DPopular Public Domain SongsD List of 74

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![]() | Daddy Has A Sweetheart And Mother Is Her Name Popular Song - PD01112 |
1912 - m. Dave Stamper, w. Gene Buck V - Daddy's is love with a dear lady fair, I've been watching him day by day. He calls here his sweetheart and jewel so rare, She smiles in her loving way. C - Daddy has a sweetheart And he's head and heels in love, I have often watched him kiss her While the moon peeped from above | |
![]() | Daisy Bell Popular Song - PD01119 |
1892 - w.m. Henry Dacre C - Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true. I'm half crazy over the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage, 'Cause I can't afford a carriage . . . N - a.k.a. Bicycle Built For Two | |
![]() | Dance of the Snowflakes Popular Song - PD01128 |
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![]() | Dancing Tambourine Popular Song - PD07127 |
1927 - w. Phil Ponce, m. W.C. Polla | |
![]() | Danny Boy Popular Song - PD01135 |
1913 - m. Old Irish Air, w. Fred E. Weatherly V - Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. The summer's gone, and all the roses falling, It's you, it's you must go, and I must abide. | |
![]() | Dapper Dan Popular Song - PD01140 |
1921 - m. Albert Von Tilzer, w. Lew Brown | |
![]() | Dardanella Popular Song - PD01143 |
1919 - m. Felix Bernard, Johnny S. Black, w. Fred Fisher | |
| Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | See The Flying Trapeze | ||
![]() | Darktown Dancin' School Popular Song - PD06727 |
m. Albert Gumble, w. Jack Yellen | |
![]() | Darktown Strutters' Ball Popular Song - PD01148 |
1917 - w.m. Shelton Brooks | |
![]() | Darling Nellie Gray Popular Song - PD01153 |
1856 - w.m. B. R. Hanby V - There's a low green valley on the old Kentucky shore Where we whil'd many happy hours away; A-sitting and singing by the little cottage door Where dwelt my lovely Nellie Gray. C - Oh, my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away, And I'll never see my darling any more; I am sitting by the river and I'm weeping all the day, For you've gone from the old Kentucky shore. | |
![]() | Dat's The Way To Spell Chicken Popular Song - PD01161 |
1902 - w.m. Bob Slater, Sidney Perrin | |
![]() | Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Popular Song - PD01162 |
1918 - m. Walter Donaldson, w. Monty C. Brice | |
![]() | Dawn Of The Century March Popular Song - PD01168 |
1900 - m. E.T. Paull | |
![]() | Day Dreams, Visions Of Bliss Popular Song - PD01169 |
1910 - m. Heinrich Reinhardt, w. Robert B. Smith P - Spring Maid - 1910, Viennese Operetta | |
![]() | Dead Man Blues Popular Song - PD07043 |
1926 - m. Ferd 'Jelly Roll' Morton | |
![]() | Dear Little Boy of Mine Popular Song - PD01188 |
1918 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan | |
![]() | Dear Old Girl Popular Song - PD01190 |
1903 - m. Theodore F. Moss, w. Rich H. Buck | |
![]() | Dear Old Pal of Mine Popular Song - PD01192 |
1918 - m. Lt. Gitz Rice, w. Harold Robe | |
![]() | Dear Old Southland Popular Song - PD01196 |
1921 - m. Turner Layton, w. Henry Creamer | |
![]() | Dearest, You're the Nearest to My Heart Popular Song - PD01201 |
1922 - m. Harry Akst, w. Benny Davis | |
![]() | Deep In My Heart Dear Popular Song - PD06886 |
1924 - w. Dorothy Donnelly, m. Sigmund Romberg | |
![]() | Desert Song Popular Song - PD07044 |
1926 - w. Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, m. Sigmund Romberg | |
![]() | Destiny Waltz Popular Song - PD01239 |
m. Sydney Banes | |
![]() | Diane Popular Song - PD07128 |
1928 - w.m. Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack | |
![]() | Did You Mean It Popular Song - PD07213 |
