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First line/ Refrain:	Rally 'round the flag boys, rally once for all (first line of text)
Title:	Yankee Doodle's in the fight to stay
Composer:	Guy, Harry P.
Publisher:	Universal Music Co.
Date:	1918

First line/ Refrain:	Real bad coon once came to town (first line of text)
Title:	He's up against the real thing now
Composer:	Williams, Bert
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern
Date:	c1898

First line/ Refrain:	Ree, Ro my true love (first line of chorus)
Title:	Going ober de mountain
Composer:
Publisher:	Geo. P. Reed
Date:	1843

First line/ Refrain:	Ribber is a glistenin' in de moonlight (first line of text)
Title:	Nobody's lookin' but de owl an' de moon
Composer:	Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond)
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern
Date:	1901

First line/ Refrain:	Rock a bye my baby (first line of chorus)
Title:	Plantation lullaby : a Southern ballad
Composer:	Stevens, Vernon
Publisher:	A.J. Stasny Music
Date:	1921

First line/ Refrain:	Rock him to sleep to an fro (first line of chorus)
Title:	Mammy's honey : a darkey lullaby
Composer:	Howe, Charles T.
Publisher:	Charles T. Howe & Donnell Music Co.
Date:	1899

First line/ Refrain:	Rock me in my Mississippi cradle (first line of chorus)
Title:	Mississippi cradle : waltz
Composer:	Olman, Abe
Publisher:	Forster Music Pub.
Date:	1921

First line/ Refrain:	Rosie, you are ma posie (first line of refrain)
Title:	Ma blushin' Rosie : ma posie sweet
Composer:	Stromberg, John
Publisher:	M. Witmark & Sons
Date:	1900

First line/ Refrain:	Round de meadows am a ringing (first line of text)
Title:	Massa's in de cold ground
Composer:	Foster, Stephen Collins
Publisher:	Firth, Pond & Co.
Date:	1852

First line/ Refrain:	Rufe Johnson leads a band (first line of text)
Title:	Rufe Johnson's Harmony Band
Composer:	Brooks, Shelton
Publisher:	Maurice Abrahams Music Co.
Date:	1914

First line/ Refrain:	Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown what you goin' to do when the rent comes 'round (first line of chorus)
Title:	What you goin' to do when the rent comes 'round : (Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown)
Composer:	Von Tilzer, Harry
Publisher:	Harry Von Tilzer Music Pub. Co.
Date:	1905

First line/ Refrain:	'Skeeters am a hummin' on de honey suckle vine (first line of text)
Title:	Kentucky babe : a plantation lullaby
Composer:	Geibel, Adam
Publisher:	White-Smith
Date:	1896

First line/ Refrain:	'Skeeters am a hummin' on de honey suckle vine (first line of text)
Title:	Kentucky babe : song and chorus
Composer:	Geibel, Adam
Publisher:	White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
Date:	1896

First line/ Refrain:	Sad are the thoughts that memory discloses (first line of text)
Title:	Love's eternity
Composer:	Guy, Harry P.
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Date:	1915

First line/ Refrain:	Sailor sailed away (first line of text)
Title:	Ji-Ji-Boo : novelty song fox trot
Composer:	Meyer, Joseph
Publisher:	Fred Fisher
Date:	1922

First line/ Refrain:	Saint Louis blues
Title:	The St. Louis blues
Composer:	Handy, W. C. (William Christopher)
Publisher:	Pace & Handy Music Co.
Date:	1914

First line/ Refrain:	Salamader Jones, wizard of the bones(first line of text)
Title:	That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me
Composer:	Edwards, Gus
Publisher:	Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
Date:	c1907

First line/ Refrain:	Sally dear I'm gwan to leave you (first line of text)
Title:	Good bye Sally dear
Composer:	Howard, Frank
Publisher:	O. Ditson
Date:	1849

First line/ Refrain:	Sam Johnson was a machinery man with ideas of his own (first line of text)
Title:	Let me down easy, or, The machinery man
Composer:	Farrel, Tom
Publisher:	Will Rossiter Publisher
Date:	1906

