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Daddy
Children
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.
Daddy Long Legs
Popular Song
1919 - m. Harry Ruby, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young
Daddy Mine
Popular Song
w.m. Lew Wilson, Alfred Dubin
Daddy, You've Been A Mother To Me
Popular Song
1920 - w.m. Fred Fisher V - I just can remember my mother, Angels one day, took her away, You took her place with a smile on your face, That's why I'm happy to say C - Daddy, dear old daddy, You've been more than a daddy to me, You might have gone with the boys ev'ry night, You gave them up just to bring me up right.
Daddy's Little Girl
Popular Song
1905 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Edward Madden
Daisies Won't Tell
Popular Song
1908 - w.m. Anita Owen
Daisy
Children
V - I'm a pretty little thing, Always coming with the spring, in the meadows I am found, Peeping just above the ground
Dam It
Traditional
1731
Dame Durden
Traditional
Old English Song V - Dame Durden in the morn so soon, she did begin to call; To rouse her servant maids and men, she then began to bawl. C - Dame Durden kept five serving girls, to carry the milking paid. She also kept five lab'ring men to use the spade and flail.
Dance a Baby Diddy
Children
V - Dance a baby diddy! What can mammy do wid'e? Sit in her lap, Give it some pap,
Dance of the Fairies
Children
V - The fairies are dancing, how nimbly they bound, They flit o'er the grass top, they touch not the ground.
Dance Of The Grizzly Bear
Popular Song
1910 - m. George Botsford, w. Irving Berlin N - Vocal Artist: Sophie Tucker
Dance Of The Honeybees
Popular Song
1902 - m. Benjamin Richmond
Dance of the Wild Flowers
Popular Song
Dance with Me
College
Dancing Fool
Popular Song
1922 - m. Ted Snyder, w. Harry B. Smith, Francis Wheeler
Dancing Lesson
Children
V - Brother come and dance with mel Both my hand I'm offering thee,
Danube River
Traditional
Aide
Danville Chariot
Spiritual
V - I done been to heaven, an' I done been tried, I been to de water, an' I been baptized, C - Oh, swing low, sweet chariot, Pray let me enter in, I don' want to stay here no longer.
Daphne
Traditional
1650
Dar's One More Ribber To Cross
Traditional
1881
Darby and Joan
Traditional
Malloy
Dargason
Traditional
1650
Daring Young Man on the Flying TrapezeSee The Flying Trapeze
Dark as a Dungeon
Traditional
Dark Is the Night
Traditional
Darling Go to Rest
Children
V - Evening shades are falling; Time to go to rest, Stars are softly calling Darling to her rest;
Darrow Warrow
Traditional
1860
Dartmouth Our Dartmouth
College
N - Dartmouth College
Dartmouth Song
College
N - Dartmouth College
Dashing Cavaliers
Popular Song
Dat Lovin' Rag
Traditional
1908 - w. Victor H. Smalley, m. Bernard Adler
Dauntless March
Popular Song
1877
David of the White Stone
Traditional
Davy Jones' Locker
Traditional
1901
Dawn of Day
Traditional
Welsh
Day By Day
Popular Song
1900
Day of Judgment
Traditional
Day That You Grew Colder
Popular Song
1905 - w.m. Paul Dresser
Days of Summer Glory
Children
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
Days of Youth
Popular Song
De Back-log
Traditional
1862
De Contrack
Traditional
1860
De Ole Sheep Done Know De Road
Spiritual
V - Oh, sooner in de mornin' when I rise, De young lambs mus' find de way. Wid crosses an' trials on ebry side, C - Oh, de ole sheep done know de road . . . De young lambs mus' find de way.
De Winter'll Soon Be Over
Spiritual
V - Oh, look up yonder what I see, Bright angels comin' arter me. C - Oh de winter . . . de winter'll soon be ober children. . .Yes, my Lord.
