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IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain music. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove PD status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1926 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1926 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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Songs are on this PD list if we have a pre-1927 PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years.
Pack Up Your Sins (And Go to the Devil)
Popular Song
1922 - w.m. Irving Berlin PD Reprint
Package of Old Love Letters (Little Rosewood Casket)
Traditional
1870 - L P Goullaud, C A White PD Reprint
Paddle Your Own Canoe
Traditional
1870 - Hobson PD Reprint
Paddy Duffy's Cart
College
PD Reprint
Paddy Whack
Traditional
1903-1907 PD Reprint
Pale Moon
Popular Song
1920 - m. Frederick Knight Logan, w. Jesse G.M. Glick PD Reprint
Palesteena (Lena From Palesteena)
Popular Song
1920 - w.m. Con Conrad, J.l Russel Robinson PD Reprint
Palm Beach
Traditional
C. Luckyth Roberts PD Reprint
Palm Branches
Traditional
m. J. Faure V - O'er the way are palms and blossoms gay; Strewn on this day in festal preparation; Cometh our Lord to take our grief away C - Let every voice be raised in acclamation; Hosanna! Praise ye the Lord PD Reprint
Palms
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Palms The
Children
V - O'er all the way green palms and blossoms gay, Are strewn this day is festal preparation PD Reprint
Pan-cake
Traditional
1868 - Dan Emmett PD Reprint
Panama
Traditional
PD Reprint
Panama Rag
Traditional
Cy Seymour PD Reprint
Panamericana
Popular Song
1901 - m. Victor Herbert PD Reprint
Panharmonicon March
Traditional
1849 PD Reprint
Panis AngelicusSee O Lord Most Holy - Panis Angelicus
Pansies Mean Thoughts, And Thoughts Mean You!
Popular Song
1909 - m. Herbert Spencer, w. Fleita Jan Brown PD Reprint
Papa's Wife
Traditional
Ziegfeld PD Reprint
Paragon Rag
Traditional
1909 - Scott Joplin PD Reprint
Paramount Rag
Traditional
James Scott PD Reprint
Pardon Came Too Late
Traditional
1891 PD Reprint
Parody Song
College
PD Reprint
Parson's Farewell
Traditional
1650 PD Reprint
Parting Long Ago
Traditional
Est 1900 PD Reprint
Parting Lovers
Traditional
1776 PD Reprint
Pass Around the Good Old Beer
College
PD Reprint
Passing By
Traditional
1890 PD Reprint
Pastime Rag No. 2
Traditional
Artie Matthews PD Reprint
Pastime Rag No. 3
Traditional
Artie Matthews PD Reprint
Pastime Rag No. 4
Traditional
Artie Matthews PD Reprint
Pastime Rag No. 5
Traditional
Artie Matthews PD Reprint
Pastorale
Traditional
1890 - Carey PD Reprint
Pat Rooney's Ball (to 'As to Clonnel we go")
Traditional
Dan Emmett PD Reprint
Pat Works on the Railway
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pat-A-Cake
Children
Mother Goose V - Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man! That I will master as quick as I can. Prick it, nick it and mash it with T . . . PD Reprint
Path That Leads to You
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Patricia Rag
Traditional
Joseph Lamb PD Reprint
Patriot Volunteer
Popular Song
1864 - m. James E.Spratley, w. James E. Spratley PD Reprint
Paupee Valsante
Traditional
1885 - Poldini PD Reprint
Pavanne for a Dead Infanta
Traditional
1899 PD Reprint
Peace and Plenty Rag
Traditional
James Scott PD Reprint
Peace to the Brave
Traditional
1890 PD Reprint
Peace to the Nations
Traditional
1890 - Lwoff PD Reprint
Peaceful Henry
Traditional
PD Reprint
Peaceful Night
Traditional
1890 - Luse PD Reprint
Peach
Traditional
Arthur Marshall PD Reprint
Peacherine Rag
Traditional
1901 - Scott Joplin PD Reprint
Peaches and Cream
Traditional
Percy Weinrich PD Reprint
Peanut Song
College
PD Reprint
Peanuts
College
PD Reprint
Peatbog Soldiers
Traditional
PD Reprint
Peek-a-Boo
Traditional
