PD Music CartBPopular Public Domain SongsB List of 68
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 | Baby Doll Popular Song - PD06720 |
w.m. Armstrong and Clark | |
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| Baby Face Popular Song - PD07024 |
1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Harry Akst | |
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| Baby, Won't You Please Come Home Popular Song - PD00350 |
1919 - w.m. Clarence Williams, Charles Warfield V - I've got the blues I feel so lonely,I'd give the world if I could only make you understand C - Baby won't you please come home . . . I have tried in vain, nevermore to call your name, When you left you broke my heart, That will never make us part | |
| Back Home Again in Indiana | See Indiana (Back Home Again In) | ||
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| Back In Your Own Back Yard Popular Song - PD07118 |
1928 - w.m. Dave Dreyer, Al Jolson, Billy Rose | |
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| Back To The Carolina You Love Popular Song - PD00357 |
1914 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. Grant Clarke | |
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| Back, Back To Baltimore Popular Song - PD00359 |
1904 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry H. Williams | |
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| Bag Of Rags Popular Song - PD00362 |
1912 | |
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| Bagdad Popular Song - PD00363 |
1912 - m. Victor Herbert, w. Anne Caldwell, James O'Dea | |
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| Bagdad (J.Yellen,M.Ager) Popular Song - PD06963 |
1924 - w. Jack Yellen, m. Milton Ager | |
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| Ballin' the Jack Popular Song - PD00367 |
1913 - m. Chris Smith, w. Jim Burris V - Folks in Georgia's 'bout to go insane Since that new dance down in Georgia came, I'm the only person who's to blame I'm the party introduced it there, so! C - First you put your two knees close up tight, Then you swing 'em to the left, then you sway em to the right | |
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| Bam Bam Bamy Shore Popular Song - PD07025 |
1926 - m. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Bambalina Popular Song - PD06803 |
1923 - m. Vincent Millie Youmans (1898 - 1946), Herbert P. Stothart (1885 - 1949), w. Otto Abels Harbach (1873 - 1963), Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein, II (1895-1960) P - Wildflower - 1923, Broadway V - Wilt thou come with me to the fair? Bambalina will be there. Who is Bambalina what sort of man is he? He's fiddler man by trade, Both beloved by man and maid. C - When we're dancing at the fair we have to watch and keep aware, When good ol Bambalina calls a stop; That means I must stand still in your arms and hold your hand still. | |
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| Band Played On Popular Song - PD00373 |
1895 - m. Charles B. Ward, w. John F. Palmer V - Matt Casey formed a social club that beat the town for style, And hired for a meeting place a hall. C - Casey would waltz with a strawberry blond, and the band played on. He'd glide cross the floor with the girl he adored, and the Band played on. | |
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| Bandana Days Popular Song - PD00374 |
1921 - w.m. Eubie Blake & Noble Sissle | |
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| Barcelona Popular Song - PD07026 |
1926 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Polchard Evans | |
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| Barney Google Popular Song - PD06804 |
1923 - w.m. Con Conrad (1891-1938), Billy Rose (1899-1966) V - Who's the most important man this country ever knew. Who's the man our Presidents tell all their troubles to. C - Barney Google with his Goo Goo Googlyeyes. Barney Google had a wife three times his size. She sued Barney for divorce, Now he's living with his horse. | |
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| Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee Popular Song - PD00404 |
1912 - m. Henry I. Marshall, w. Stanley Murphy | |
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| Beale Street Blues Popular Song - PD00407 |
1917 - w.m. W.C. Handy V - I've seen the lights of gay Broadway C - I'd rather be here than any place I know | |
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| Beautiful Annabelle Lee Popular Song - PD00414 |
1920 - m. George Meyer, w. Alfred Bryan | |
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| Beautiful Dreamer Popular Song - PD00416 |
1864 - Stephen Collins Foster V - Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dew drops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight, have all pass'd away! C - Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me. | |
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| Beautiful Garden of Prayer Popular Song - PD00418 |
1920 | |
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| Beautiful Ohio Popular Song - PD00421 |
1918 - m. Robert A. King, w. Ballard MacDonald | |