De'il's Awa' Ai' the Exciseman
Traditional
Dear Alma Mater
College
Dear Aunt May
College
Dear Bucknell
College
N - Bucknell University
Dear College Chums
Popular Song
w.m. Charles K. Harris
Dear Heart
Popular Song
1919 - m. W.C. Polla, Willard Goldsmith, w. Jean Lefavre V - I'm dreaming dreams of days gone by, A heart that once was true C - Dear heart, are you true to me N - NOT Henry Mancini's Dear Heart (I wish you were here)
Dear Heart (Knight For A Day)
Popular Song
w.m. J. Anton Dailey P - A Knight For A Day
Dear Kenyon
College
N - Kenyon College
Dear Little Rose Girl
Popular Song
m. Anselm Goetz, w. William Cary Duncan P - Dear Little Rose Girl
Dear Mother Goose
Children
w. Kate Forman, m. Carrie Bullard V - O dear Mother Goose, come and take us
Dear Old Moonlight
Popular Song
1909 - m. Tom Lemonier, w. Henry Creamer
Dear Old Pals
Traditional
G.W. Hunt
Dear Old Reserve
College
N - Western Reserve University
Dear Old Rose
Popular Song
1912 - m. George W. Meyer, w. Jack Drislane
Dear Old Yale
College
N - Yale University
Dearest Place
Traditional
1890 - Wrighton
Dearest Spot is Home
Traditional
1891 - Wrighton
Dearie
Popular Song
1905 - w.m. Clare Kummer
Dearie Dear
Popular Song
m. Bert C. Randall, w. Fred C. Roegge, Henry Roegge, Jr.
Death and Burial of Cock Robin
Children
V - Who kill's Cock Robin? I, said the Sparrow; With my bow and arrow, I kill'd Cock Robin.
Death and the Lady
Traditional
Deirdre's Farewell to Scotlands
Traditional
Hebrides
Delaware Cotillion
Traditional
Delight of Gruffydd ap Cynan
Traditional
Delight of the Men of Dovey
Traditional
Dem Charming Bells
Spiritual
V - Come along my brother, come along, For your time is drawing near; C - Lord, I'm almost home! . . . For to ring them charming bells!
Democracy's Call
Popular Song
Demon Lover
Traditional
Demonstration
College
Der Baum in Odenwald
Traditional
Der Schweizer
Traditional
Der Wandersmann
Traditional
Derby Reel
Traditional
1823
Dere's an Old Camp Meetin'
College
Derry Down
Folk Song
1600s - English Folk Song C - Hey down, ho down, derry, derry, down N - See Three Ravens and The Keeper
Des Madchens Klage
Traditional
1831 - w. Philipp Duringer, m. Traditional
Desiree
Patriotic
1884 - m. John Philip Sousa
Despairing Lover
Traditional
1711
Devil among the Quakers
Traditional
1823
Dh' Fhalbh Mo Leannan Fhein
Traditional
Dick's Maggot
Traditional
1703
Did You Hear My Jesus
Spiritual
V - Ef you want to get to hebben, come a-long . . . Hear my Jesus when He call you. C - Did you hear my Jesus when He call you . . . For to try on your long white robe.
Didelphis or Opossum March and Two Step
Popular Song
Die Auserwahlte
Traditional
Die Binschgauer Wallfahrt
Traditional
Die drei Reitertrad
Traditional
Die drei Roselein Schwabisches
Traditional
Die Lindenwtin
Traditional
w. 1876, m - w. R. Baumbach, m. Franz Abt
Dimpled Cheek
Traditional
Dimples
Traditional
Dingy Slowdown
Traditional
Robert Hoffman
Dissembling Love
Traditional
1650
Dixie Queen
Traditional
Do do My Huckleberry Do
Traditional
1893
Do I Love Her
College
Do Not Awaken My Memories
Traditional
Do Not Scold Me and Do Not Reproach Me
Traditional
Do They Think of Me at Home
Traditional
Do You Ever Think of Me
Popular Song
1920 - m. Earl Burtnett, w. Harry D. Kerr, John Cooper
Do You Take This Woman
Popular Song
1913 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling
Do You Think I'd Make A Soldier
Spiritual
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
Do, Do, Pity My Case (In Some Lady's Garden)
Traditional
Doan Ye Cry, Ma Honey
Popular Song
1899 - w.m. Albert W. Noll
Doctor Brown
Traditional
Doctor Cook's in Town
College
Doctor Tinkle Tinker
Popular Song
1910 - m. Karl Hoschna, w. Otto Harbach
Dodger
Traditional
Dodo Baby Do
Children
V - Dodo, Baby, Do Now my babe to sleep will go, There the old hen dozes, Over 'neath the roses,
Dog and the Cat
Children
V - Why do you scratch me Pussy, You naughty little thing? Unless you stop Miss Pussy, Another tune you'll sing!
