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Public Domain

These are compositions whose copyright has expired (or never applied), placing the underlying work in the public domain. Note the recurring caveat on each page: a specific recording or published edition can still carry its own rights even when the composition itself is free.

36 songs
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss · 1896
Public Domain
Classical1890s
3 sources
Amazing Grace
John Newton (words); tune "New Britain" · 1772
Public Domain
Hymn1770s
6 sources
Auld Lang Syne
Traditional (words by Robert Burns) · 1788
Public Domain
Folk1780s
4 sources
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Ward Howe (words); melody attr. William Steffe · 1862
Public Domain
Patriotic1860s
6 sources
Beautiful Dreamer
Stephen Foster · 1864
Public Domain
Parlor Ballad1860s
5 sources
Casey Jones
Wallace Saunders; T. Lawrence Seibert & Eddie Newton · 1909
Public Domain
Folk Ballad1900s
6 sources
Danny Boy
Frederic E. Weatherly (lyrics); trad. "Londonderry Air" · 1913
Public Domain
Ballad1910s
5 sources
Dixie
Daniel Decatur Emmett · 1859
Public Domain
Minstrel1850s
5 sources
Flight of the Bumblebee
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov · 1900
Public Domain
Classical1900s
3 sources
Frankie and Johnny
Traditional (Bill Dooley; publ. credited Hughie Cannon) · 1904
Public Domain
Folk Ballad1900s
4 sources
Für Elise
Ludwig van Beethoven · 1810
Public Domain
Classical1810s
6 sources
Give My Regards to Broadway
George M. Cohan · 1904
Public Domain
Broadway1900s
3 sources
Greensleeves
Traditional (anonymous) · 1580
Public Domain
Folk1580s
5 sources
Happy Birthday to You
Patty & Mildred Hill · 1893
Public Domain
Traditional1890s
6 sources
Home on the Range
Brewster M. Higley & Daniel E. Kelley · 1874
Public Domain
Folk1870s
6 sources
In the Good Old Summertime
George "Honey Boy" Evans & Ren Shields · 1902
Public Domain
Tin Pan Alley1900s
5 sources
Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin · 1899
Public Domain
Ragtime1890s
5 sources
Nobody
Bert Williams (music), Alex Rogers (lyrics) · 1905
Public Domain
Vaudeville1900s
3 sources
On the Beach at Waikiki
Henry Kailimai, G.H. Stover & Fred Fisher · 1915
Public Domain
Hawaiian1910s
4 sources
Over There
George M. Cohan · 1917
Public Domain
Patriotic1910s
3 sources
Peg o' My Heart
Alfred Bryan & Fred Fisher · 1913
Public Domain
Tin Pan Alley1910s
4 sources
Rock of Ages
Traditional hymn (Toplady & Hastings) · 1776
Public Domain
Hymn1770s
4 sources
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Traditional spiritual (Fisk Jubilee Singers)
Public Domain
Spiritual
4 sources
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth · 1908
Public Domain
Vaudeville1900s
4 sources
Silent Night
Joseph Mohr & Franz Xaver Gruber · 1818
Public Domain
Christmas Carol1810s
6 sources
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy · 1914
Public Domain
Blues1910s
8 sources
Sweet Adeline
Richard H. Gerard & Harry Armstrong · 1903
Public Domain
Barbershop1900s
2 sources
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Albert Von Tilzer & Jack Norworth · 1908
Public Domain
Tin Pan Alley1900s
6 sources
The Entertainer
Scott Joplin · 1902
Public Domain
Ragtime1900s
5 sources
The Star-Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key (words); John Stafford Smith (melody) · 1814
Public Domain
Patriotic1810s
5 sources
The Yankee Doodle Boy
George M. Cohan · 1904
Public Domain
Broadway1900s
4 sources
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Jane Taylor · 1806
Public Domain
Nursery Rhyme1800s
5 sources
Vesti la giubba
Ruggero Leoncavallo — famed recording by Enrico Caruso · 1892
Public Domain
Opera1890s
2 sources
Waltzing Matilda
Banjo Paterson & Christina Macpherson · 1895
Public Domain
Folk1890s
4 sources
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Chauncey Olcott, George Graff Jr. & Ernest Ball · 1912
Public Domain
Tin Pan Alley1910s
4 sources
You're a Grand Old Flag
George M. Cohan · 1906
Public Domain
Patriotic1900s
4 sources