GLesser Known Public Domain SongsG List of 197
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 1929 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1929 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-1930 PD sheet music publication in our library AND if anyone has asked about PD status of the song in the past 20 years. | |||
| G Whiz Popular Song |
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| Gaby Glide Popular Song |
1911 - m. Louis A. Hirsch, w. Harry Pilcer | ||
| Gaiety Traditional |
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| Garnet and Gold Popular Song |
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| Garter Traditional |
1690 | ||
| Gathering Peascods Traditional |
1650 | ||
| Gaudeamus College |
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| Gebet Traditional |
1821 - w. F Kind, m. K M von Weber | ||
| Gebet wahrend der Schlacht Traditional |
1813 - w. Theodor K., m. Friedrich H. Himm | ||
| Gee, But There's Class To A Girl Like You Popular Song |
1909 - w.m. W.R. Williams | ||
| General Persifor F. Smith's March Popular Song |
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| General Roll Call Spiritual |
V - O come, my brethern, one an' all, When the general roll is called I'll be there. C - I'll be there, I'll be there, When the general roll is called I'll be there. | ||
| Genesee College |
N - University of Rochester | ||
| Gentle Maiden Traditional |
Traditional Irish | ||
| Gently, Johnny, My Jingalo Traditional |
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| Geography Song Children |
V - Oh, have you heard geography sung? For if you've not, it's on my tongue | ||
| George Washington College |
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| Georgette Popular Song |
1922 - m. Ray Henderson, w. Lew Brown | ||
| Georgia Grind Song Popular Song |
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| Geraldine Popular Song |
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| German Band Traditional |
Arthur Lloyd | ||
| German Lullaby Children |
V - Brother, thou and I, We'll sing our lullaby; Hush thee, dear, sing sweet and low, Baby now to rest would go | ||
| Get On Board LIttle Children Traditional |
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| Get Out (Get Out of the Wilderness) Traditional |
1858 | ||
| Get Thee Behind Me, Mr. Satan Traditional |
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| Geud Man of Ballangigh Traditional |
1709 | ||
| Ghost Dance College |
N - Pomona College | ||
| Ghost Of A Coon Popular Song |
1900 - m. Bert Williams, w. George Walker | ||
| Gideon's Band or De Milk-white Horses Spiritual |
V - Oh, de band ob Gideon, oh de band ob Gideon over in Jordan . . . How I long to see dat day. C - Oh, de twelve white horses . . . Oh, hitch 'em to thje chariot . . . ober in Jordan. | ||
| Gin'ral Grant College |
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| Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee Traditional |
1899 | ||
| Girl Of My Dreams [Emerson] Popular Song |
1910 - w.m. Gene Emerson | ||
| Girl Who Cares For Me Popular Song |
1904 | ||
| Girls Of America March Popular Song |
1899 - m. J. Mahlon Duganne | ||
| Git On The Evening Train Spiritual |
V - My Lord told a me so, so . . . Gabriel's trumpet shall blow, blow C - Gwine to get on the evening train, train . . Git on the evening train. | ||
| Giv Me Dat Water-Million College |
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| Give a Man A Horse He Can Ride Popular Song |
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| Give Me Jesus Spiritual |
V - I heard my mother say, 'Give Me Jesus'. C - Give me Jesus, You may have all this world, Give me Jesus. | ||
| Give Me The Moonlight, Give Me The Girl Popular Song |
1917 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Lew Brown | ||
| Give Me the Waltz College |
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| Give Me the Waltz (Piper Heidsieck) College |
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| Give Me Your Hand Spiritual |
V - You say you're aiming for the skies, You must be loving at God's command, Why don't you quit your telling lies? C - O give me your hand, Give me your hand. Al I want is the love of God . . . You must be loving at God's command. | ||
| Give Up the World Traditional |
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| Glad Cat Rag Traditional |
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| Glendy Burk Traditional |
1860 - w.m. Stephen Collins Foster V - De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat, Wid a mighty fast captain too; He sits up dah on de hurricane roof And he keeps his eye on de crew. C - Ho! for Lou'siana! I'm bound to leave dis town; I'll take my duds and tote 'em on my back When de Glendy Burk comes down. | ||
| Glenogie Traditional |
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| Gloria Traditional |
1890 - Mozart | ||
| Gloria Patri Hymn |
1890 - w. Second Century Anonymous, m. Henry W. Greatorex (1811-1858) V - Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. | ||
