The traditional folk and authors' texts collected here should be free of
all copyrights according to the information I have gathered. I found most
of the lyrics and sheet music in the books below [*],
which are marked as public domain, or are in the public domain in the
United States because they were published (or registered with the US
Copyright Office) before January 1, 1926. I also found some versions of
traditional texts on Wikipedia, but I only selected them only if they were
marked as free of all copyrights. I apologize for forgetting what the
lyrics were, but I can find them at your request.
But! But, in the case that a mistake has occurred, and you or someone else
is the author or copyright holder of any of the 127 old folk and composed
songs collected here from previous centuries, please let me know. I will
remove the song or add authorship if you wish.
Enjoy.
Mother Goose melodies (1910)
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Journal of the Folk-Song Society (1905)
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Journal of the Folk-Song Society (1908)
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Traditional nursery rhymes; with their old tunes & new accompaniments
(1911)
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Our old nursery rhymes (1911)
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The baby's bouquet : a fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes (1878)
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The baby's opera : a book of old rhymes, with new dresses (1900)
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Little songs of long ago : more old nursery rhymes (1912)
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Song Stories for the Kindergarten (1896)link...
Songs of the child-world (1897)
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Winner's tunes of the world .. (1863)
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College songs (1909)
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Mother-play and nursery songs (1906)
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Rhythmic action plays and dances (1915)
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How to teach kitchen garden (1901)
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Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes (1877)
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75 British nursery rhymes (1904)
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The Cecilian Series of Study and Song (1891)
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The Song Play Book (1917)
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A book of nursery rhymes (188?)
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A nursery garland (1917)
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Songs That Never Grow Old (1913)
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English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1917)
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American Ballads and Songs (1922)
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Cowboy songs and other frontier ballads (1910)
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The old plantation melodies (1888)
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Songs and rhymes from the South (1915)
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Slave songs of the United States (1867)
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Afro-American Folksongs: A Study in Racial and National Music (1914)
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Lonesome Tunes: Folk Songs From The Kentucky Mountains (1916)
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Carmina Princetonia: The Princeton Song Book (1898)
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American-English folk-songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains (1918)
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Ye olden time songs of a simple life (1905)
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Folk Song Of The American Negro (1915)
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Franklin Square song collection (1881)
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The High School Assembly Song Book (1912)
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