PD Music CartLPopular Public Domain SongsL List of 44
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 | L'Amour Toujours L'Amour Popular Song - PD03142 |
1922 - m. Rudolf Friml, w. Catherine Chisholm Cushing V - Ah, love, you've found me at last In my heart is a song. C - L'amour Toujours l'Amour. Love, now last, you've found me. | |
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| La Paloma Popular Song - PD03155 |
1864 | |
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| La Rosita Popular Song - PD06828 |
1923 - w. Allan Stuart m. Paul Dupont (Pseud. of Walter Haenschen) V - Tinkling guitar strums a song 'neath a balcony. Glimmering stars glean their silvery light. Slowly the moon rises high o'er the peaceful lea. C - Sweet girl of my dreams hear my song I implore you, Soul of my soul, hear my gay serenade. Deep in my heart I will always adore you. | |
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| Lamplit Hour Popular Song - PD03187 |
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| Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me Popular Song - PD07245 |
1928 - w. gus Kahn, m. Carmen Lombardo | |
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| Laugh, Clown Laugh! Popular Song - PD07246 |
1928 - w. Sam Lewis & Joe Young, m. Ted FloRito | |
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| Lazy Popular Song - PD06916 |
1924 - w.m. Irving Berlin | |
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| Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella Popular Song - PD07156 |
1928 - w. Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler, m. Sammy Fain | |
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| Let It Rain! Let It Pour! (I'll Be In Virginia In The Morning) Popular Song - PD06988 |
1925 | |
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| Let Me Call You Sweetheart Popular Song - PD03253 |
1910 - m. Leo Friedman, w. Beth Slater Whitson V - I am dreaming Dear of you Day by day. Dreaming when the skies are blue When they're gray C - Let me call you 'Sweetheart' I'm in love with you. Let me hear you whisper that you love me too. Keep the lovelight glowing in your eyes so true. . . | |
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| Let Me Linger Longer In Your Arms Popular Song - PD06917 |
1924 - w. Cliff Friend m. Abel Baer | |
| Let My People Go | See Go Down Moses | ||
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| Let the Rest of the World Go By Popular Song - PD03258 |
1919 - m. Ernest Ball, w. J. Keirn Brennan | |
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| Let's Do It (Let's Fall In Love) Popular Song - PD07247 |
1928 - w.m. Cole Porter | |
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| Let's Tallk About My Sweetie Popular Song - PD07069 |
1926 - w.m. Walter Donaldson | |
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| Li'l Liza Jane Popular Song - PD03270 |
1916 - w.m. Ada DeLachau | |
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| Liebesfreud (Love's Joy) Popular Song - PD03279 |
1911 - m. Fritz Kreisler | |
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| Limehouse Blues Popular Song - PD03300 |
1922 - m. Philip Braham, w. Douglas Furber V - In limehouse where yellow chinkies love to play, In limehouse where you can hear those blues all day C - Oh Limehousekid Oh Oh. Oh Limehouse kid Going the way that the rest of them did | |
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| Lindbergh, The Eagle of The U.S.A. Popular Song - PD07157 |
1927 - w.m. Howard Johnson & Al Sherman | |
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| Linger Awhile Popular Song - PD06829 |
1923 - w. Harry Owens m. Vincent Rose V - The time is coming soon to say good bye, A time of sadness it will be. But Honey listen to my parting sigh, And linger on a while with me. C - The stars shine above you. Yet linger a while' They whisper 'I love you' So linger awhile. | |
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| Listening Popular Song - PD06989 |
1924 - Irving Berlin | |
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| Little Brown Church Popular Song - PD03327 |
1865 - w.m. William S. Pitts V - There's a church in the valley by the wildwood, No lovelier place in the dale. No spot is so dear to my childhood, as the liitle brown church in the vale. C - Come to the church by the wildwood, Oh come to the church in the dale. No spot is so dear to my childhood, as the liitle brown church in the vale. | |
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| Little Jazz Bird Popular Song - PD06918 |
1924 - w. Ira Gershwin m. George Gershwin P - Lady Be Good | |
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| Little White House At The End Of Honeymoon Lane Popular Song - PD07070 |
1926 - w. Eddie Dowling, m. James F. Handley | |
| Londonderry Air | See Danny Boy | ||