1881 - w.m. William J. Scanlan V - On a cold winter's ev', when bus'ness is done, And to your home you retire. C - Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo! Come from behind the chair. Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo! I see you hiding there, PD Reprint
Peek-A-Boo Rag
Ragtime, Music Hall
1914 - m. Charles L. Johnson PD Reprint
Peer Gynt Suite
Traditional
1888 - Grieg PD Reprint
Peerless Maiden
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pegasus
Traditional
James Scott PD Reprint
Peggy
Popular Song
1919 - m. Neil Moret, w. Harry Williams PD Reprint
Peggy Dear
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Peggy O'Neil
Popular Song
1921 - w.m. Harry Pease, Ed Nelson, Gilbert Dodge PD Reprint
Perfect Day
Popular Song
1910 - w.m. Carrie Jacobs-Bond PD Reprint
Perry's Victory
Traditional
Before 185 PD Reprint
Persian Serenade
College
PD Reprint
Peter Gray
Traditional
1885 PD Reprint
Peter On The Sea
Spiritual
V - Peter, Peter, Peter on the sea, sea, sea! Drop your nets and follow, Drop your nets and follow me. C - Gabriel blow your trumpet loud! . . . Danield in the lions' den . . . Who did swallow Jonah whole? . . . Whale did swallow Jonah whole! PD Reprint
Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
Traditional
1765 PD Reprint
Peter Piper
College
PD Reprint
Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells
Spiritual
V - I wonder where my mother is gone . . I heard from heaven today. I thank God, and I thank you, too. . . C - Oh Peter, go ring dem bells . . . I heard from heaven today. PD Reprint
Petition
Traditional
1890 - Luse PD Reprint
Pharisee and Sadducee
College
PD Reprint
Pheonix
Traditional
1670 PD Reprint
Phillis Has Such Charming Graces
Traditional
1890 - Anthony Young PD Reprint
Phoenix Quickstep
Traditional
1849 PD Reprint
Physical Snob
Traditional
1800 PD Reprint
Piano Concerto #1
Traditional
1875 - Tchaikovsky PD Reprint
Piano Concerto ~ Grieg
Traditional
1873 - Edbvard Grieg PD Reprint
Picador March
Patriotic
1889 - m. John Philip Sousa PD Reprint
Picking up Sticks
Traditional
1650 PD Reprint
Picture No Artist Can Paint
Traditional
1899 PD Reprint
Picture That's Turned to the Wall
Traditional
1891 PD Reprint
Pictures at an Exhibition
Traditional
1887 - Mussorgsky PD Reprint
Piece Dans Le Style Ancien
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Pilgrim
Traditional
1701 PD Reprint
Pine Apple Rag
Traditional
1908 - Scott Joplin PD Reprint
Piney Ridge
Popular Song
1915 - m. Halsey K. Mohr, w. Ballard MacDonald PD Reprint
Pinks and Lilies
Traditional
1728 PD Reprint
Pint of Derby
Traditional
1718 PD Reprint
Pipe Dreams
College
PD Reprint
Piper of Dundee
Traditional
Traditional Scots PD Reprint
Pippin
Traditional
Arthur Marshall PD Reprint
Pirates of Penzance
Traditional
Gilbert, Sullivan PD Reprint
Pirates' Chorus
Traditional
1885 - Balfe V - Ever be happy and light as thou art, Pride of the pirate's heart! Long be thy reign, O'er land and main, By the glaive, by the chart, Queen of the Pirates' heart. PD Reprint
Pittsburg Hornpipe
Traditional
1823 PD Reprint
Pizzicati
Traditional
1876 - Sylvia Deibes PD Reprint
Pizzicato Polka
Traditional
Strauss PD Reprint
Place A Light To Guide Me Home
Popular Song
1898 - m. James B. OIiver, w. J. Everett Fay PD Reprint
Plague of Love
Traditional
1890 - Dr. Arne PD Reprint
Plantation Melodies
Instrumental, Keyboard
1905 - m. Eugene Walter V - My Old Kentucky Home, Old Black Joe, Darling Nellie Gray, Maryland My Maryland, Massa's in the Cold Cold Ground PD Reprint
Planting Rice
Traditional
PD Reprint
Play Ball
College
PD Reprint
Play Time
Children
V - Here we stand, hand in hand, Ready for our exercise, Heads upright, with delight PD Reprint
Playmates
Ragtime, Music Hall
1909 - m. Harry J. Lincoln N - March Two-Step without lyrics. NOT the 1940s song Playmates PD Reprint
Pleasant Moments
Traditional
Scott Joplin PD Reprint
Please Come And Play In My Yard
Popular Song