Dolly and Her Mamma
Children
V - Dolly, you're a naughty girl, All you hair is out of curl
Dolly Gray Barn Dance
Popular Song
Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai
Traditional
1861 - Stephen Collins Foster
Don't Call de Roll
Spiritual
V - Jacob's ladder slim an' tall. Don't call de roll till I git there. Haint got de faith surely yo' mus' fall . . . C - Oh, don't call de roll . . . don't call de roll till I git there.
Don't Call The Roll
Spiritual
V - Don't call the roll, John, Till I get there, Don't call the roll, John, Till I get there. C - Ain't that a pity, Lord! Sin and a shame, Sinner man so hard believe.
Don't Cry Little Girl, Don't Cry
Popular Song
w.m. Macco Dinkard
Don't Cry, Frenchy, Don't Cry
Popular Song
1919 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young
Don't Forget Dar's a Weddin' To-night
College
Don't I Though
College
N - Overelin College
Don't Leave Me, Lord
Spiritual
V - Jesus, Jesus is my frien', Lord, don't heave a me behin', He will go with me to de en' C - Don't leave me, Lord. Don't leave me Lord. Lord, don't leave a me behin'.
Don't Put Me Off At Buffalo Any More
Popular Song
1901 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome
Don't Try To Steal The Sweetheart Of A Soldier
Popular Song
m. Van Schenck, w. Alfred Bryan
Don't Wake Me Up, I'm Dreaming
Popular Song
1910 - m. Henry Ingraham, w. Beth Slater Wilson V - Dreaming I stray, back love's sweet way, Ev'ry where I find but gladness. C - Don't wake me up I am dreaming, Dreaming of one I love.
Don't Ye View Dat Ship a-Come a-Sailin'
Spiritual
V - Don't ye view dat ship a come a sailin'? . . . Dat ship is heavy loaded . . . She neither reels nor totters. C - Hallelujah!
Don't You Remember the Time
Popular Song
1919 - w.m. W. R. Williams
Don't You Think That You Could Learn To Love Me
Popular Song
m. Percy Wenrich, w. Morris S. Silver
Don't You Want To Go
Spiritual
V - O brother don't you want to go? . . . Come, less go down to Jordan, Hallelu! C - Less go down to Jordan . . . Hallelu!
Don't You Wish You Were Back Home Again?
Popular Song
w.m. Charles K. Harris
Done Been Sanctified
Spiritual
V - One day I'se a walking a long, The Lord done sanctified me . . Mourner, behold de Lamb of God. C - He sanctified my soul.
Doo Dah Blues
Popular Song
1922 - m. Ted FioRito, w. Fred Rose
Dora Dean
Popular Song
Dost Thou Love Me, Sister Ruth
Traditional
1895 - Haydn
Doubtful Shepherd
Traditional
1780
Douglas! Tender and True
Traditional
Scott
Dove
Traditional
Traditional Welsh
Dover Pier
Traditional
1791
Down Along the Mother Volga
Traditional
Down Among the Cane-Brakes
Traditional
1860 - Stephen Collins Foster
Down Among the Dead Men
Traditional
1660 - Traditional
Down Among the Sheltering Pines
Traditional
Down At The Husking Bee
Popular Song
1908 - m. S.R. Henry, w. Monroe Rosenfeld
Down By the Meadow Brook
Popular Song
Down By the O-Hi-O
Popular Song
1920 - m. Abe Oldman, w. Jack Yellen
Down By the River (We'll Gain)
Spiritual
V - And if those mourners would believe, Down by the river, The gift of life they would receive, Down by the riverside. C - Yes, we'll gain this world, Down by the river . . . Down by the riverside.
Down By the River (We'll Wait)
Spiritual
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.
