PD Music CartNLesser Known Public Domain SongsN List of 98
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 | N.S.U. So Gay College |
N - Nevada State University | |
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| N'Everything Popular Song |
1917 - w.m. Al Jolson, Buddy DeSylva, Gus Kahn | |
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| Nae Mair We'll Meet Again Traditional |
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| Nancy Brown Popular Song |
1901 - w.m. Clifton Crawford | |
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| Nancy Lee Traditional |
m. Stephen Adams, pseudonymn of Michael Maybrick, w. Frederick E. Weatherly V - Of all the wives as e'er you know, Yeo-ho! lads! There's none like Nancy Lee, I trow, Yeo-ho! C - The sailor's wife the sailor's star shall be, The sailor's wife his star shall be. | |
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| Nappy Lee Traditional |
Adams | |
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| Nassau Hall College |
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| Nat'an, For What Are You Waitin', Nat'an? Popular Song |
1916 - w.m. James Kendis | |
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| National, Patriotic and Typical Airs of All Lands Patriotic |
1890 - m. John Philip Sousa | |
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| Natural History Children |
V - What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy dog's tails, And that are little boys made of. | |
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| Naughty Marietta Traditional |
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| Naughty! Naughty! Naughty! Popular Song |
1916 - m. Nat Vincent, w. Joe Goodwin, William Tracey | |
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| Navajo Popular Song |
1903 - m. Egbert Van Alstyne, w. Harry H. Williams | |
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| Navy Blue and White College |
N - Marietta College | |
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| Navy We Greet you College |
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| Neal's Maggot Traditional |
1742 | |
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| Neapolitan Cradle Song Children |
V - Sleep on. O Baby dearest, Thou darling of my heart, Thy mother watcheth near thee, All her love and joy thou art! | |
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| Neapolitan Love Song Popular Song |
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| Near the Cross Traditional |
w. Fanny J. Crosby, m. W.H. Doane V - Jesus keep me near the cross | |
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| Neath the Elms College |
N - Trinity College | |
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| Neath the Elms of Dear Old Yale College |
N - Yale University | |
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| Neath the South Sea Moon Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. Gene Buck, Louis Hirsch, Dave Stamper | |
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| Neath the Southern Moon Traditional |
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| Needle's Eye Traditional |
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| Nellie Kelly, I Love You Popular Song |
1922 - w.m. George M. Cohan P - Little Nellie Kelly - 1922, | |
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| Nellie Was a Lady Spiritual |
V - Down on the Mississippi floating, Long time I trabbel o'er the way C - Nellie was a lady, last night she died; Toll de bell for lubly Nell, my dark Virginia bride. | |
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| Nelly Was a Lady Traditional |
1849 - Stephen Colllins Foster | |
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| Never Love Thee More Traditional |
1686 | |
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| Never Weatherbeaten Sail Traditional |
Early 1600 - Thomas Campion | |
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| Never, Never, Never Popular Song |
1856 - m. Caroline Rive, w. Capt. C.W. Cutter | |
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| New Born Again Spiritual |
V - I found free grace and dying love, I'm newborn again. Been long time a-talking 'bout my trials here below. Free grace, free grace. C - Sinner, Free grace, free grace, I'm a newborn again So glad! so Glad! | |
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| New Born Again (Hallelujah) Spiritual |
V - Free grace, free grace! free grace, sinner! C - Hallelujah, hallelujah! Newborn again, Been a long time talkin' Bout a starint' on de way. | |
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| New Burying Ground Spiritual |
V - O, my Lord, good and kind, Take the little babe, Leave its mother behind. C - Judgment day! God's a callin'! Stars a-fallin'! Chariot's comin' down To the new buryin' ground! . . . . N - 8 verses use phrases from many, many different spirituals. | |
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| New College Medley College |
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| New Emancipation Song Traditional |
1864 - R A T, Parkhurst | |
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| New Era Rag Traditional |
James Scott | |
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| New Harmony Hornpipe Traditional |
1823 | |
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| New Jersee College |
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| New Jerusalem Traditional |
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| New Orleans Traditional |
1916 - w.m. George W. Thomas V - Old New Orleans is a great big old Southern town where hospitality you will surely find, The population there. Is very fair, with ev'ry thing they do they all seem to be true C - Glide, Slide, Dance, Prance, Hop, Stop, um, um. I can never get tired, Dancing them Hop Scop Blues Girls, Once more you slide, glide, Prance, Dance. | |
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| New Woman College |
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| New Year Carol Children |
Alfred S. Gatty V - Come thou with me, And climb the moor, Its path is free, Now night is o'er; C - O Haiul to thee, Hail! New Year with rosy wings; Touch thou the world and bid the sacred springs | |
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| New Year Song Children |
Alfred S. Gatty V - Upon the first day of the year, it seems to me, my children dear, That if you cou,d you really shoud, Be very good C - Until this very day next year, this very day next year. | |
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| New Year's Day in the Morning Traditional |
1750 | |
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| New Year's Eve Traditional |
1830 | |
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| Newcastler Traditional |