1927 - w.m. Phil Baker, Sid Silvers, Abe Lyman | |
![]() | Did You Mean It? Popular Song - PD07129 |
1928 - w.m. Phil Baker, Sid Silvers, Abe Lyman | |
![]() | Diga-Diga-Do Popular Song - PD07214 |
1928 - w. Dorothy Fields, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
![]() | Dinah Popular Song - PD06977 |
1925 - w. Same Lewis, Joe Young, m. Harry Akst | |
![]() | Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! Popular Song - PD06809 |
1923 - m. James Vincent Monaco (1885-1945), w. Al Jolson (1886-1950), Grant Clarke & Edgar Leslie P - Bombo - 1921, Broadway Musical V - Wonderful pals are always hard to find, Some folks have one, Some folks have none. I was alone for years, but fate was kind And in the end, Sent me a friend. C - Dirty Hands, Dirty face, leads the neighbors a chase but his smile, is as cute as can be. Making noise, breaking toys, always fights with the boys | |
![]() | Dixie Made Us Jazz Band Mad Popular Song - PD01278 |
1920 - w.m. Howard Johnson, William K. Wells, Irwin Dash | |
![]() | Dixie Volunteers Popular Song - PD06723 |
w.m. Edgar Leslie, Harry Ruby | |
![]() | Dizzy Fingers Popular Song - PD06810 |
1923 - m. Zez Confrey (1895-1971) | |
![]() | Do Do Do Popular Song - PD07045 |
1926 - w. Ira Gershwin, m. George Gershwin | |
![]() | Do It Again (Please Do It Again) Popular Song - PD04546 |
1922 - m. George Gershwin, w. B.G. De Sylva P - French Doll - 1922, Musical V - Tell me, tell me, what did you do to me? I just got a thrill that was new to me C - Oh, do it again! I might say no no no no no, but do it again | |
![]() | Does the Spearmint Lose Its Flavor Popular Song - PD06887 |
1924 - w. Billy Rose, Marty Bloom, m. Ernest Breuer P - The Student Prince | |
![]() | Doin' The New Low Down Popular Song - PD07215 |
1928 - w. Dorothy Fields, m. Jimmy McHugh | |
![]() | Doin' The Racoon Popular Song - PD07216 |
1928 - w. Raymond Klages, m. J. Fred Coots | |
![]() | Doll Dance Popular Song - PD07046 |
1926 - m. Nacio Herb Brown | |
![]() | Don't Be Like That Popular Song - PD07217 |
1928 - w.m. Archie Gottler, Charles Tobias, Maceo Pinkard | |
![]() | Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You Popular Song - PD01305 |
1915 - m. James Morgan, w. Thomas Hoier | |
![]() | Don't Blame It On Broadway Popular Song - PD01306 |
1913 - m. Bert Grant, w. Joe Young, Harry Williams | |
![]() | Don't Bring Lulu Popular Song - PD06978 |
1925 | |
![]() | Don't Get Married Any More, Ma Popular Song - PD01311 |
1907 - m. Henry E. Pether, w. Fred W. Leigh | |
![]() | Don't Hold Everything Popular Song - PD07218 |
1928 - w.m. Bud DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson | |
![]() | Don't Mind the Rain Popular Song - PD06888 |
1924 - w.m. Chester Conn, Ned Miller | |
![]() | Don't Take Me Home Popular Song - PD01316 |
1908 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Vincent Bryan | |
![]() | Don't Wake Me Up [Let Me Dream] Popular Song - PD07047 |
1926 - w. L. Wolfe Gilbert, m. Mable Wayne, Abel Baer | |
![]() | Doo Wacka Doo Popular Song - PD06889 |
1924 - w.m. Clarence Gaskill, Walter Donaldson, George Horther V - Billy McCoy was a boy who could play, you bet, Oh, how they swaged when he played on his old cornet. He's got a smile and a cute little style that's all his own. C - Doo Wack-a Doo, wack-a-doo, wack-a doo, Nothing to it but it's sweet, That tune goes right to your feet. | |
![]() | Doodle Doo Doo Popular Song - PD06890 |
1924 - w.m. Art Kassel, Mel Stitzel | |
![]() | Down Among the Sheltering Palms Popular Song - PD01334 |
1915 - m. Abe Olman, w. James Brockman | |
![]() | Down Among The Sugar Cane Popular Song - PD01336 |