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| Because ~ Guy d'Hardelot Popular Song - PD00430 |
1902 - w. Edward Teschemacher, m. Guy d'Hardelot N - m. pseudonym of Helen Guy or Mrs. W.I. Thodes | |
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| Because I Love You Popular Song - PD07027 |
1926 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
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| Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now Popular Song - PD07204 |
1928 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
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| Bedelia Popular Song - PD00435 |
1903 - m. Jean Schwartz, w. William Jerome V - There's a charming Irish lady with a roguish winning way, Who has kept my heart a bumpin' and a jumpin' night and day. C - Bedelia, I want to steal ye, Bedelia I love you so, I'll be your Chauncey Olcott If you'll be my Molly O'. | |
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| Bells of St Mary's Popular Song - PD00457 |
1917 - m. A. Emmett Adams, w. Douglas Furber | |
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| Beloved Popular Song - PD07205 |
1928 - w.m. Gus Kahn, Joe Sanders | |
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| Beside A Babbling Brook Popular Song - PD06805 |
1923 - m. Walter Donaldson (1893-1947), w. Gus Kahn (1886-1941) V - When I was younger I used to hunger to climb up the ladder of life. Now that I've grown up I might as well own up it's not worth the worry and strife. C - I'd be more than satisfied if I could hide away beside a babbling brook Rippling waters call me far away to a quiet shady nook. | |
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| Best Things In Life Are Free Popular Song - PD07119 |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
| Bicycle Built for Two | See Daisy Bell | ||
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| Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now Popular Song - PD06879 |
1924 - m. Milton Ager (b. October 6, 1893; d. May 6, 1979), w. Jack Yellen (b. January 1, 1970; d. April 17, 1991) V - In the town of Louisville, They've got a man called Big Bad Bill; I want to tell you he sure was tough; Brother he was rough. C - Big Bad Bill is sweet William now; Married life has changed him somehow. He's the man they all used to fear; Now the people call him Willie dear. | |
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| Big Bass Viol Popular Song - PD00476 |
1910 - w.m. M.T. Bohannon V - There once lived a man in the town of Missoula. His name was Augustus Miles. He was known miles around as a Lalapalousa, At playing the big bass viol. C - Zum, zum, zum, sounds forth his big bass viol. Zum,zum,zum He plays it all the while, There ne'er a lute nor harp or flute with tones so soft or mild. | |
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| Big Boy Popular Song - PD06880 |
1924 - w. Jack Yellen, m. Milton Ager | |
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| Bill Popular Song - PD07120 |
1928 - m. Oscar Hammersteinm. m. Jerome Kern P - Show Boat | |
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| Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home Popular Song - PD00481 |
1902 - w.m. Hughie Cannon (1877-1912) V - On one summer's day, Sun was shining fine. The lady love of old Bill Bailey was hanging clothes on de line in her back yard, and weeping hard. C - Won't you come home Bill Bailey, won't you come home? She moans the whole day long; I'll do de cooking, darling, I'll pay de rent; I knows I've done you wrong. | |
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| Billy Popular Song - PD00485 |
1911 - w.m. Joe Goodwin, James Kendis, Herman Paley | |
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| Bimini Bay Popular Song - PD00489 |
1921 - m. Richard Whiting, w. Gus Kahn, Raymond Egan | |
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| Bird In A Gilded Cage Popular Song - PD00492 |
1900 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Arthur Lamb V - The ballroom was filled with fashions throng, It shone with a thousand lights, And there was a woman who passed along, The fairest of all the sights. C - She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sign to see, You may think see's happy and free from care, She's not, though she seems to be | |
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| Bird on Nellie's Hat Popular Song - PD00493 |
m. Alfred Solman, w. Arthur Lamb | |
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| Birth of Passion Popular Song - PD06759 |
1910 - m. Karl L. Hoschna, w. Otto Hauerbach P - Madame Sherry - 1910, French Vaudeville | |
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| Birth Of The Blues Popular Song - PD07028 |
1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Bit O' Blarney Popular Song - PD00496 |
1904 - m. J. Fred Helf, w. Will Heelan | |
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| Black Bottom Popular Song - PD07029 |
1926 - w. B.G. De Sylva, Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Black Bottom Stomp Popular Song - PD07030 |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
