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Action Songs
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Patsy-Ore-Ore-Ay
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Patsy-Ore-Ore-Ay
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Paddy on the Railway
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - published 1864, possibly earlier; see w:Poor Paddy Works on the Railway; lyrics exhibit significant variation
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Old Ma Leary
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Old Ma Leary
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A Hot Time in the Old Town
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Joe Hayden
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{{PD-old}} - published 1896
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I Want to be Friendly
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I Want to be Friendly
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I'm in the King's Navy
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(anon)
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Uncertain. The earliest published edition I can find is in The "Everybody Sing" Book (1935).
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Gray Squirrel
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Gray Squirrel
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Gray Squirrel
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Baby Bumblebee
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Baby Bumblebee
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Baby Bumblebee
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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We Are The Redmen
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We Are the Redmen
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We Are the Redmen
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Indians are High-Minded
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Indians are High-Minded
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Indians are High-Minded
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - found in this 1922 publication. Title varies considerably regarding what demographic is high minded.
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If You're Happy and You Know It
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If You're Happy and You Know It
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If You're Happy and You Know It
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attr. Alfred B. Smith; attr. Joe Raposo
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The song's copyright is registered to Raposo; most sources seem to suggest that Raposo only owns one version and that the song may have been written in 1916. More research needed.
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Crocodile Song
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Crocodile Song
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The Crocodile
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(anon)
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Earliest publication I can find is ~1935 Handbook for Recreation, which is {{PD-USGov}}
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In a Cabin In the Woods
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In a Cabin in the Woods
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In a Cabin in the Woods
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Do Your Ears Hang Low?
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Do Your Ears Hang Low?
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Do Your Ears Hang Low?
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - believed to have been written 1900.
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Little Bunny Foo-Foo
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Little Bunny Foo-Foo
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Little Bunny Foo Foo
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(anon)
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{{PD-US-no-notice}} - This is the earliest published edition of this song that can be found on the Internet, and predates the earliest versions identified by legitimate researchers.
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My Hat
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My Hat
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Mein Hut, der hat drei Ecken
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - attested 1896
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My Hat Has Three Corners
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(anon)
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Earliest publication I can find is ~1935 Handbook for Recreation, which is {{PD-USGov}}
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Six Little Ducks
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Six Little Ducks
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Six Little Ducks
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(anon)
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I found this song published in Dec 1952. Number of little ducks in title varies from three to six.
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Where is Thumbkin?
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Where is Thumbkin?
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Where is Thumbkin?
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(anon)
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I found this song mentioned in 1949.
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This Old Man
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This Old Man
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This Old Man
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - found in 1906 publication
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Day is Done
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Day is Done
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Taps
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attr. Rukard Hurd [1]
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{{PD-old}} - published before 1896, and Hurd died in 1922.
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Little Tommy Tinker
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Little Tommy Tinker
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Little Tommy Tinker
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(anon)
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Found in this 1934 publication
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The Wheels on the Bus
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The Wheels on the Bus
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The Wheels on the Bus
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Verna Hills
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{{PD-US-no-renewal}} First published in American Childhood (1939) with copyright notice. Neither the magazine issue nor the poem itself were found in renewals databases [2].
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Do Lord
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Do Lord
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Do Lord
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(anon)[2]
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{{PD-1923}} as of Jan 1 2021 - published in Odum and Johnson, The Negro and His Songs (1925). May also have been published earlier.
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A Day Camp Smile
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A Day Camp Smile
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Brownie Smile Song
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Harriet F. Heywood
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Written in "late 1920s". Girl Scouts USA explicitly claims copyright, but may be PD due to no-notice or no-renewal.
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B-I-N-G-O
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B-I-N-G-O
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Bingo
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attr. William Swords
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{{PD-old}} -- first published 1780 (Roud #589)
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Hi, There!
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Hi, There!
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Hi, There!
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- Could be the song "Hello" from E. O. Harbin's Parodology (1927)
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I Have a Dog
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I Have a Dog
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Fido
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- Could be an excerpt from "I am slowly going crazy"
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The More We Get Together
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The More We Get Together
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The More We Get Together
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Claimed by Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly
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{{PD-US-no-renewal}} - Published 1926 with explicit copyright, but not found in renewals database
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Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here
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Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
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Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here
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D. A. Esrom
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{{PD/1923}} (d. 1953) - First published 1917
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Down by the Station
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Down by the Station
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Down by the Station
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(anon)[3]
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{{PD-US-no-renewal}} - First published 1931 in Recreation magazine [3] with copyright notice, but not renewed
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Singing Games
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The Wonder Ball
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The Wonder Ball
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Wonder Ball
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(anon)
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- The earliest edition I can find is 1930.