1908 - m. Cecil Mack, Chris Smith, w. Avery & Hart | |
![]() | Down By the Old Mill Stream Popular Song - PD01341 |
1910 - w.m. Tell Taylor | |
![]() | Down By The Winegar Woiks Popular Song - PD07048 |
1926 - w.m. Don Bestor, Roger Lewis, Walter Donovan | |
![]() | Down Hearted Blues Popular Song - PD01377 |
1923 - m. Lovie Austin, w. Alberta Hunter V - Gee! but its hard to love someone When that someone don't love you. I'm so disgusted, heart broken too, I've got the down hearted blues. C - Cause he mistreated me and he drove me from his door . . . But the good book say you'll reap just what you sow. | |
![]() | Down Home Blues Popular Song - PD01345 |
1921 - Tom Delaney V - I never felt so lonesome before, My friend has quit me. He's gone for sure. He broke my heart for I loved him true so now I'm worried Lonesome and blue C - Woke up this mornin' the day was dawnin' And I was feelin' all sad and blue. I had nobody to tell my troubles to. I felt so worried I didn't know what to do. | |
![]() | Down In Dear Old New Orleans Popular Song - PD01349 |
1912 - m. Con Conrad, Jay Whidden, w. Joe Young | |
![]() | Down in Honky Tonky Town Popular Song - PD01350 |
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![]() | Down In Jungle Town Popular Song - PD01351 |
1908 - m. Theodore F. Morse, w. Edward Madden | |
![]() | Down In The Valley (Birmingham Jail) Popular Song - PD01360 |
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![]() | Down On The Brandywind Popular Song - PD01363 |
1904 - m. James B. Mullen, w. Vincent Bryan | |
| Down on the Farm | See I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm) | ||
![]() | Down the Trail to Home Sweet Home Popular Song - PD01369 |
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![]() | Down Went McGinty Popular Song - PD01371 |
1889 - w.m. Joseph Flynn V - Sunday morning just at nine, Dan McGinty dress'd so fine. Stood looking up at a very high stone wall; C - Down went McGinty to the bottom of the wall. And tho' he won the five, He was more dead than alive. | |
![]() | Down Where the Wurzburger Flows Popular Song - PD01375 |
1902 - m. Harry Von Tilzer, w. Vincent Bryan | |
![]() | Down Yonder Popular Song - PD01376 |
1921 - w.m. L. Wolfe Gilbert V - Railroad train, Railroad train, Hurry some more. Put a little steam on, just like never before. C - Down yonder someone beckons to me, Down yonder someone reckons on me. I seem to see a race in memory. Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. | |
![]() | Dream Girl Popular Song - PD06926 |
1924 - w. Rida Johnson Young m. Victor Herbert P - The Dream Girl N - a.k.a. My Dream Girl | |
![]() | Dream House Popular Song - PD07219 |
1928 - w. Earle Foxe, m. Lynn F. Cowan | |
![]() | Dreaming Popular Song - PD01387 |
1906 - m. J. Anton Daily, w. L.W. Heiser | |
![]() | Dreams Popular Song - PD06725 |
m. Harry Von Tilzer (1872-1946)w. Andrew B. Sterling | |
![]() | Drifting And Dreaming Popular Song - PD07049 |
1926 - w. Haven Gillespie, m. Egbert Van Alstyne, Erwin R. Schmidt, Loyal Curtis | |
![]() | Drill Ye, Tarriers, Drill Popular Song - PD01395 |
1888 - w.m. Thomas F. Caset V - Oh ev'ry morn at seven o'clock There are twenty tarriers on the rock, The boss come along and says 'be still And put all your power in the cast steel drill'. C - Then, drill, ye tarriers, drill . . . Oh it's work all day without sugar in your tay when ye work beyant on the railway, And drill, ye tarriers, drill. and drill, and drill! | |
![]() | Drink Drink Drink (Student Prince) Popular Song - PD06891 |
1924 - W. Donothy Donnelly, m. Sigmund Romberg P - The Student Prince | |
![]() | Dusky Stevedore Popular Song - PD07220 |
1928 - w. Andy Razaf, m. J.C. Johnson | |