| Glorious Fourth Traditional |
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| Glory Glory (The Little Octoroon) Traditional |
1866 - Root | ||
| Glory, Glory, Hallelujah | See Battle Hymn of the Republic | ||
| Glory! Glory! Traditional |
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| Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Traditional |
1861 - Root | ||
| Gloucestershire Wassail Traditional |
ca. 1798 V - Wassail, wassail, all over the town, Our toast it is while, our ale it is brown, Our bowl it is made of a maplin tree. We be good fellows all, I drink to thee. | ||
| Go 'Way Bank And Sit Down Popular Song |
1901 - m. Al Johns, w. Elmer Bowman | ||
| Go as Far as You Like Traditional |
1904 | ||
| Go in the Wilderness Traditional |
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| Go On, Good-A-Bye Popular Song |
1910 - m. Joseph Murphy, w. A.W. Brown | ||
| Go Round and Round the Valley Traditional |
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| Go Tell Aunt Rhody Traditional |
1921 C - Go and tell Aunt Nancy, Go and tell Aunt Nancy, Go and tell Aunt Nancy, The Old Grey Goose Is Dead. N - a.k.a. The Old Grey Goose | ||
| Go to Sleep Lena Darling Children |
V - Close your eyes, Lena, my darling, While I sing your lullaby; Fear thou no danger, Lena, Move not, dear Lena | ||
| Go Way Old Man College |
V - Oh, I'll build me a little hut, In the mountains so high C - Leave me along, For I am a stranger, and a long way from home! N - Song of Louisiana Negroes | ||
| Go, Mary an' Toll De Bell Spiritual |
V - Whose all dem come dressed in white? Dey mus' be de children of de Israelite. I thank God. C - Go Mary an' toll de bell; Come John an' call de roll. I thank God. | ||
| Gobble Duet Children |
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, N - The Mascot | ||
| God Got Plenty o' Room Traditional |
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| God is Love Traditional |
Conkey | ||
| God Knows All Children |
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; | ||
| God Speed the Right Traditional |
w. 1885, m - w. Goethe, m. Eberwein | ||
| Goddesses Traditional |
1650 | ||
| Goin' Over On De Uddah Side Of Jordan Spiritual |
V - I'm gwine away to see my Jesus. gwine away to see my Lord. C - O, I'm jes' agoin' over on de other side of Jordan, An' I'm jes' a goin' over, over home. | ||
| Going Back to Nassau Hall College |
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| Going for a Pardon Traditional |
1896 | ||
| Going Home in the Chariot Spiritual |
V - O never you mind what Satan say. Going home in the chariot in the morning. He never did teach one sinner to pray . . . C - Going home in the chariot in the morning. | ||
| Going to Heaven Spiritual |
V - De book of revelation God to us revealed, Mysteries of salvation De book of seven seals. C - Going to heaven, going to heaven, to see that bleeding Lamb. | ||
| Going to Hold Out to the End Spiritual |
V - I have a dear old mother Who's lately come from the Lord; Let trials come as they will come, Going to hold out to the end. C - Going to hold out to the end . . . Let trials come as they will come, Going to hold out to the end. | ||
| Goiong Up Popular Song |
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| Gold and Blue College |
N - Franklin College | ||
| Gold and Olive College |
N - Lombard University | ||
| Gold Band Traditional |
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| Gold Will Buy Most Anything But a True Girl's Heart Traditional |
1898 | ||
| Golden Altar Traditional |
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| Golden Bear College |
N - University of California | ||
| Golden Robe Traditional |
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| Golden Rod Popular Song |
1907 - w.m. Mabel McKinley | ||
| Golden Rule Children |
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. | ||
| Golden Slippers | See Oh Dem Golden Slippers | ||
| Golden Sun Children |
Johann Strauss V - The golden sun sinks in the west, the mountain tops retain his beams; The parent bird flies to her nest, | ||
| Golden Vanity Traditional |
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| Golden Wedding College |
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| Gondellied Popular Song |
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| Gondolier Popular Song |
1903 - m. W.C. Powell, w. Harry Williams | ||
| Gone Along Spiritual |
V - My good old auntie's gone a long, She's gone along . . . Gone across bold Jordan's stream. C - Thank God she's got religion, I do believe, Thank God, she's got religion . . . Gone across bold Jordan's stream. | ||
| Good Bye Traditional |
Englebrecht | ||
| Good Bye Everybody Popular Song |
1912 - m. Jean Gilbert, w. Will M. Hough P - Modern Eve - 1912, V - Beware the spell of the springtime, though it seems sweet as life to you oo, For all the dreams that you're dreaming, May lose their charm when they come true oo! C - Goodbye ev'rybody, Goodbye ev'rything. Farewell golden summer, Farewell lovely spring . . . Goodbye ev'rybody, I got married today. | ||