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| Lonesome And Sorry Popular Song - PD07071 |
1926 - w.m. Benny Davis, Con Conrad | |
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| Lonesome Blues Popular Song - PD03407 |
1916 - Perry Bradford V - Want someone to love me, want someone to hug me now, Want someone to squeeze me, want someone to teach me how C - Woke up this morning feeling awfully blue, Ain't got no one to tell my trouble to. The fortune teller Has told me little fellow, That I am lonely, lonely | |
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| Lonesome Road Popular Song - PD07248 |
1928 - w. Gene Austin, m. Nathaniel Shilkret | |
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| Lonesomest Girl In Town Popular Song - PD07072 |
1926 - w. Al Dubin, m. Jimmy McHugh, Irving Mills | |
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| Look for the Silver Lining Popular Song - PD03424 |
1920 - m. Jerome Kern, w. Bud DeSylva V - Please don't be offended if I preach to you a while, Tears are out of place in eyes that were meant to smile. C - Look for the silver lining When e'er a cloud appears in the blue. Remember somewhere the sun is shining And so the right thing to do is make it shine for you. | |
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| Looking At The World Through Rose Colored Glasses Popular Song - PD07073 |
1926 - w.m. Tommy Malie, Jimmy Steiger | |
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| Lorena Popular Song - PD03456 |
1857 - m. J. P. Webster, w. Rev. H. D. L. Webster V - The years creep slowly by, Lorena, More than we ever dared to tell; The snow is on the grass again, The sun's low down the sky, Lorena, The frost gleams where the flow'rs have been. N - Well Known Background Music in Movie 'Gone With The Wind' | |
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| Louisville Lou Popular Song - PD06830 |
1923 - w. Jack Yellen m. Milton Ager V - Folks, you've heard of scandalous vamps; History is full of love makin' champs. But if you crave a brand new thrill Come and meet the vamp of Louisville. C - They call the lady Louisville Lou. Oh, what that vampin' baby can do! She is the most heart breakin'est shimmy shakin'est That the world ever knew. | |
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| Lousiana Popular Song - PD07249 |
1928 - w. Andy Razaf, Bob Schafer, m. Sammy Fain | |
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| Love Me Or Leave Me Popular Song - PD07250 |
1928 - w. Gus Kahn, m. Walter Donaldson | |
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| Love Will Find A Way ~ Blake Popular Song - PD03484 |
1921 - w.m. Noble Sissle, Eubie Blake V - Come, dear, and don't let out faith weaked, Let's keep our love fires burning bright. Your love for me is heavenly beacon, Guiding me through love's darkest night. C - Clouds will soon roll by Though fate may lead us astray My dearie, mark what I say-- Love will find a way. | |
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| Love Will Find A Way ~ Graham Popular Song - PD03485 |
1917 - m. Harold Fraser-Simson, w. Harry Graham V - Poor captive So you say I might be rich and free, If I would but betray The friends who trust in me! Vain is the web your cunning weaves! What care I for rewards, reprieves . . . C - What e`er befall, I still recall that sunlit mountain side! Where hearts are true and Love`s the only guide; If faithful to my trust I stay, No fate can fill me with dismay! | |
| Love's Joy (Liebesfreud) | See Liebesfreud (Love's Joy) | ||
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| Loveless Love Popular Song - PD03495 |
1921 - m. W. C.Handy, w. W. C. Handy V - Love is like a gold brick in a bunco game. Like a bank note with a bogus name. Both have caused many downfalls. Love has done the same. C - Love, oh love, oh loveless love Has set out hearts on goalless goals. From milkless milk, and silkless silk, We are growing used to soulless souls N - a.k.a. Careless Love. Likely from folksong known as early as 1895, it became an early jazz classic. | |
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| Lover Come Back To Me Popular Song - PD07251 |
1928 - w. Oscar Hammerstein II, m. Sigmund Rombert | |
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| Low Bridge Everybody Down Popular Song - PD03505 |
1913 P - Thomas S. Allen V - I got a mule and her name is Sal C - Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal | |
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| Lucky Day Popular Song - PD07074 |
1926 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Lucky In Love Popular Song - PD07158 |
1927 - w. Bud DeSylva & Lew Brown, m. Ray Henderson | |
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| Lucky Lindy Popular Song - PD07159 |
1927 - w. I. Wolfe Gilbert, m. Abel Abuer | |