1904 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Edward Madden V - Two little girls with two little curls were living side by side. One little maid each morning play in a yard so grand an wide. But in the next house, as poor as a mouse . . . C - 'Please come and play in my yard, I'm all alone you see, Once I was poor like you are, then Mama loved but me' . . . 'Please come and play in my yard, nobody cares for me.' PD Reprint
Please Do It AgainSee Do It Again (Please Do It Again)
Please Go 'Way and Let Me Sleep
Popular Song
1902 - m. James T. Brymn, w. Cecil Mack PD Reprint
Please Let Me Sleep
Traditional
1902 PD Reprint
Plenty Good Room
Spiritual
V - My Lord's done just what he said, Way in the kingdom; Healed the sick and raised the dead, Way in the kingdom. C - There's plenty good room . . . Way in the kingdom. PD Reprint
Plough Boy in Luck
Children
V - My daddy is dead, but I can't tell you how; He left me six horses to follow the plough. PD Reprint
Po' Me
Spiritual
V - The Lord is on the giving hand, Trouble will bury me down! The more I pray the better I feel, Trouble will bury me down! C - Why brethering, Po' me! Po' me! Po' me! Trouble will bury me down! PD Reprint
Poet Gazes on the Moon
Popular Song
1892 PD Reprint
Poison Ivy
Traditional
1908 - Herbert Ingraham PD Reprint
Polacca
Traditional
1823 PD Reprint
Policy King
Traditional
Charles B. Brown PD Reprint
Polish May Song
Children
V - May is here, the world rejoices, Earth puts on her smiles to greet her; Gove and field lift up their voices Leaf and flow'r come forth to meet her C - Happy May, blithesome May. Winter's reign has pass'd away PD Reprint
Polly Eyes of Old Yale Blue
College
N - Yale University PD Reprint
Polly My Sweetheart
College
PD Reprint
Polly Perkins
Traditional
Est 1900 PD Reprint
Polly Put the Kettle On
Children
V - Polly put the kettle on, we'll all have tea. Sukey take it off again, They're all gone away. PD Reprint
Polonaise Militaire
Traditional
1840 PD Reprint
Polovetsian Dances
Traditional
1888 - Borodin PD Reprint
Polyglot's Wooing
College
PD Reprint
Pool's Hole
Traditional
1690 PD Reprint
Poor Butterfly
Popular Song
1916 - m. Raymond Hubbell, w. John I. Golden PD Reprint
Poor Buttermilk
Traditional
1921 - Zez Confrey PD Reprint
Poor Dog Bright
Children
V - Poor dog Bright, Ran off with al lhis might, Because the cat was after him, Poor dog Bright. PD Reprint
Poor Heart
Popular Song
1866 PD Reprint
Poor John
Popular Song
1906 - m. Henry E. Pether, w. Fred W. Leigh PD Reprint
Poor John!
Traditional
PD Reprint
Poor Me
Spiritual
V - I'm sometime up, I'm sometime down, Trouble will bury me down; But still my soul feels heav'nly bound, Trouble will bury me down. C - Poor me, Poor me, Trouble will bury me down. PD Reprint
Poor Mourners Got a Home
Spiritual
V - O mourner, mourner. Ain't you tired a-mourning. Bow down on-a your knees and join the band with the angels. C - (mm... ) (mm....) my Lord! (mm...) Poor mourner's got a home at last. PD Reprint
Poor Old Horse
Traditional
PD Reprint
Poor Old Yale
College
PD Reprint
Poor Pauline
Popular Song
1914 - m. Raymond Walker, w. Charles McCarron PD Reprint
Poor Rosy
Traditional
PD Reprint
Poor Sinner
Spiritual
V - Fire in the east, fire in the west. . . . Fire goin' to burn up the wilderness . . . C - O poor sinner. O now is your time. O poor sinner, O, what you goin' to do when your lamp burns down? PD Reprint
Pope
College
PD Reprint
Popping Corn
Traditional
1890 - Lightner PD Reprint
Popular Air
Traditional
Est 1900 PD Reprint
Pork and Beans
Traditional
1913 - C. Luckyth Roberts PD Reprint
Porpoise
Traditional
1830 PD Reprint
Portabella
Traditional
1715 PD Reprint
Portsmouth
Traditional
1701 PD Reprint
Possum and Taters-A Ragtime Feast
Traditional
PD Reprint
Possum Rag
Traditional
Geraldine Dobyns PD Reprint
Potpourri
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Powder Rag
Traditional
1908 - Raymond Birch PD Reprint
Praise
Traditional
1890 - Luse PD Reprint
Praise Be to God
Traditional
1890 - Rinck PD Reprint
Praise Him, Praise Him !
