. Zip-Zip-Zip! |
D: 1918 |
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Good News, De Chariot's Comin' |
V: Gwine to get up in de chariot, Carry me home C: Good news, de chariot's comin' |
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Good News, Member |
D: 1867 |
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Good Night | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Night Germany | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Night Ladies | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Good Old College Days | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good Old Way, The |
D: 1867 |
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Good-By Betty Brown | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-Bye |
D: or Earlier - J.C. Engelbrecht V: Farewell, farewell is a lonely sound, And always brings a sigh |
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Good-Bye [Spiritual] |
D: 1867 V: Good-bye my brudder, good-bye Hallelujah! |
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Goodbye Broadway, Hello France |
D: 1917 |
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Goodbye Deal Old Cadet Gray | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-Bye Dolly Gray |
D: 1900 |
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Goodbye Eli | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodbye Girls I'm Through | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodbye My Little Lady | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodbye My Lover Goodbye | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-Bye Rag |
D: 1913 |
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Good-Bye Song | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-Bye! |
D: 1881 |
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Good-Bye, Brother |
D: 1867 |
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Goodbye, Girls, I'm Through |
D: 1914 |
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Good-Bye, Sweetheart, Good-Bye | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodbye-ee ! | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodnight | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-night | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-Night and Good-Morning |
V: A fair little girl sat under a tree, Sewing as long as her eyes could see. Then smoother her work and folded it right, |
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Goodnight Ladies | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goodnight Navy | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Good-night, Farewell | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Goosey Goosey Gander |
V: Goosey, goosey gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs, And in my lady's chamber. |
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Got a Home in That Rock |
V: I've got a home in a - that rock |
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Got My Head Wet | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Grace and Beauty |
D: 1909 |
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Grace Before Meat At Hampton |
V: Thou art great and Thou art good |
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Graceful and Easy | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Graduates' Farewell, The | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Grafted into the Army |
D: 1862 |
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Grande Valse Caprice | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Grandfather's Clock |
V: My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf, So it stood ninety years on the floor; C: Ninety years, without slumbering, (tick tock tick tock, His life seconds numbering |
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Grant Pill, The |
D: 1864 |
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Graveyard, The |
D: 1867 |
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Gray Days | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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A Great Camp-meetin' in de Promised Land |
V: Oh walk together, children C: Gwine to mourn an' nebber tire |
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Great Crunch Collision |
D: 1896 |
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Great Day |
V: Chariot rode on the mountain-top, God's going to build up Zion's walls C: Great day, Great day, the righteous marching; great day |
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Great Scott Rag |
D: 1909 |
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Green Broom |
D: 1916 |
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Green Bushes |
D: 1916 |
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Green Gravel, Green Gravel, The Grass Is So Green |
D: 1903 |
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Green Wedding, The |
D: 1916 |
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The Gridiron Grenadiers | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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The Gridiron King | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Grizzly Bear Rag, The |
D: 1910 |
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The Guard of Old Nassau | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gum Shoe |
D: 1917 |
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Gwine Follow |
D: 1867 |
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Gwine ter Jine De Band |
V: Haint but one thing that grieves my mind C: Ise a gwine ter jine de band |
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Gwine To Live Humble to de Lord |
V: On day as I was walkin' along C: Humble, humble, humble yourselves |
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Gwine Up |
V: Oh, saints an' sinners will-a you go C: Oh, yes, I'm gwine up, gwine up, gwine all de way Lord |
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Gypsy Blues | Collection CD Sheet Recording |
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Gypsy Love Song |
D: 1898 |
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