First line/ Refrain:	Sam Johnson was a suitor for Miss Maria's hand (first line of text)
Title:	Why don't you get a lady of your own
Composer:	Williams, Bert
Publisher:	Edward, B. Marks
Date:	c1920

First line/ Refrain:	Sambo says to Dinah (first line of chorus)
Title:	Sambo and Dinah
Composer:	Cole, Bob
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Date:	1904

First line/ Refrain:	Sandman's a comin' 'round my baby (first line of chorus)
Title:	De sandman's comin' 'round : lullaby
Composer:	Keiser, Robert A.
Publisher:	Hugo V. Schlam
Date:	1900

First line/ Refrain:	Sandman's blown his horn (first line of text)
Title:	Sleep ma honey : lullaby
Composer:	Livernash, Will L.
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick
Date:	1909

First line/ Refrain:	Sandy, my dusky Sandy (first line of chorus)
Title:	Dusky Sandy from Sandusky Ohio
Composer:	Hoffmann, Max
Publisher:	Shapiro
Date:	1911

First line/ Refrain:	Sang the little mister bull frog (first line of chorus)
Title:	The bull-frog and the coon
Composer:	Nathan, Joseph S.
Publisher:	Leo. Feist Inc.
Date:	1906

First line/ Refrain:	Say darkeys hab you seen da massa (first line of text)
Title:	Kingdom coming : song and chorus
Composer:	Work, Henry C. (Henry Clay)
Publisher:	Root & Cady
Date:	1862

First line/ Refrain:	Say Lize I lub you 'deed I do Lize I do (first line of text)
Title:	Belle of Koontucky : march and two-step
Composer:	Zickel, Harry H.
Publisher:	W. C. Broadwell
Date:	1897

First line/ Refrain:	Say, Jasper 'taint no use talking even though you talk from now till noon (first line of text)
Title:	If the man in the moon were a coon
Composer:	Fisher, Fred
Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Date:	1905

First line/ Refrain:	Say, Jasper 'taint no use talking even though you talk from now till noon (first line of text)
Title:	If the man in the moon were a coon
Composer:	Fisher, Fred
Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Date:	1905

First line/ Refrain:	Say, Jasper, 'taint no use talking even though you talk from now till noon (first line of text)
Title:	If the man in the moon were a coon
Composer:	Fisher, Fred
Publisher:	Will Rossiter
Date:	1905

First line/ Refrain:	Says Mandy Jones (first line of text)
Title:	Dusky Sandy from Sandusky Ohio
Composer:	Hoffmann, Max
Publisher:	Shapiro
Date:	1911

First line/ Refrain:	See him marchin' along (first line of chorus)
Title:	My choc'late soldier Sammy boy : song
Composer:	Van Alstyne, Egbert
Publisher:	J.H. Remick & Co.
Date:	1919

First line/ Refrain:	See the great big crowd down on the levee today (first line of text)
Title:	Loading up the Mandy Lee : song
Composer:	Marshall, Henry I.
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Date:	1915

First line/ Refrain:	See whar de twinkling stars am shining (first line of chorus)
Title:	March black America : (a Negro oddity)
Composer:	Zickel, Harry H.
Publisher:	W.C. Broadwell
Date:	1895

First line/ Refrain:	Sence Bill Tafts cum to Washington (first line of text)
Title:	Possum : the latest craze
Composer:	Cohen, J. B.
Publisher:	Pease Piano Co.
Date:	1909

First line/ Refrain:	Shaky eyes, oh, oh, those shaky eyes (first line of chorus)
Title:	Shaky eyes
Composer:	Armstrong, Harry
Publisher:	M. Witmark & Sons
Date:	1909

First line/ Refrain:	Shall I turn against my brother (first line of chorus)
Title:	Uncle Tom's religion
Composer:	Howard, G. C. (George Cunnibell)
Publisher:	Horace Waters
Date:	1854

First line/ Refrain:	She hollered brother, if you want to spread joy (first line of chorus)
Title:	Pray for the lights to go out : a Negro shouting song
Composer:	Skidmore, Will E.
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co., exclusive selling agents
Date:	1916

First line/ Refrain:	She is my darktown lady (first line of chorus)
Title:	My darktown gal
Composer:	Johnson, Lee
Publisher:	The Zeno Mauvais Music Co.
Date:	1897