Hymn
m. Chester G. Allen, w. Fanny J. Crosby PD Reprint
Praise of Islay
Traditional
Traditional Scots PD Reprint
Praise, Member
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pray All de Member
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pray For The Lights To Go Out
Popular Song
1916 - m. Will E. Skidmore, w. Renton Tunnah PD Reprint
Pray On
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pray On Brothers
Spiritual
V - I washed my head in the midnight dew; The morning stars a witness, too. C - Pray on, brothers. O hally hallelujah! Pray on, brothers, It ain't too late. PD Reprint
Prayer
Traditional
1890 - Fleming PD Reprint
Prayer - Freischutz
Children
V - Softly sighs the voice of evening, Stealing thro' 'yon shady willow grove PD Reprint
Prayer Is De Key Of Heaven
Spiritual
V - I think it 'twas 'bout twelve o'clock, Faith unlocks de do', When Jesus led me to de rock, Faith unlocks de do'. I know dat. C - Prayer is de key of heaven . . . Faith unlocks de do' . I know dat. PD Reprint
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Traditional
1597, 1894 V - We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known. PD Reprint
Prayer Perfect
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Preacher and the Bear
Popular Song
1904 - w.m. Joe Arzonia PD Reprint
Preacher and the Slave
Traditional
PD Reprint
Prelude op 28 no 7
Traditional
1839 - Chopin PD Reprint
Preparedness Blues
Traditional
1917 - Charles Hillman PD Reprint
President Pierce's March and Quickstep
Traditional
1853 PD Reprint
Pretty Creature
Traditional
1890 - Stephen Storace PD Reprint
Pretty Girl Milking Her Cow
Traditional
PD Reprint
Pretty Kitty Kelly
Popular Song
1920 - m. Ed Nelson, w. Harry Pease PD Reprint
Pretty Little Deer
Children
V - Pretty little deer, do not be in fear, Who shall harm you while I'm near? PD Reprint
Pretty Little Rainbow
Popular Song
1919 - m. Vincent C. Plunkett, w. Robert Levenson V - Pretty Little Rainbow let me see you smile again. I'll kiss your tears all away. Like a ray of light that's shining thro' the night. C - Your dear name Sets my heart aflame, Rainbow, Rainbow, Come be mine! PD Reprint
Pretty Mollie Shannon
Popular Song
1901 - m. Walter Wolff, w. George H. Ryan PD Reprint
Pretty Polly Oliver
Traditional
1600's - Traditional PD Reprint
Pride of Bucktown
Traditional
Robert S. Roberts PD Reprint
Prima Donna Waltz
Traditional
Est 1600's PD Reprint
Primrose Time
Popular Song
1890 PD Reprint
Prince George's Birthday
Traditional
1718 PD Reprint
Prince William
Traditional
1731 PD Reprint
Prince William of Gloucester's Waltz
Traditional
1801 PD Reprint
Princess
Traditional
1701 PD Reprint
Princess Nicotine
Traditional
PD Reprint
Princess Pocahontas
Popular Song
1903 - m. Richmond F. Hoyt, w. Al Trahern PD Reprint
Princess Rag
Traditional
James Scott PD Reprint
Princeton Cannon Song March
College
PD Reprint
Princeton Chorale
College
PD Reprint
Princeton Days
College
N - Mixed Voices PD Reprint
Princeton Jungle March
College
PD Reprint
Princeton That's All
College
PD Reprint
Princeton Warble
College
PD Reprint
The Prisoner's HopeSee Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Prof
College
PD Reprint
Promised Land
Traditional
1885 PD Reprint
Psi U Psi U
College
PD Reprint
Puff! (Kitten Song)
Children
V - There once liv'd a pretty young kitten call'd Puff, The prettiest kitten e'er seen PD Reprint
Pullman Porters On Parade
Popular Song
1913 - m. Maurice Abrahams, w. Irving Berlin PD Reprint
Pure As Snow
Popular Song
PD Reprint
Purple and Gold
College
N - University of Washington PD Reprint
Purple and White
College
N - Pennsylvania College for Women PD Reprint
Purple Cow
College
PD Reprint
Pursuit
Traditional
1728 PD Reprint
Pussy Cat Pussy Cat
Children
V - Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to visit the Queen. PD Reprint
Put John On De Island
Spiritual
V - You got Jesus, hold him fas', Weep a low Judgement's comin'. De grace of God you shall receive . . . C - Hail, hail Put John on de island, Hail, hail, Weep a low Judgement's comin'. PD Reprint
Put Me Off at Buffalo
Traditional
1895 PD Reprint
Put Me To Sleep With An Old Fashioned Melody
Popular Song
1915 - m. Harry Jentes, w. Sam Lewis, Dick Howard V - Last night while I was a sleeping, I heard a raggedy tune, Into my brain it kept creeping, It had me wide awake soon. C - Put me to sleep with an old fashioned melody when the lights are burning low . . . And wake me up with a rag. PD Reprint
Put off, and row wi' speed
Traditional
PD Reprint
Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel
Traditional
Est 1900 PD Reprint
Putney Ferry
Traditional
1670 PD Reprint
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