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The Elephant Song
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The Elephant Song
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Un Elefante se Balanceaba
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(anon)
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- Found a reference to it from 1952
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One Elephant Went Out to Play
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(anon)
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- Found a reference to it from 1960
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Little Sally Walker
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Little Sally Walker
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Little Sally Walker
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find. However, there is a similar song "Little Sally Walker, sitting in a saucer" that dates to 1927 at least.
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I'm Going to Kentucky
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I'm Going to Kentucky
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I'm Going to Kentucky
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Ha, Ha, This-a-way
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Ha, Ha, This-a-way
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Ha-Ha, This a Way
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(anon)
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- published by Lead Belly as an audio recording 1935, and in print 1936, but he claims to have learned it as a kid in the 1890s. First publication unknown.
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Rig-a-Jig-Jig
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Rig-a-Jig-Jig
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Rig-a-Jig-Jig
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - published in several 19th century collections
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Mealtime Songs
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Noontime is Here
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Noontime is Here
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Noontime is Here
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(anon)
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- earliest version I can find is from 1936
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Johnny Appleseed
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Johnny Appleseed
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Johnny Appleseed
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Kim Gannon (lyricist)
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May have been originally written for the 1948 Disney movie Melody Time, in which case it would be {{copyvio}}. However, Gannon may have expanded on a pre-existing song. More research needed.
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Back of the Bread
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Back of the Bread
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Back of the Loaf Is the Snowy Flour
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Maltbie Davenport Babcock
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{{PD-old}}
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Thank You God
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Thank You God
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A Child's Grace
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Edith Rutter Leatham
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{{PD-1923}}, several sources give the date of this poem as 1908, though I could not find what publication it appeared in.
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Just Songs
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Canoe Round
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Canoe Round
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My Paddle's Keen and Bright
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Margaret Embers McGee
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{{PD-1923}}, written 1918
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Put Your Finger in the Air
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Put Your Finger in the Air
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Put Your Finger in the Air
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Woody Guthrie
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Song copyright was registered 1952 and renewed 1963. However, the lyrics are just "Put your finger in the air, in the air" - so maybe {{PD-ineligible}}?
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Little Fish
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Little Fish
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Little Fish
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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I Have a Little Rooster
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I Have a Little Rooster
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I Had a Little Rooster
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - here is a 1913 edition
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Stodola Pumpa
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Stodola Pumpa
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Stodola Pumpa
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(anon)
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Czech "traditional". A translation of it appears in The Blue Book of Favorite Songs (1928).
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(anon) (?)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this particular translation that I can find.
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On Top of Spaghetti
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On Top of Spaghetti
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On Top of Spaghetti
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Sharon Ruth, Philip Anders
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- released as a music recording in 1962
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Doughnut Song
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Doughnut Song
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Doughnut Song
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Ravioli
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Ravioli
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Ravioli
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(anon)
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possibly {{PD-US-no-notice}}. This edition is the earliest version of this song that I can find.
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Rock-a-My Soul
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Rock-a-My Soul
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Rock My Soul
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - first documented in Slave Songs of the United States (1867)
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It's Me, O Lord
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It's Me, O Lord
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Standing in the Need of Prayer
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} as of Jan 1 2021 - published in The Book of American Negro Spirituals (1925). May also have been published earlier.
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Kumbaya
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Kumbaya
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Kumbaya
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attr. Rev. Marvin V. Frey (1918–1992)
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- Frey registered copyright for this song in 1939. However, two prior versions dating to 1926 (one manuscript and one wax cylinder recording) are known to exist. See w:Kumbaya for details.
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Down the River
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Down the River
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Down the River, Down the Ohio
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}}, here is a 1854 edition
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Happy Trails
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Happy Trails
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Happy Trails
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Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
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published 1952; see w:Happy Trails (song)
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John Jacob Jingle Elmer Schmidt
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John Jacob Jingle Elmer Schmidt
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John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} or {{PD-US-no-renewal}} - Believed to date to late 19th or early 20th century. Earliest edition of lyrics I can find is 1927 in E. O. Harbin's Parodology with evidence of copyright notice, but not found in renewal database. Possibly originally called "John Jacob Guggenheimer Schmidt".
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There's a Little Wheel a-Turning
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There's a Little Wheel a-Turning
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There's a Little Wheel a-Turning
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(anon)
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{{PD-1923}} - published 1884
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