A note on the stuff in parentheses: “c” = circa, “r” = recorded (which doesn't mean copyrighted or "first written"; that may have happened well before), "TA" = Traditional Anonymous. “<” = before, and “>” = after. For instance, a song about a train wreck that happened in 1909 might have a  “>” after the date because no one would have written about an event that had not yet occurred (duh). A song found in a book published in 1857 might have a “<”  as we know the song was known at least by that date. If you see a date after 1923 followed by "PD", it means the song was apparently known for a long while, but not recorded or put into a song books until the date cited. In most of these cases, the name of the writer was never recorded or is now lost. Or perhaps a name was given that was only a good guess and cannot be proven or dis-proven. An acute observer may notice a disproportionate number of 1927 dates. This is the year Carl Sandburg published his "American Songbag", a cornucopia of old American songs. A question mark (?) means I suspect it belongs in this list, but am less than sure. Whenever I found a choice of two dates, which was frequent, I  usually cite the older one. A few songs well-known by multiple names are entered under each name.  Many are known by multiple names, by first line or by repeated phrases. If you do not find what you want on the first try, think outside the box, as it may be here under a variant of the name you know.

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Down Among the Sugar Cane (1908)
Down at the Station (1976 PD)
Downbound Train

Down by the Erie Canal (1915)

Down by the Old Mill Stream (1910)
Down by the River (1863)
Down by the Riverside (1865)
Down by the Sally Gardens (1889)
Down, Down, Down (1938 PD)

Down-Hearted Blues (1923)
Down Home Blues (1921)

Down Home Rag (1911)
Down in Arkansas (1921)
Down in Dear Old New Orleans (1912)
Down in Honky Tonk Town (1916)
Down in Jungle Town (1908)
Down in the Valley (<1917)
Down in the Valley to Pray (1867)
Down in the Willow Garden (1917)
Down in Yon Forest (<1908)
Down on Me (1940 PD)
Down on Penny's Farm (1929 PD)
Down on the Brandywind (1904)
Down the Road
Down the Stairs
Down the Trail to Home, Sweet Home (TA)
Down the Volga River (TA)
Down Went McGinty (1889)
Down Where the Wurtzburger Flows (1902)
Down Yonder (1921)
Do You Call that Religion?
Do You Ever Think of Me? (1920)
Do You Ken John Peel (1900)
Do You Love an Apple (1952 PD)
Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down?
Draper's Gardens (1721)
The Dreadful Ghost (1759)
The Dreadnaught (>1853)
Dreaming (1906)
Dream of the Miner's Child (1911)
Dreams
The Dreary Black Hills (>1875)
The Dreary Dream (Child #214)
Dressed Ship (1774)

Drifting and Dreaming (1925)
Drifting Too Far from the Shore
Drill Ye Terriers, Drill (1888)

Drink, Drink, Drink (1924)
Drinking from the Fountain
Drink Up & Go Home (?)
Drink to Me Only with Thy Eyes (w - 1616)
Drink Old England Dry (1890)
Drive Dull Care Away (1958 PD)
Drive the Winter Cold Away (1650)
Driving Saw Logs on the Plover (1873)
A Drop of Nelson's Blood
Drops of Brandy
Drowsy Maggie
Drummer & the Cook
Drummer Boy of Shiloh (1863)
Drunkard's Courtship
Drunkard's Doom (1905)
Drunkard's Dream
Drunkard's Hell
Drunken Hiccups (1910)
Drunken Sailor (1841, 1891)
Drunk Lst Night (1973  PD)
Dry & Dusty
Dry Bones (1865)
Ducks on the Millpond
Dude Cowboy
Duermete Nino Lindo (16th c)
Duke of Kent's Waltz (1802)
Dunbarton's Drum (1724)
Duncan & Brady (1927 PD)
Dunderbecke's Machine (1922)
Dupree Blues (>1921)
Durang's Hornipe

Ducky Dudes (TA)
Dust My Broom (1936 PD)
Dusty (1908)
Dusty Dudes
Dusty Miller (1709)
Dying British Sergeant (<1889)
The Dying Californian (1850
Dying Cowboy (1850)
The Dying Cowboy of Rimrock Ranch
Dying Crapshooter's Blues (1925 PD)
The Dying Daughter
The Dying Girl
Dying Hobo (1912)
The Dying Miller (<1764)
The Dying Outlaw
The Dying Queen (Child #156)
Dying Sailor to His Shipmates
Dying Ranger
Dying Stockman