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| Blame It on the Blues Popular Song - PD00512 |
1914 - m. Charles L. Cooke | |
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| Blaze Away March Popular Song - PD00517 |
1901 - m. Abe Holzmann | |
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| Blue (and Broken-Hearted) Popular Song - PD00531 |
1922 - m. Lou Handman, w. Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie V - I used to think I could live without you, But I admit that I changed my mind. I go to sleep and I dream about you, And thru' the day you can always find me. C - Blue because we're parted, Blue and broken hearted, There was a time I was jolly, You know the reason I am melancholy, Blue and oh! so lonely. | |
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| Blue Danube Blues Popular Song - PD00540 |
1921 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Anne Caldwell P - Good Morning Dearie - 1921, | |
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| Blue Room Popular Song - PD07031 |
1926 - w. Lorenz Hart, m. Richard Rodgers | |
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| Blue Skies Popular Song - PD07121 |
1927 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
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| Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me Popular Song - PD00550 |
1919 - m. Carey Morgan, w. Charles McCarron V - What is that song about kisses, What is that song about smiles, If I could have my way I'd sing a song today C - There are Blues that you get from worry. There are Blues that you get from pain. And there are Blues when you're lonely | |
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| Breezin' Along With The Breeze Popular Song - PD07032 |
1926 - w.m. Haven Gillespie, Seymour Simmons, George Whiting | |
| Brighton Camp | See The Girl I Left Behind (Me) | ||
| Bring Back My Bonnie To Me | See My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | ||
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| Broadway Rose Popular Song - PD00663 |
1920 - m. Otis Spencer, Martin Fried, w. Eugene West | |
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| Broken Hearted (Here I Am) Popular Song - PD07122 |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Broken Hearted Melody Popular Song - PD06806 |
1923 - m. Isham Edgar Jones (1894-1956), w. Gus Kahn (1886-1941) V - Out of the dear long ago, I hear a song sweet and low. Drifting it seems, out of the dreams, Dreams that we used to know, dear. C - Just a broken hearted melody, Just a song that ends with a sigh. Like the sweet refrain you sang to me on the night we said good-bye, Dear. | |
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| Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue? Popular Song - PD06971 |
1925 - w. Alfred Bryan, m. George W. Meyer | |
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| Budweiser's A Friend Of Mine Popular Song - PD00690 |
1907 - m. Seymour Furth (1877? - 1932), w. Vincent Bryan (1878 - 1937) V - The poets may sing of the friends who will cling to you, When you are gloomy and blue. But I have one friend who will stick to the end, Just the dearest friend I ever knew. C - Bud, Budweiser's a friend of mine, Friend of mine, yes, a friend of mine. What care I, if the sun don't shine, While I've got Budweiser. | |
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| Button Up Your Overcoat Popular Song - PD07206 |
1928 - w. Bud DeSylva, Lew Brown, w. Ray Henderson | |
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| By Heck Popular Song - PD00727 |
1914 - m. S.R. Henry, w. J. Wolfe Gilbert V - Old Josh who care to town from Oskaloosa To sell his oldest milking bridle cow, Said he 'now she's a reg'lar lallapaloosa' . . C - Oh! What a town, makes me feel just like a clown, Here I'm walking up and down with a cow By Heck! Wow! | |
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| By the Beautiful Sea Popular Song - PD00728 |
1914 - m. Harry Carroll, w. Harold Atteridge V - Joe and Jane always together, Said Joe to Jane 'I love Summer weather, So let's go to that beautiful sea.' C - By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea, You and I, you and I, oh! how happy we'll be. When each wave comes a rolling in | |
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| By the Light of the Silvery Moon Popular Song - PD00730 |
1909 - m. Gus Edwards, w. Edward Madden V - Place park, Scene dark, Silv'ry moon is shining thro' the trees; Cast two, me, you, Sound of kisses floating on the breeze. C - By the light of the silvery moon, I want to spoon, To my honey I'll croon love's tune. Honeymoon keep a shining in June | |
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| By The Light Of The Stars Popular Song - PD06972 |
1925 - w.m. George A. Little, Arthur Sizemore, Larry Shay | |
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| By the Waters of Minnetonka Popular Song - PD00735 |
1914 - w. J.M. Cavanass, m. Thurlow Lieurance N - a.k.a. Moon Dear | |
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| Bye Bye Blackbird Popular Song - PD07033 |
1926 - w. Mort Dixon, m. Ray Henderson | |