| Good Bye Flo Traditional |
1904 | ||
| Good Bye Rag Traditional |
1920 - Carleton L. Colby | ||
| Good Bye Song Children |
V - All our work is over, Busy Hands are thro', Have they been thro' all the day, Loving, kind and true? | ||
| Good Bye Sweet Day Popular Song |
1891 - m. Kate Vannah, w. Celia Thaxter V - I have so loved the, but cannot cannot hold thee C - Good bye Sweet Day, Good bye Sweet Day | ||
| Good Bye, Brother Traditional |
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| Good Bye, Good Luck, God Bless You Popular Song |
1916 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan V - It's hard to part when heart to heart We've lived and loved and dreamed. It came to naught, although I thought That you were all you seemed. C - Goodbye, good luck, God bless you, Is all that I can say; But when you leave, my heart will grieve forever and a day. | ||
| Good Bye, Little Girl, Good Bye Popular Song |
1904 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Will D. Cobb | ||
| Good Bye, My Lover, Good Bye Traditional |
V - The ship is sailing down the bay, Good bye, my lover, good bye; We may not meet for many a day, Good bye, my lover good bye. C - By low, my baty, by low, my baby . . . Bood bye my lover good bye. | ||
| Good Christian Men Rejoice Traditional |
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| Good Evening, Caroline Popular Song |
1908 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Jack Norworth | ||
| Good Gravy Rag Traditional |
1913 - Harry Belding | ||
| Good Humored and Fairly Tipsy Traditional |
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| Good King Wenceslas Christmas, Holiday |
1853 - w. John Mason Neale, m. Thomas Helmore V - Good King Wenceslas looked out, on the Feast of Stephen, When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even; Brightly shone the moon that night, tho' the frost was cruel, When a poor man came in sight, gath'ring winter fuel. N - Music based on 1582 Finnish tune from Piae Canationes, 1582. | ||
| Good Lord, Shall I Ever Be The One Spiritual |
V - God placed Adam in de garden, 'Twas about de cool of de day, Call for old Adam, An' he tried to run away. C - Good Lord, shall I ever be de one? . . . To get over in de Promise' Lan'? | ||
| Good Luck Polka Traditional |
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| Good Morning Spiritual |
V - Good morning everybody, oh, children . . . My sould got happy this morning, O children! Lord, I'm rolling in Zion, jubilee! C - Lord, I'm rolling in Zion, jubilee! | ||
| Good Morning Carrie! Popular Song |
1901 | ||
| Good Morning Merry Sunshine Children |
V - Good morning merry sunshine, How did you wake so soon? You've scared the little stars away | ||
| Good Morning, Carrie Popular Song |
1901 - m. James T. Brymn, w. Cecil Mack, Chris Smith | ||
| Good News, Member Traditional |
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| Good Night Traditional |
1899 - Mendelssohn | ||
| Good Night and Good Morning Children |
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, | ||
| Good Night Farewell Traditional |
1885 - Kucken | ||
| Good Night Germany Popular Song |
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| Good Night, Dear Popular Song |
1908 - w.m. Will R. Anderson | ||
| Good Night, Nurse Popular Song |
1912 - m. W. Raymond Walker, w. Thomas J. Gray | ||
| Good Old College Days College |
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| Good Old U.S.A. Popular Song |
1906 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Jack Drislane | ||
| Good Old Way Traditional |
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| Good-By Betty Brown Popular Song |
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| Goodbye Deal Old Cadet Gray College |
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| Goodbye Eli College |
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| Goodbye My Little Lady College |
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| Goodbye My Lover Goodbye Traditional |
1882 | ||
| Goodbye Old Paint Traditional |
1870 | ||
| Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye Traditional |
Hatton | ||
| Goodbye to the Summer Traditional |
1890 - Kucken | ||
| Goodbye-ee ! College |
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| Goodbye, Flo Popular Song |
1904 - w.m. George M. Cohan | ||
| Goodbye, Rose Popular Song |
1910 - m. Herbert Ingraham, w. Addison Burkhart | ||
| Goodbye, Sis Popular Song |
1904 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Will D. Cobb | ||
| Goodbye, Virginia Popular Song |
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| Goodnight Traditional |
Schneider | ||
| Goodnight Little Girl Goodnight Traditional |
1898 | ||
| Goodnight Navy College |
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| Goodnight to the Day Traditional |
Halley | ||
| Goodnight, Beloved, Goodnight Popular Song |
1900 - m. James B. Oliver, w. J. Everett Fat | ||
