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[Music] Public Domain Music

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List of musical compositions that are in the public domain in the United States:

Compositions already in the public domain
  • Cherry Ripe (used as interval signal for a Br. # station)
  • London Bridge is Falling Down
  • Little Bo-Peep
  • Daisy Bell: A Bicycle Built For Two
  • Entrance of the Gladiators
  • Mendelssohn's Wedding March
  • Wheels on the Bus (lyrics not in public domain, but melody is)
  • Here We Go 'Round the Mulb'ry Bush
  • Songs from the William Tell Opera
  • Songs from the Carmen Opera
  • Funeral March
  • Lincolnshire Poacher (used as interval signal for a Br. # station)
  • Twelve Days of Christmas
  • Carol of the Bells / Щедрик
  • Jingle Bells
  • Deck The Halls
  • Ding Dong Merrily on High
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem (American version)
  • Forest Green (UK version of O Little Town of Bethlehem)
  • Bridal Chorus / Treulich geführt
  • Swedish Rhapsody
  • Yankee Doodle / Simple Simon
  • Hail Columbia
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • I Wish I Was in Dixie
  • Oh! Susanna
  • Alabama Joe
  • Turkey in the Straw
  • Do Your Ears Hang Low?
  • Cotton-Eyed Joe
  • Steamboat Bill (famously whistled by Mickey Mouse in Steamboat Willie)
  • I've Been Working on the Railroad
  • This Little Light of Mine
  • Three Little Kittens
  • Prussia's Glory / Preußens Gloria
  • Fur Elise
  • Hot Cross Buns
  • Did You Ever See a Lassie?
  • Row Your Boat
  • Are You Sleeping Brother John?
  • Buttons and Bows (I'm not 100% sure about the copyright for this one so please research it further before using it)
  • La Cucaracha
  • Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall
  • The Grand Old Duke of York
  • Teddy Bears' Picnic
  • Goosey Goosey Gander
  • I Love Little Pussy
  • Skip To My Lou
  • Ring a Ring o' Roses
  • Rain Rain Go Away
  • A-Tisket, A-Tasket (recording by The Green Orbs often used in Elsagate videos)
  • Ba, Ba,Black Sheep/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Ah! vous dirai-je, maman)
  • 99 Bottles of Beer
  • Ten Green Bottles
  • Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • Ten Little Injuns
  • Ten Little Niggers (by Frank J. Green)
  • She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
  • Ding Dong Bell (Pussy's in the Well)
  • Pop Goes the Weasel
  • Old King Cole
  • Farmer in the Dell (elsagate favorite)
  • The Muffin Man (elsagate favorite)
  • This Old Man (another elsagate favorite)
  • Five Little Monkeys
  • How Many Miles To Babylon?
  • One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
  • Short'nin Bread
  • Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
  • Mary Had A Little Lamb
  • What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor
  • Blow the Man Down
  • Spanish Ladies
  • Spanish Lady (not to be confused with Spanish Ladies)
  • All of Scott Joplin's compositions
    • The Entertainer
    • Maple Leaf Rag
    • Searchlight Rag
  • Alabama Song / Whisky Bar
  • Buffalo Gals
  • Lift Every Voice and Sing (very monotone in my opinion)
  • Hava Nagila
  • Hanukkah, Hanukkah
  • Yemei Ha'Chanukah
  • Dreidel Song
  • Olympic Anthem
  • Alunelul
  • Ode an die Freude / Ode to Joy
  • Korobyeyniki / Коробе́йники
  • Some Russian chastushki / часту́шки
  • Pasli Ovce Valasi
  • Stodola pumpa (similar to Co Uzyjem, To Dla Nas)
  • Co uzyjem, to dla nas
  • Tanczymy Labada
  • Smigus (by Zygmunt Noskowski)
  • Mam Husteczke Haftowana
  • Kolko Graniaste
  • Konopki
  • A-a-a, Kotki Dwa
  • Kukuleczka Kuka
  • Przybjezeli do Betlejem
  • Skrzypi Woz
  • Wsrod Nocnej Ciszy
  • Gdy Sie Chrystus Rodzi
  • Chodzmy Wszyscy Do Stajenki
  • シャボン玉
  • The Picnic - song of mostly Japanese origin used in ice cream truck music boxes (JP WP article)
Soon in the public domain
  • The Little Drummer Boy (copyright 1941)
  • Horst-Wessel-Lied (already PD in some countries)
  • I'm a Little Teapot
Songs whose copyright status is unclear
  • Osanna Eh
  • Il signore e la mia salvezza
  • O'meally's Hornpipe
  • 55 Days at Peking / Song of the 11 Nations
  • Veeri Veeri Gummadi Pandu (Indian children's song)
  • Johnny Johhny, Yes Papa (see Wikipedia article for explanation)
  • Piggy on the Railway
  • Solid As A Rock, Rooted Like A Tree (origins unclear)
  • Song of General Kim Jong Il (Korean propaganda song)
  • Song of General Kim Il Sung (Korean propaganda song)
  • Aegukka (Korean propaganda song)
  • Baby Shark (origin of the song unclear)
  • Wo Ai Beijing Tiananmen (non commercial Chinese propaganda song)
  • Red Sun in the Sky (non commercial Chinese propaganda song)
  • Karadzicu, vodi Srbe svoje (recorded in Yugoslavia in '93, likely w/out a copyright notice), hard to find English-language information on Serbian copyright law.
Not in the public domain
[*] The Rake Hornpipe
Minetest banned my ass, thought I was a cheatin' creep
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