Down in a Coal Mine
Traditional
Down in Alabam'
Traditional
Down In Bom-Bombay
Popular Song
1915 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Ballard MacDonald
Down in Maryland
College
Down in Mobile
College
Down in Poverty Row
Traditional
1895
Down In The Deep, Let Me Sleep When I Die
Popular Song
1900 - m. Henry W. Petrie, w. W.L. Titus
Down In The Depths
Popular Song
1901 - w.m. Henry W. Petrie
Down in the Licensed Saloon
Traditional
1899
Down in the Old Apple Orchard
College
m. Ted Garton, Max Clay, w. Will R. Garton
Down In The Old Meadow Lane
Popular Song
m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry Williams
Down In The Vale Of The Shenandoah
Popular Song
1904 - w.m. Charles K. Harris
Down on Penny's Farm
Traditional
Down On The Farm
Popular Song
1902 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Raymond A. Browne
Down on the FarmSee I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm)
Down South
Popular Song
1900 - w. Sigmund Spaeth, m. William H. Myddleton
Down The Field
Popular Song
Down The Old Church Aisle
Popular Song
1921 - w.m. Ray Perkins
Down the Trail
Popular Song
1920 - w.m. Ernest R. Ball
Down Where The Cotton Blossoms Grow
Popular Song
1901 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Andrew Sterling
Down Where The Silv'ry Mohawk Flows
Popular Song
1905 - m. John Heinzman, Otto Heinzman, w. Monroe Rosenfeld
Down Where The Swanee River Flows
Popular Song
1916 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Charles S. Alberte, Charles McCarron
Downward Road is Crowded
Spiritual
V - Come all ye wayward trav'lers, An' let us jine an' sing, De everlastin' praises, Of Jesus Christ our King. C - Oh, de downward road is crowded, crowded, crowded . . . with unbelievin' souls.
Doxology
Children
L. Bourgeois V - All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice C - Praise God from who all blessings flow. Praise him all creatures here below. Praise him above ye heavenly hosts. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Drake's Drum
Traditional
CV Stanford
Draper's Maggot
Traditional
1721
Dream
Traditional
1895
Dream Days
Popular Song
1913 - m. Charles L. Johnson
Dream Faces
Traditional
Hutchinson
Dreaming Alone in the Twilight
Popular Song
Dreaming Day Dreams
Popular Song
w.m. Wenonah Owen
Dreaming Of Bye Gone Days
Popular Song
w.m. Eugene R. Kenney
Dreaming, Love, Of You
Popular Song
1905 - w.m. Charles K. Harris
Dreams (Smith)
Popular Song
w.m. Russell Smith V - Life has its sadness and gladness, Love has its sorry and pain. C - Dreams, dreams, love dreams. Dreaming that you are mine.
Dreams of Home
Popular Song
Dreams Of Long Ago
Popular Song
1912 - m. Enrico Caruso, w. John Focaci, Earl Carroll
Dreamy Alabama
Popular Song
1919 - m. Joe Young, w. Ballard MacDonald
Dreamy Melody
Popular Song
1922 - w.m. Ted Koehler, Frank Magine, Clayton Naset
Drink It Down Drink It Down
Traditional
1853
Drink Puppy Drink
Traditional
1874 - C.J. Whyte-Melville
Drinking Song
College
Drinking Song (Tillie's Nightmare)
Popular Song
m. A. Baldwin Sloane, w. Edgar Smith P - Tillie's Nightmare
Driving Away at the Smoothing Inn
Traditional
Droppings of the Mash-Tub
Traditional
Drowner Lover
Traditional
Drum-Major of Schneider's Bank
College
Drumclog
Traditional
Dry Dock Waltz
Traditional
Dude Who Couldn't Dance
College
Dude Who Didn't Dance
College
Duet from "Parigi O Cara"
Traditional
1882 - Dugall Quin
Duet from Linda
Traditional
Duke of Bedford
Traditional
Duke of Rutland's Delight
Traditional
1728
Dull Sir John
Traditional
1650
Dunderbeck
Traditional
1894
Dusky Night
Traditional
1777
Dust an' Ashes
Spiritual
V - Dust, dust and ashes fly over my grave C - He rose, he rose, he rose from de dead
Dustman
Children
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
Dutch Company
Traditional
Dutch National Song
Traditional
Dutch Warbler
College
Duty To Home And Flag
Popular Song
1903 - w.m. Ed Rogers
Dying Girl
Traditional
Dying Volunteer
Traditional
1861 - Gumpert
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