First line/ Refrain:	She is my Honolulu lady (first line of chorus)
Title:	My Honolulu lady
Composer:	Johnson, Lee
Publisher:	Zeno Mauvais Music Co.
Date:	1898

First line/ Refrain:	She is my lady hottentot (first line of chorus)
Title:	My lady hottentot
Composer:	Von Tilzer, Harry
Publisher:	Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer
Date:	1901

First line/ Refrain:	She is my queen (first line of chorus)
Title:	My bamboo queen
Composer:	Von Tilzer, Harry
Publisher:	Harry Von Tilzer
Date:	1902

First line/ Refrain:	She is no violet (first line of chorus)
Title:	The little gypsy maid
Composer:	Cook, Will Marion
Publisher:	Harry von Tilzer
Date:	1902

First line/ Refrain:	She was sweeter than the sweetest (first line of chorus)
Title:	I aint a going to tell
Composer:	Tannenbaum, J.
Publisher:	O. Ditson
Date:	1868

First line/ Refrain:	She's as pretty as a picture (first line of text)
Title:	Cynth'a
Composer:	Krafft, F. W.
Publisher:	Walter Jacobs
Date:	1904

First line/ Refrain:	Shout ho (first line of chorus)
Title:	The Negro emancipation song
Composer:	Webster, Joseph Philbrick
Publisher:	H.M. Higgins
Date:	1862

First line/ Refrain:	Since you went away, dear (first line of chorus)
Title:	Since you went away
Composer:	Brooks, Shelton
Publisher:	Lew Berk Music Co.
Date:	1915

First line/ Refrain:	Singing row away row, O'er de waters so blue (first line of chorus)
Title:	The gum tree canoe
Composer:
Publisher:	Geo. P. Reed
Date:	1847

First line/ Refrain:	Skies am gray (first line of text)
Title:	Honey town : a plantation lullaby
Composer:	Widener, Stanley F.
Publisher:	Theo. Presser
Date:	1906

First line/ Refrain:	Sleep ma honey sleep
Title:	Sleep ma honey : lullaby
Composer:	Livernash, Will L.
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick
Date:	1909

First line/ Refrain:	Sleep ma little baby 'coon (first line of text)
Title:	Rockin' in de win' : (a raccoon lullaby)
Composer:	Neidlinger, W. H. (William Harold)
Publisher:	William Maxwell
Date:	1904

First line/ Refrain:	Sleep, sleep, rest ma honey chile (first line of chorus)
Title:	Sleep ma honey : lullaby
Composer:	Livernash, Will L.
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick
Date:	1909

First line/ Refrain:	Slip on your Sunday go to meetin' gown (first line of text)
Title:	Below the Mason-Dixon line
Composer:	Reed, David
Publisher:	Maurice Shapiro
Date:	1910

First line/ Refrain:	Snapping turtle
Title:	Snappin' turtle : piano solo
Composer:	Cook, Doc
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick Co.
Date:	1913

First line/ Refrain:	Snow ball, ragtime march
Title:	Snowball : (rag)
Composer:	Stokes, Nellie M.
Publisher:	J.H. Remick
Date:	1906

First line/ Refrain:	So come to our watah million party (first line of chorus)
Title:	The watermelon party
Composer:	Levi, Maurice
Publisher:	Rogers Bros. Music Pub. Co.
Date:	1901

First line/ Refrain:	So when you hear dem church bells ringin' (first line of chorus)
Title:	Sweet Suzanne
Composer:	Europe, James Reese
Publisher:	F.B. Haviland Pub. Co.
Date:	1910

First line/ Refrain:	Softly in my dreams (first line of text)
Title:	Mississippi cradle : waltz
Composer:	Olman, Abe
Publisher:	Forster Music Pub.
Date:	1921

First line/ Refrain:	Some coons have only got one yellow lady (first line of text)
Title:	I've got a gal for ev'ry day in the week
Composer:	Von Tilzer, Harry
Publisher:	Shapiro, Bernstein & Von Tilzer
Date:	1900

