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R-E-M-O-R-S-E
Popular Song
1902 P - Sultan of Sulu
Rabbit's Foot
Traditional
George L. Cobb
Rackety Coo!
Popular Song
1915 - m. Rudolf Friml, w. Otto Harbach
Rag Medley
Traditional
Max Hoffman
Rag Pickers Rag
Popular Song
Rag Sentimental
Traditional
James Scott
Rag-Alley Dream
Traditional
Mattie Harl Burgess
Rag-Time Nightmare
Traditional
Tom Turpin
Rag-Time Skedaddle
Ragtime, Music Hall
1899 - m. George Rosey
Ragging The Baby To Sleep
Popular Song
1912 - m. Lewis F. Muir, w. L. Wolfe Gilbert
Rags and Tatters
Traditional
Rags to Burn
Traditional
Frank X. McFadden
Ragtime Betty
Traditional
James Scott
Ragtime Dance
Traditional
1906 - Scott Joplin
Ragtime Nightingale
Traditional
Ragtime Oriole
Traditional
James Scott
Ragtime Rags
Traditional
Max Hoffman
Ragtime Violin
Popular Song
1911 - w.m. Irving Berlin
Rah for the Black and Blue
College
N - Johns Hopkins University
Rah Rah
College
N - University of Michigan
Rah Rah C.C.N.Y.
College
N - College of the City of New York
Rah Rah Rah for Midland
College
N - Midland College
Railroad Blues
Traditional
1920 - w. Haven Gillespie, Howard Washington, m. C. Luckeyth Roberts
Railroad Jim
Popular Song
1915 - w.m. Nat H. Vincent
Rain Fall and Wet Becca Lawton
Traditional
Rainbow
Popular Song
1908 - m. Percy Weinrich, w. Alfred Bryan
Rainy Day
Traditional
1885
Rakes of Rochester
Traditional
1750
Ralph's Ramble to London
Traditional
1890
Ramble Song
College
Rambling Sailor
Traditional
V - I am a sailor stout and bold, Long time I've plough'd the ocean; I've fought for king and country too, Won honour and promotion.
Rambling Wreck From Georgia Tech
Traditional
1894
Ramsgate Assembly
Traditional
1795
Raslin' Jacob
Spiritual
V - Day is breakin', Jacob, let me go, . . . I will not let you go. C - Raslin' Jacob, let me go . . . I will not let you go.
Rastus Johnson, U.S.A.
Popular Song
Rastus on Parade
Ragtime, Music Hall
1895 - Kerry Mills N - Cakewalk
Raven
College
Razzazza Mazzazza
Traditional
Real Thing March
Popular Song
Rebecca Jane
Traditional
Est 1900
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm
Popular Song
1914 - m. Albert Gumble, w. A. Seymour Brown
Recessional
Traditional
1890 - De Koven
Red and Blue
College
N - University of Pennsylvania
Red and Gold
College
N - Simpson College
Red and the Black
College
N - Washington and Jefferson College
Red Flag
Traditional
Red Head
Popular Song
1908 - m. Burt Green, w. Irene Franklin
Red House
Traditional
1721
Red Moon
Popular Song
1922
Red Peppers
Traditional
Imogene Giles
Red River Valley
Folk Song
1896 N - See 'In The Bright Mohawk Valley' which is the only known PD version.
Red White and Blue
Patriotic
Becket V - O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean. The home of the brace and the free . . .
Red Wind!
Traditional
Red, Red Rose
Popular Song
1908 - m. Will M. Cook, w. Alex Rogers
Reflection Rag
Traditional
1917 - Scott Joplin
Regimental Polka
Traditional
Regretful Blues
Popular Song
Reindeer
Traditional
Joseph Lamb
Reiterlied aus Wallensteins Lager
Traditional
1797 - w. Sciller, m. C.J. Zahn
Reiters Morgengesang
Traditional
1824 - w. Wilhelm Haupf, m. Traditional
Religion Is a Fortune
Spiritual
V - O, religion is a fortune, I really do believe . . . O Sabbaths have no end. C - Where've you been, poor sinner? Where've you been so long? Been low down in the valley for to pray, And I ain't got weary yet.
Religion So Sweet
Traditional
Remb'ring
Popular Song
Remember Boy You're Irish
Traditional
1885
Remember Me
Traditional
1899
Remember Thy
Traditional
1890 - C.M. Luse
Remember Thy Creator
Children
F.R. Havergal V - Remember thy Creator now, In these thy youthful days
Remon
Traditional
Repasz Band March
Popular Song
Repose
Traditional
1890 - Gottschalk
Rescue the Perishing
Traditional
w. Fanny J. Crosby, m. William F. Doane
Rest for the Weary
Traditional
1885 - Dadmun
Resurrection Morn
Traditional
Retreat
Traditional
1885 - m. T. Hastings, w. H. Stowell V - From ev'ry stormy wind that blows, From ev'ry swelling tide of woes
Return of the Conqueror
Popular Song
Reunion Words for the Princeton Chorale
College
Reveille
Patriotic
Middle Ages - Middle Ages or Earlier
Reverie Debussy
Traditional
1895 - Debussy
Review
Traditional
1765
Rhoda and Her Pagoda
Popular Song
1899
Rhode Island Hornpipe
Traditional
1823
Rich Man and the Poor Man
Traditional
The RiddleSee I Gave My Love a Cherry
Riddle Song
Folk Song
1850 - w.m. Appalachian-English, Collected by Cecil J. Sharp V - I gave my love a cherry that has no stones, I gave my love a chicken than has no bones, I gave my love a ring that has no end, I gave my love a baby tha's no cry-en.