| Goose and Gander Dan Traditional |
1863 - Dan Emmett | ||
| Goose and the Gridiron Traditional |
1772 | ||
| Goosey Goosey Gander Children |
V - Goosey, goosey gander, Whither shall I wander? Upstairs and downstairs, And in my lady's chamber. | ||
| Got a Home in That Rock Spiritual |
V - I've got a home in a that Rock, Don't you see? Don't you see? Between the earth and sky, Thought I heard my Saviour cry, C - I've got a home in a that Rock, Don't you see? | ||
| Got My Head Wet College |
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| Got Your Habits On Minstrel |
1899 - w.m. John Queen C - To git his habits on Got you habits on And when dey learn how read and write why most of dem n------- just think they're white | ||
| Gott Erhalta den Kaiser Traditional |
1800 - Haydn | ||
| Grace and Beauty Traditional |
1909 - James Scott | ||
| Grace Before Meal At Hampton Spiritual |
V - Thou art great and Thou art good, And we thank Thee for this good; By Thy hand must we be fed, Give us Lord our daily bread. N - Published as "Grace Before Meat at Hampton" | ||
| Graceful and Easy College |
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| Graduates' Farewell Traditional |
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| Grafted into the Army Traditional |
1862 - Henry Clay Work | ||
| Grand Canal Waltz Traditional |
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| Grand Duchess Traditional |
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| Grand March Traditional |
Norma | ||
| Grande Valse Brilliante Traditional |
1834 - Chopin | ||
| Grande Valse Caprice Popular Song |
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| Granny, You're My Mammy's Mammy Popular Song |
1921 - m. Harry Askt, w. Sam Lewis, Joe Young | ||
| Grant Pill Traditional |
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| Grant Pill (Unconditional Surrender) Traditional |
1863 - Castle, Becket | ||
| Grave of Bonaparte Traditional |
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| Graveyard Traditional |
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| Gray Days Popular Song |
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| Great Crunch Collision Ragtime, Music Hall |
1896 - m. Scott Joplin (1867 - 1917) | ||
| Great Scott Rag Traditional |
James Scott | ||
| Green Broom Traditional |
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| Green Bushes Traditional |
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| Green Grass Grew All Around Popular Song |
1912 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. William Jerome V - Little Johnnie Green, Little Sallie Brown spooning in the park with the grass all around. Underneath a tree, they were making love, Gazing at the silver stars above. C - And the green grass grew all around, All a round, All around, And each little bird in the tree-top high said 'Oh You Kid', and winked his eye. | ||
| Green Gravel, Green Gravel Grass Is So Green Traditional |
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| Green Grow the Lilacs Traditional |
1846 | ||
| Green Grow the Rashes O! Traditional |
Traditional | ||
| Green Mountain Boy Traditional |
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| Green Sleeves and Yellow Lace Traditional |
1721 | ||
| Green Wedding Traditional |
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| Greenbacks Traditional |
1863 | ||
| Greenfield Hornpipe Traditional |
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| Greenwich Park Traditional |
1701 | ||
| Greenwich Witch Traditional |
1921 - Zez Confrey | ||
| Gridiron Grenadiers College |
1921 - m. British War Song, w. William O. Eareckson V - Eyes right! Watch us fight! Army's goin' to score. We're the boys who make the noise, We've licked this gang before. | ||
| Gridiron King College |
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| Grimstock Traditional |
1652 | ||
| Grizzly Bear Rag Traditional |
George Botsford | ||
| Gruss Traditional |
Traditional | ||
| Guard of Old Nassau College |
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| Guard on the Rhine Traditional |
Wilhelm | ||
| Gum Shoe Traditional |
E.J. Stark | ||
| Gwendoleen's Repose Traditional |
Traditional Welsh | ||
| Gwine Follow Traditional |
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| Gwine ter Jine De Band Spiritual |
V - Haint but one thing that grieves my mind, Band of angels leaves me behind ah! C - Ise a gwine ter jine de band . . . Little children ah! Ise a gwine ter jine de band | ||
| Gwine To Live Humble to de Lord Spiritual |
V - On day as I was walkin' along, Gwine to live humble to de Lord. De element opened an' de love came down . . . C - Humble, humble, humble yourselves, Gwine to live humble to de Lord. | ||
| Gwine to Run All Night | See Camptown Races | ||
| Gypsy Blues Popular Song |
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| Gypsy Chorus - Carmen Traditional |
Bizet | ||
| Gypsy Lament Traditional |
Traditional | ||
| Gypsy Music Traditional |
Liszt | ||
| Gypsy's Warning Traditional |
Traditional | ||
