PD Music CartAPopular Public Domain SongsA List of 67
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 | Aba Daba Honeymoon Popular Song - PD00012 |
1914 - w.m. Arthur Fields, Walter Donaldson V - Way down in the Congo land lived a happy chimpanzee, She loved a monkey with a long tail, (Lordy, how she loved him!) C - 'Aba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab' Said the chimpie to the Monk. 'Baba, daba, daba, daba, daba, daba, dab' Said the Monkey to the Chimp. | |
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| Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder Popular Song - PD00024 |
1900 - m. Herbert Dillea, w. Arthur Gillespie | |
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| Adoring You Popular Song - PD06877 |
1924 - w. Joseph McCarthy, m. Harry Tierney | |
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| Afghanistan Popular Song - PD00043 |
1920 - m. Harry Donnelly, w. William Wilander V - In the land of Afghanistan There's a Hindu maid and a man. She swore by the stars up above her That he was the one to love her. C - In Afghanistan, There's a Caravan By the fair oasis waiting for you and for you only. Cross the desert sand we will find a temple; There will be a bridal day for you my idol, In Afghanistan. | |
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| After I Say I'm Sorry [What Can I Say] Popular Song - PD07020 |
1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson, Abe Lyman | |
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| After the Ball Popular Song - PD00048 |
1892 - w.m. Charles K. Harris V - A bright little maiden climbed an old man's knee. Begged for a story, 'Do Uncle please?' Why are you single, why live alone? C - After the ball is over, After the break of morn, After the dancers leaving, After the stars have gone; | |
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| After You Get What You Want, You Don't Want It Popular Song - PD00051 |
1920 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Listen to me honey dear, Something's wrong with you I fear. It's getting harder to please you, Harder and harder each year. C - After you get what you want you don't want it, If I gave you the moon, You'd grow tired of it soon. You're like a baby You want what you want when you want it. | |
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| After You've Gone Popular Song - PD00052 |
1918 - m. Turner Layton, w. Henry Creamer V - Now won't you listen honey while I say How could you tell me that you're going away C - After you've gone and left me crying, After you've gone There's no denying, you'll feel blue, You'll feel sad | |
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| Aggravatin' Papa Popular Song - PD00056 |
1922 - w.m. Roy Turk, J. Russell Robinson, Addie Britt | |
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| Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life Popular Song - PD00065 |
1910 - m. Victor Herbert (1859 - 1924), w. Rida Johnson Young (1875-1926) P - Naughty Marietta - 1910, Operetta V - Ah! Sweet Mysteryt of life, at last I've found thee. Ah! I know at last the secret of it all; All the longing, seeking, striving, waiting . . . C - . . . For it is love alone that rules for aye! | |
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| Ain't She Sweet Popular Song - PD07113 |
1927 - w. Jack Yellen, m. Milt Ager | |
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| Ain't We Got Fun Popular Song - PD00073 |
1921 - m. Richard Whiting, w. Gus Kahn, Raymond Egan V - Bill collectors gather 'Round and rather, Haunt the cottage next door. Men the grocer and butcher sent, Men who call for the rent. C - Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, Ain't we got fun. Not much money Oh but honey Ain't we got fun. The rents unpaid dear, We haven't a bus . . . | |
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| Ain't You Coming Back to Dixieland Popular Song - PD00074 |
1917 - m. Richard A. Whiting, w. Raymond Egan | |
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| Alabama Jubilee Popular Song - PD00082 |
1915 - m. George L. Cobb, w. Jack Yellen | |
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| Alabamy Bound Popular Song - PD06968 |
1925 - w. Buddy DeSylva, Bud Green, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Alcoholic Blues (Some Blues) Popular Song - PD00087 |
1919 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Edward Laska V - I love my country, 'deed I do C - I've got the blues, I've go the alcoholic blues | |
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| Alexander's Ragtime Band Popular Song - PD00090 |
1911 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Oh, ma honey, Better hurry and let's meander, Ain't you goin', To the leader man, ragged meter man? Oh, ma honey. C - Come on and hear, Come on and hear Alexander's ragtime band, Come and hear, Come on and hear, It's the best band in the land. | |
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| Alice Blue Gown Popular Song - PD00091 |
1919 - m. Harry Tierney, w. Joe McCarthy V - I once had a gown it was almost new, Oh, the daintiest thing, it was sweet Alice Blue C - In my sweet little Alice Blue Gown, When I first wandered down into town | |
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| All Aboard For Dixie Land Popular Song - PD00096 |
1913 - m. George L. Cobb, w. Jack Yellen | |
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| All Alone Popular Song - PD00097 |