1650 | |
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| Newgate College |
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| News from Tripoli Traditional |
1703 | |
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| News of the Victory Traditional |
1820 | |
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| Next To Your Mother, Who Do You Love? Popular Song |
1909 - m. Ted Snyder, w. Irving Berlin | |
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| Night on Bald Mountain A Mussorgsky Traditional |
1887 | |
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| Night Wind Popular Song |
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| Night's Shade No Longer Rossini Traditional |
1890 | |
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| Nights Of Gladness Popular Song |
1913 - m. Charles Ancliff, w. Ballard MacDonald | |
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| Nineteen Birds Children |
V - Nineteen birds and one bird more, Just make twenty and that's a score. | |
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| No 1 Hook and Ladder Quickstep Traditional |
1853 | |
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| No Irish Need Apply Traditional |
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| No Man Can Hinder Me Traditional |
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| No More Auction Block Traditional |
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| No More Rain Fall for Wet You Traditional |
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| No Never No Traditional |
1885 | |
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| No One to Love Traditional |
1885 - w. A.H.G. Richardson V - No one to love, none to caress, Roaming along through this world's wilderness | |
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| No Sounds from the City Are Heard Traditional |
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| No Wedding Bells For Me Popular Song |
1906 - m. Seymour Furth, w. Will Heelan, Ed Moran | |
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| Noble Dickinsonia College |
N - Dickinson College | |
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| Nobody Popular Song |
1905 - m. Bert Williams, w. Alex Rogers | |
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| Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord Spiritual |
V - Brothers will you pray for me? Sisters will you pray for me? Mothers will you pray for me, And help me to drive old Satan away? C - Nobdy knows the trouble I see, Lord, Nobody knows the trouble I see; nobody know the trouble I see Lord, Nobody knows like Jesus. | |
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| Nobody Knows, And Nobody Seems To Care Popular Song |
1919 - w.m. Irving Berlin V - I'm sad and lonely, there's a good reason why. Nobody cares about me That's why I sad as can be. I long for some one, somebody yes indeed, Lovin' kisses from one, Is exactly what I need. C - Many's the time I feel so lonesome But nobody knows, And nobody care. I've grown so tired of being by my 'own some' I want somebody to hug | |
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| Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares Popular Song |
1909 - w.m. Charles K. Harris | |
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| Nobody Lied Popular Song |
1922 - m. J. Edwin Weber, w. Karyl Norman, Hyatt Berry | |
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| Nobody's Jig Traditional |
1728 | |
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| Nobody's Little Girl Popular Song |
1907 - m. Theordore F. Morse, w. Jack Drislane | |
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| Nobody's Looking But The Owl And The Moon Popular Song |
1901 - m. J. Rosamond Johnson, w. Bob Cole | |
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| Nocturne op 9 no 2 Traditional |
1832 - Chopin | |
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| None But the Lonely Heart Traditional |
1869 - Tchaikovsky | |
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| Nonesuch Traditional |
1650 | |
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| Nonpareil Traditional |
1907 - Scott Joplin | |
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| Nora O'Neal Traditional |
1885 - Hays | |
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| Norma Grand March Traditional |
1849 | |
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| North Wind Children |
Alfred S. Gaty V - When the north wind keenly blows, Very red is Baby;s nose. Very cold are Baby's toes | |
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| North Wind Doth Blow Children |
V - The North wind doth blow, and we shall have snow | |
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| Northern Nancy Traditional |
1721 | |
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| Norwalk Traditional |
1890 - L.M. Luse | |
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| Norway Popular Song |
1915 - m. Fred Fisher, w. Joe McCarthy | |
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| Norwegian Dance Traditional |
1881 - Grieg | |
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| Not Because Your Hair Is Curly Popular Song |
1906 - w.m. Bob Adams | |
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| Not Very Long Ago Popular Song |
1900 | |
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| Not Weary Yet Traditional |
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| Nothing - But Another Girl College |
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| Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier Traditional |
1863 - Stephen Colllins Foster | |
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| Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Children |
V - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep | |
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| Now Is the Month of Maying Traditional |
Traditional | |
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| Now the Day is Over Hymn |
J. Barnby V - Now the day is over, Night is drawing nigh, Shadows of the evening, Steal across the sky. | |
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| Number One Traditional |
Est 1900 | |
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| Nun leb wohl du kleine Gasse Traditional |
w. 1833, m - w. A.G Schlippenbach, m. Silcher | |
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| Nur in Deutschland! Traditional |
w. 1824, m - w. H. von Fallersleben, m. J.W. Lyra | |
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| Nurse's Song Children |
V - Dance a baby, diddy, What can Mammy do wid 'e? Sit in a lap, Give it some pap, And dance a baby diddy. | |
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| Nymph Divine Traditional |
1728 | |