First line/ Refrain:	Some folks dey hab it awful easy (first line of song)
Title:	Trouble
Composer:	Meakim, Fletcher
Publisher:	M. Witmark & Sons
Date:	1902

First line/ Refrain:	Some green cucumbers, some stewed tripe rare (first line of chorus)
Title:	You'll never need a doctor no more
Composer:	Smith, Chris
Publisher:	Skidmore music Co
Date:	c1921

First line/ Refrain:	Somebody's hat is hanging on the rack (first line of chorus)
Title:	That welcome on the mat ain't meant for me
Composer:	Edwards, Gus
Publisher:	Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
Date:	c1907

First line/ Refrain:	Sometimes I close bofe of ma eyes (first line of text)
Title:	Floating down the Nile
Composer:	Johnson, J. Rosamond (John Rosamond)
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Date:	1906

First line/ Refrain:	Standing on the corner with a can of corn (first line of text)
Title:	Hot corn
Composer:	Smith, Chris
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick
Date:	1908

First line/ Refrain:	Stars are shining (first line of chorus)
Title:	Phoebe : an Ethiopian lullaby
Composer:	Mack, Andrew
Publisher:	T.B. Harms & Co.
Date:	1894

First line/ Refrain:	Stars shone bright and the moon gave light (first line of text)
Title:	Mamie! Come kiss your honey boy
Composer:	Irwin, May
Publisher:	White-Smith Music Pub. Co.
Date:	1893

First line/ Refrain:	Started one night, feelin' quite bright (first line of text)
Title:	Jes' 'cause de moon was shinin'
Composer:	Kerker, Gustave
Publisher:	Sol Bloom
Date:	1902

First line/ Refrain:	Steamboat whistle's blowing (first line of text)
Title:	Good bye Dinah
Composer:	Edwards, Gus
Publisher:	Gus Edwards Music Pub. Co.
Date:	1908

First line/ Refrain:	Stop your cryin' angel child (first line of text)
Title:	Pickaninny's slumber song
Composer:	Reese, Paul
Publisher:	Jerome H. Remick & Co.
Date:	1919

First line/ Refrain:	Streets are gay (first line of text)
Title:	On emancipation day
Composer:	Cook, Will Marion
Publisher:	Harry von Tilzer
Date:	1902

First line/ Refrain:	Strike de toe and heel nigger (first line of chorus)
Title:	Alabama Joe : the original, as sung by the Guinea Minstrels
Composer:
Publisher:	C. H. Keith
Date:	1834

First line/ Refrain:	Strolling out one morning (first line of text)
Title:	Whar de watermelon' grow
Composer:	Rosenfeld, Monroe H.
Publisher:	Jos. W. Stern & Co.
Date:	1898

First line/ Refrain:	Sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home (first line of text)
Title:	My old Kentucky home, good night
Composer:	Foster, Stephen Collins
Publisher:	Morison Kyle
Date:	18XX

First line/ Refrain:	Sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home (first line of text)
Title:	My old Kentucky home, good night
Composer:	Foster, Stephen Collins
Publisher:	Firth, Pond & Co.
Date:	1853

First line/ Refrain:	Sunflower aint de daisy (first line of text)
Title:	Don't be what you ain't
Composer:	Hein, Silvio
Publisher:	Edward B. Marks
Date:	1920

First line/ Refrain:	Suzanne was a gal I cert'nly did admire (first line of text)
Title:	Sweet Suzanne
Composer:	Europe, James Reese
Publisher:	F.B. Haviland Pub. Co.
Date:	1910

First line/ Refrain:	Sweetie dear, there's a taxi waitin' (first line of text)
Title:	At the high brown babies' ball
Composer:	Davis, Benny
Publisher:	Leo. Feist Inc.
Date:	1919

First line/ Refrain:	Swell coons from Piety hill they gave a ball (first line of text)
Title:	Ma ragtime baby : original rag time song & chorus
Composer:	Stone, Fred S.
Publisher:	Whitney Warner Pub. Co.
Date:	1899

First line/ Refrain:	Swing round and show yo' clothes my lady (first line of chorus)
Title:	Eli Green's cake walk
Composer:	Koninsky, Sadie
Publisher:	J.W. Stern
Date:	1896

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