1911 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Will Dillon | |
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| All Alone (Irving Berlin) Popular Song - PD06962 |
1924 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - Just like a melody that lingers on, You seem to haunt me night and day. I never realized till you had gone How much I cared about you. C - All alone. I'm so all alone. There is no one else but you. All alone by the telephone waiting for a ring, a ting-a-ling. | |
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| All Alone Monday Popular Song - PD07114 |
1927 - w. Bert Kalmar, m. Harry Ruby | |
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| All By Myself Popular Song - PD00098 |
1921 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I'm so unhappy. What'll I do, I long for somebody who, will sympathize with me; C - All by myself in the morning, All by myself in the night; I sit alone in a cosy Morris chair, So unhappy there Playing solitaire. | |
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| All Night Long Popular Song - PD00108 |
1912 - w.m. Shelton Brooks | |
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| All She'd Say Was Umh-Umn Popular Song - PD00115 |
1920 - w.m. Jack Dill, Mac Emery, Gus Van, Joe Schenck V - I never cared for birds or flowers or buzzing ot eh bees until today C - Like a sweet coooin' dove I'm just bbbling with love Umh Hum Umh-Hum | |
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| All The Quakers Are Shoulder Shakers Popular Song - PD00118 |
1919 - m. Pete Wendling, w. Bert Kalmar, Edgar Leslie V - Oh, I just got back today, From a town not far away. I've been looking at the Quakers, In their clothes of gray; C - All the Quakers are shoulder shakers, Down in Quaker town, Things are upside down--The Jazz Bug bit 'em, How it hit 'em. | |
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| All The World Will Be Jealous Of Me Popular Song - PD00119 |
1917 - m. Ernest Ball, w. Al Dubin | |
| Alma Mater | See Far Above Cayuga's Waters | ||
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| Along The Rocky Road To Dublin Popular Song - PD00159 |
1915 - m. Bert Grant, w. Joe Young V - Said Pat McGee, now listen to me, I've heard you fellows brag about your beauties over here C - Along the rocky road to Dublin we were singing along, singing a song with joy me heart was bubblin' with Cordelia by me side | |
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| Always Popular Song - PD06969 |
1925 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
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| Always Leave Them Laughing (When You Say Goodbye) Popular Song - PD00171 |
1903 - w.m. George M. Cohan | |
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| Am I Wasting Time On You Popular Song - PD07021 |
1926 - w.m. Howard Johnson, Irving Bibo | |
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| America, Here's My Boy Popular Song - PD00179 |
1917 - m. Arthur Lange, w. Andrew B. Sterling V - There's a million mothing knocking at the nations door, A million mothers, yes, and there'll be millions more C - America, I raised a boy for you. America, you'll find him staunch and true, Place a gun upon his shoulder, He is ready to die or do. | |
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| America, I Love You Popular Song - PD00180 |
1915 - m. Archie Gottler, w. Edgar Leslie V - Amid fields of clover, 'Twas just a little over A hundred years ago, A handful of strangers, They faced many dangers To make their country grow C - America, I love you, You're like a sweetheart of mine, From ocean to ocean, for you my devotion, Is touching each bound'ry line | |
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| Among My Sourvenirs Popular Song - PD07115 |
1928 - w. Edgar Leslie, m. Horatio Nicholls | |
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| Among My Souvenirs Popular Song - PD07201 |
1927 - w. Edgar Leslie, m. Haratio Nicholls | |
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| Angela Mia (My Angel) Popular Song - PD07202 |
1928 - w.m. Erne Rapee Lew Pollack | |
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| Angelus Popular Song - PD00218 |
1913 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Robert V. Smith | |
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| Angry Popular Song - PD06970 |
1925 - w. Dudley Mecum, m. Henry Brunies, Merritt Brunies | |
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| Annabelle Popular Song - PD06802 |
1923 - m. Ray Henderson (1896 - 1970), w. Lew Brown (b. Russia, December 10, 1893; d. New York NY, February 5, 1958) V - Pretty Little Annabelle Liked a lot of beaus, And her sweetie Johnny Brown Wanted her to settle down, How he coaxes sweet Annabell, Goodness only knows. C - Oh! Annabelle, You've made a wild man out of me. Cause ev'ry day in ev'ry way, You get me jealous as can be. | |
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| Any Little Girl That's A Nice Little Girl Popular Song - PD00231 |
1910 - m. Fred Fischer, w. Thomas J. Gray V - Said she, C - Any little girl that's a nice little girl is the right little girl for me | |
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| Any Old Port In A Storm Popular Song - PD00234 |
1908 - m. Kerry Mills, w. Arthur Lamb | |
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| Any Old Time At All Popular Song - PD00235 |
1906 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome | |
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| Any Time Popular Song - PD00237 |
1921 - w.m. Herbert Happy Lawson V - I'm sad and blue 'bout nobody but you, Why you don't seem the same to me. I told you that I love'd you right from the start . . . C - Any time that you are lonely, Any time that you are blue, Any time you feel down hearted, That will prove to you my love is true . . . | |
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| Anything is Nice If It Comes From Dixieland Popular Song - PD00240 |
1919 - w.m. Grant Clarke, Geo. W. Meyer, Milton Ager V - Ev'ry winter you will notice that the birdies in the sky, to the south will always fly C - Just to make our clothes the cotton grows, in dear old Alabam' | |
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| April Showers Popular Song - PD00244 |
1921 - m. Louis Silvers, w. Bud DeSylva | |
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| Arabian Nights Popular Song - PD00245 |
1918,1919 - m. M. David and Wm. Hewitt, w. Herbert Reynolds V - With what joy girl and boy have always loved to look C - Arabian nights, golden nights, dear delights of oriental mystery | |
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| Are You From Dixie ('Cause I'm From Dixie Too) Popular Song - PD00252 |
1915 - m. George L. Cobb, w. Jack Yellen | |
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| Are You Half The Man Your Mother Thought You'd Be Popular Song - PD00255 |
1916 - m. Harry De Costa, w. Leo Wood V - Have you ever stopped to think of how you sat at mothers' knee, While she planned your future with you, pictured what a man you'd be? C - Have you kept your promise to her, That you made while on her knee? Can you truly say You're half the man today That she always thought you'd be? | |
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| Are You Lonesome Tonight Popular Song - PD07022 |
1926 - w.m. Roy Turk, Lou Handman | |
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| Arrah Wanna Popular Song - PD00271 |
1906 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Jack Drislane | |
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| Arrah, Go On, I'm Gonna Go Back To Oregon Popular Song - PD00272 |
1916 - m. Bert Grant, w. Joe Young, Sam Lewis | |
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| As Long As The World Rolls On Popular Song - PD00281 |
1907 - m. Ernest Ball, w. George Graff | |
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| At A Mississipi Cabaret Popular Song - PD00293 |
1914 - m. Albert Gumble, w. A. Seymour Brown | |
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| At Dawning Popular Song - PD00294 |
1906 - m. Charles Wakefield Cadman, w. Nelle Richmond Eberthart V - When the dawn flames in the sky I love you; When the birdling wak and cry, I love you | |
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| At Peace With The World Popular Song - PD07023 |
1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
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| At Sundown Popular Song - PD07116 |
1927 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
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| At the Ball, That's All Popular Song - PD00295 |
1913 - w.m. J. Leubrie Hill P - Ziegfield Follies of 1913 - 1913, Musical Variety | |
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| At The Devil's Ball Popular Song - PD00297 |
1913 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I had a dream, last night, That filled me full of fright: I dreamt that I was with the Devil below, In his great big fiery hall. C - At the Devil's Ball, At the Devil's Ball I saw the cute Mrs. Devil, so pretty and fat, Dress'd in a beautiful fireman's hat; | |
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| At The End Of The Road Popular Song - PD06878 |
1924 - w. Ballard MacDonald, James F. Hanley | |
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| Au Revoir, But Not Good Bye Popular Song - PD00305 |
1917 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Lew Brown V - Though you're leaving me today, never fear. In my thoughts you'll always be every near. C - Au revoir but not Good Bye, soldier boy. Brush that tear drop from you eye, Soldier boy. | |
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| Aunt Hagar's Children Blues Popular Song - PD00312 |
1921 - w. Lt. J. Tim Brymm, m. W.C. Handy V - Old Deacon Splivin', his flock was givin' The way of livin' right, Said he 'No wingin' no ragtime singin' tonight'. Up jumped Aunt Hagar and shouted with all her might C - . . . Let the congregation join while I sing those lovin' Aunt Hagar's Blues. | |
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| Avalon Popular Song - PD00323 |
1920 - w.m. Al Jolson, Vincent Rose V - Ev'ry morning mem'ries stray Across the sea where flying fishes play And as the night is falling I find that I'm recalling C - I found my love in Avalon Beside the bay. I left my love in Avalon and sail'd away. I dream of her and Avalon From dusk 'till dawn | |
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| Avalon Town Popular Song - PD07203 |
1928 - w. Grant Clarke, m. Nacio Herb Brown | |
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| Ave Maria ~ Gounod Popular Song - PD00324 |
1859 - m. Bach, Gounod, w. Gounod | |
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| Away Down South In Heaven Popular Song - PD07117 |
1928 - w. Bud Green, m. Harry Warren | |
