J - PD Songs

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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Jack and Jill
Jack Be Nimble, Jack Be Quick
Jack Donohue (1883)
Jacky Tar ·1855)
Jacob's Ladder (1901)
Jacob's Vision

Jack and Jill

Jack Be Nimble
Jack Is Every Inch a Sailor (1928 PD)
Jack o Diamonds (1910)
Jack Tar (1891)
Jackie Tar (1855)
Jack Went A'Sailing
Jacob's Ladder (1893)
Ja Da (1918)
Jam at Gerry's Rocks (1904)
James Harris (Child 243)
Jamestown
Jamaica Farewell
James Bird
James Connolley
James Garfield (1907)
James McDonald
​Jamestown Homeward Bound
Jamie Raeburn's Farewell (1840's)
Jam on Gerry's Rocks (mid 1800s)
Jane, Jane
January & February
Japanese Sandman (1920)
Jawbone (?)
Jaybird March (?)
Jay Gould's Daughter
 (1923 PD)
Jay Legg (>1904)
Jazz Me Blues (1921)

Jealous (1924)
The Jealous Brothers
Jealous-Hearted Me (PD)
Jealous Lover (1903)
Jealous Lover of Low Green Valley

Jealousy (1924)
Jeanie w/the Light-Brown Hair (1852)
Jefferson & Liberty (1802)
Jelly Roll
Jelly Roll Blues (1915)
Jemmy Taylor-O
Jennie Get Around
Jennie Glen
Jennie Jenkins (1823)
Jennie Lind Polka (1800's)
Jenny Nettles
Jennie Put the Kettle On (1841)
Jerry, Go & Ile that Car (1884)
Jesse James (1887)
Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (1947 PD)
Jesus on the Mainline
​Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me
The Jeweled Ring (Child #17)
Jew's Daughter (Child 155)
Jim Along Josie (1838)
Jim & Me (1894)


Jimbo Jambo (1922)

Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy (1875)
Jimmie Crack Corn (1844)
Jimmie Settleton
Jimmy Allen

Jimmy Johnson
​Jimmy Judge
Jimmy Randall (Child #12)
Jimmy Sutton (1928 PD)
Jimmy Whalen (1926 PD)

Jimtown Blues (1925)
Jingle Bells (1857)
Jinny Jenkins (<1918)
Joan of Arc, They Are Calling You (1917)
​Job I Left Behind Me
Jock Hawk's Adventures in Glasgow
​Jock o'Hazeldene
Joe Banes
Joe Bowers (1856)
Joe Turner (1909)
Joe Turner Blues (1915)
Jogo Blues (1913)
Johanna & Rhody
John Anderson, My Jo (1827)
John Barleycorn (1787)
John Brown (1916)
John Brown's Baby (1861)
John Brown's Body (1861)
John Brown's Dream
John B Sails (1927 PD)
​John Cherokee
John Come to Hilo (1914)
John Gilbert (>1881)
John Greer's Two Step (?)
John Hardy (1909)
John Henry (1909)
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmitt (1955 PD)
John of Hazelgreen (Child #293)
Johnny Cake
Johnny Dhu (1925 PD)
Johnny Doyle
Johnny Get Your Gun (1886)
Johnny (Peter) Gray (r 1938)
Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier (1876)
Johnny, I Hardly Knew You (1886)
Johnny Is My Darling (1863)
Johnny Jump U[p (1978 PD)
Johnny Randall (1787)
Johnny Sands (1842)
John Riley (late 1791)
Johnson Boys (1922)
Johnson City Blues
Johnson Jinkson (1678)
Johnson Rag (1917)
Johnnie of Breadislie (Child 114)
Johnny Barbour


Johnny Booker
Johnny Get Your Gun (1886)
Johnny Picking on a Banjo
Johnny Sands

Johnny Get Your Gun
Johnny, Get Your Hair Cut Short
Johnny's Gone to Hilo
Johnny, Put the Kettle On & We'll All Have Tea
Johnny Sands (1842)
Johnny the Blacksmith
Johnny Todd
Johnny, Will You Marry Me?
Johnny, You Are my Darling
Johnson Boys

John Riley (1845)
Johnson Girls
John the Revelator (1930 PD)
The Johnstown Flood
Join the British Army
The Jolly Farmer
Jolly Good Fellow
Jolly Old St. Nicholas (1860)
Jolly Roving Tar (1885)
Jolly Tinker
Jolly Thresher
Jones, Oh Jones (1951 PD)
Jordan Am a Hard Road to Trabble (1853)
Josephine My Jo (1901)
Josephus and Bohunkus (1822)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (1865)
Journey's End
Joy to the World
Juanita (1850)
JuberJu
Jubilo (1862,1919)
Juice of the Forbidden Fruit (1906)
Judas (Child #23)
Judas & Jesus (Child #23)
Jug of Punch (1897)
Julianne Johnson
Jump in the Line
Jump Isabel, Slide Water
June Apple

June Brought the Roses (1924)
Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight (1918)

Just a Bird's Eye View of My Old Kentucky Home (1926)

Just a Cottage Small (By a Waterfall) (1925)
Just as the Sun Went Down (1927 PD)

Just a Girl that Men Forget (1923)

Just a Little Drink (1925)

Just Around the Corner (1925)
Just Before the Battle, Mother (1864)
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (<1860)

Just as the Evening Sun

Just as the Sun Went Down (1898)
Just as the Tide Was Flowing
Just Before the Battle Mother (1864)
Just Over in Gloryland
Just Plain Folks (1931 PD)
Just Tell Them that You Saw Me (1985)

Just We Two (192)