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross
Children
V - Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross, To see a fine lady upon a white horse, Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes, She shall have music wherever she goes.
Ride On
Spiritual
V - Some of dese mornin's bright an' fair, Don't you wan' t' go t' Hebben in de mornin'? Take my flight up to de skies . . . C - Ride on, ride on, ride on King Emanuel. Don't you wan' t' go t' Hebben in de mornin'?
Ride on King Jesus
Spiritual
V - I was young when I began, No man can-a hinder me, But now my race is almost done, No man can-a hinder me. C - Ride on King Jesus! No man can-a hinder me.
Rig-a-jig
Traditional
1885
Right Church But The Wrong Pew (You
Popular Song
1908 - m. Chris Smith, w. Cecil Mack
Right Girl
Popular Song
Ring a Ring a Rosie, A Bottle Full of Posie
Traditional
Ring Around A Rosy
Children
V - Ring around a rosy, Sit upon a posy, All the girls in our town, Vote for Uncle Josie.
Ring de Banjo
Traditional
1851 - Stephen Collins Foster
Rings on My FingersSee I've Got Rings On My Fingers
Rio Nights
Popular Song
Rip Van Winkle Slept With One Eye Open
Popular Song
Rip Van Winkle Was A Lucky Man
Popular Song
1901 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome
Ripples Rag
Popular Song
Rise and Fall
Popular Song
Rise and Shine
Spiritual
V - Jesus carry the young lambs in his bosom, bosom . . . For de year ob Juberlee. C - Oh, rise an' shine, an' give God de glory, glory . . . for de year of Juberlee.
Rising of the Lark
Traditional
1830
Road Song
Popular Song
Road to Georgia
Traditional
1859 - Dan Emmett
Road to the Isles
Traditional
Traditional Hebrides
Roam the Greenwood Dragert
Traditional
1890
Robardina Rag
Traditional
Robber
Traditional
Robin Hood's Preferment
Traditional
1882
Robin Robin
Children
Alfred S. Gatty V - Dear little Robin, perch's up in a tree. Chirping and hopping so happy and free.
Robin Ruff
Traditional
1885 - m. Henry Russell V - If I had but a thousand a year, Gaffer Green . . . What a man would I be, and what sights would I see, If I had but a thousand a year.
Robins' Return
Popular Song
Robinson Crusoe
Children
V - I ride my pony everywhere, You'd know him by his shaggy hair.
Rock Me in My Swanee Cradle
Popular Song
Rock Me to Sleep Mother
Traditional
1885 - m. Ernest Leslie V - Backward, turn backward, oh, time in your flight. Make me a child again just for tonight!
Rock o' Jubilee
Traditional
Rock o' My Soul
Spiritual
c. 1830 V - Rock o' my soul in de bosom of Abraham, rock o' my soul in de bosom of Abraham . . . Lord, rock o' my soul.
Rock of Ages
Hymn
Thomas Hastings V - Rock of ages cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee.
Rock of Ages Hastings
Traditional
1832 - Hastings
Rocking Chair Dream
Popular Song
Rocks of Snowdon
Traditional
1830
Roll De Ole Chariot Along
Spiritual
V - We are travelin' from mansion, to mansion, to manions . . Ef ye don't hang on behin' C - Oh, roll de ole chariot along . . . Ef ye don't hang on behin'.
Roll dem Bones
College
V - Baby needs a new pair of shoes; Come on seven, Come, eleven! But he won't get them if I lose Come on, seven, Come, eleven! C - Roll dem bones . . . roll dem on de square. Roll dem on de sidewalk, the street, or anywhere. . . Well, I'll roll dem bones de whole day long, When de cops are out of sight.
Roll Dem Roly Boly Eyes
Popular Song
1912 - w.m. Eddie Leonard
Roll Jordan Roll
Traditional
1865
Roll On
Spiritual
V - When I was blind and could not see, King Jesus brought that light to me. C - Roll on, roll on, sweet moments roll on, And let these poor pilgrims go home, go home.
Roll the Cause Along
Traditional
1899
Roll the Union On
Traditional
Roll Them Cotton Bales
Popular Song
1914 - m. J. Rosamond Johnson, w. James W. Johnson, Bob Cole
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Traditional
Rolling Stones (All Come Rolling Home Again)
Popular Song
1916 - m. Archie Gottler, w. Edgar Leslie
Roman
College
Romance of Love
Popular Song
Romany Life
Popular Song
Romeo and Juliet
Traditional
1871 - Tchaikovsky
Roodelum a-Doodelum
Traditional
1899
Room for Ramblers
Traditional
1719
Rooster Rag
Traditional
1917 - Muriel Pollock
Rory O'Moore
Traditional
V - Young Rory O'Moore courted Kathleen Bawn. He was bold as a hawk and she soft as the dawn. He wish'd in his heart pretty Kathleen to please
Rosa Lee
Traditional
1885 V - When I liv'd in Tennessee, U-li-a-li o-la-e, I went courtin' Rosa Lee. U-li-a-li o-la-e, Eyes as dark as winter night, Lips are red as berry bright. C - U-li-a-li o-la-e, Courtin' down in Tennessee, U-li-a-li o-la-e, 'Neath the wild Banana tree.
Rosalie
Traditional
1885
Rosalie the Prairie Flower
Traditional
1850's - G.F. Wurzel, Root
Rosamund Arne
Traditional
1732
Rosary
Traditional
1898 - Nevin
Rose Leaf Rag
Traditional
1907 - Scott Joplin
Rose of Alabama
Traditional
1885
Rose of Killarney
Traditional
1876 - m. J. R. Thomas, w. George Cooper V - Oh, promise to meet me when twilights is falling, Beside the bright waters that slumber so fair; Each bird in this meadow your name will be calling C - Sweet (Dear) Rose of Killarney, Mavourneen Astore !
Rose Of No Man's Land
Popular Song
1918 - m. Joseph A. Brennan, w. Jack Caddigan
Rose Of The Rio Grande
Popular Song
1922 - m. Ross Gorman, Harry Warren, w. Edgar Leslie
Rose Of The World
Popular Song
1908 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Glen MacDonough
Rose Of Tralee
Popular Song
1846 - m. Charles William Glover, w. Edward Mordaunt Spencer V - The pale moon was rising above the green mountain, The sun was declining beneath the blue sea; C - Oh no, 'twas the truth in her eyes ever dawning, That made me love Mary, the Rose of Tralee.
Rose Room
Popular Song
Rose Room (in Sunny Roseland)
Traditional
Roses
College
Roses Bring Dreams Of You
Popular Song
1908 - w.m. Herbert Ingraham
Roses for Remembrance
Traditional
Traditional
Roses from the South
Traditional
Strauss
Rosie Make It Rosy For Me
Popular Song
Rosie's Young Man
Traditional
English Music Hall
Rosseau's Dream
Traditional
1849
Rosy Crown
Traditional
w.m. D. Dutton, C.M. von Weber V - A rosy crown we twine for thee, Of Flora's richest treasure. We lead thee forth to dance and glee
Rough And Rolling Sea
Spiritual
V - Farewell, farewell to my only child, Like a rough and a rolling sea. C - . . . The lightnings flashed And the thunders rolled . . . The storms beat high And the winds blew fierce . . .
Roumania
Traditional
1920 - Clarence Williams, Dave Peyton, Spencer Williams
Round
Traditional
1701
Round and Round the Village
Children
V - Round and round the village, As we have done before.
Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon
Traditional
1917 N - Originally All Around My Hat, 1830's
Round O
Traditional
1709
Round on the Major Scale
Traditional
1890 - Goodband
Round the Corn, Sally
Traditional
Rouse Ye Christian Women
Traditional
1899
Rout. The
Traditional
1849
Row Yale Row
College
Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch
Traditional
1885
Royal Purple
College
N - Williams College
Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Traditional
N - Lyrics PD. No well known PD tune associated with this nursery rhyme.
Rudelsburg
Traditional
w. 1826, m - w. Franz Kugler, m. F.E. Fesca
Rufenreddy
Traditional
1922 - Roy Bargy
Rufty Tufty
Traditional
1650
Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown (What You Going' to Do When the Rent Comes 'Round?)See What You Goin' To Do When The Rent Comes 'Round
Ruggleton's Daughter of Iero
Traditional
Ruins of Athens
Traditional
Beethoven
Rule Britannia
Traditional
1740 V - When Britain first at heav'n's command Arose from out the azure main, Arose, arose, arose from out the azure main. C - Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves, Britons never will be slaves.
Rule Death In His Arms
Spiritual
V - When God commanded Michael in the morning, To stretch at dividing line, With the sheep upon his right hand side, And the goats upon his left. C - O didn't Jesus rule Death in His arm, Yes, rule Death in His arms, On the other side of Jordan, Ah! rule Death in His arms.
Rum Tum Tiddle
Popular Song
1911 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. Edward Madden
Rum-ske-ko
College
Rumsty Ho
College
Run Mary, Run
Spiritual
V - Fire in de east an' fire in de west, I know de oder worl' 'm not like dis, Bound to burn de wilderness . . . C - Run Mary run, run Mary run, O run Mary run, I know de oder worl' 'm not like dis
Run, Nigger, Run
Traditional
Runnin' Wild
Popular Song
1922 - m. Harrington Gibbs, w. Joel Gray, Leo Wood
Russian Army Grand March Entr
Popular Song
Russian Rag
Traditional
1918 - George L. Cobb N - From Rachmaninoff Prelude
Rustic Reel
Traditional
1849
Ryan's Rattler
Traditional
Est 1900
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