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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Rabbit in a Log (1913)
Rabble Soldier (1908)

Rachel Roe
Racoon & Possum (1840's)
Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail (1917)

Raggedy Ann (1923)
Ragging the Scale (1915)
Ragged but Right
Raggle Taggle Gypsies
Raging Canal (1851)
Rag Pat (1890s)
Rag Pickings (1911)
Ragtime Annie (c 1900)
Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912)
Ragtime Millionaire
Railroad Bill (1911)
Railroad Blues (1934 PD)
Railroading & Gambling (1940 PD)
Rain and Snow (1960 PD)
Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder (?)
Railroad Bill
Railroad Blues (1920)
Railroading & Gambling (?)
Railroading through the Rocky Mountains
The Railway Porter
The Rainbow Division
Raindrops (?)
Rain, Rain, Go Away (1940 PD)
Rain & Snow
Raise a Ruckus Tonight
 (1919)
Rake & Rambling Boy (1830)
Rakes of Mallow (1839)
Rally "Round the Flag (1862)
The Rambler
Rambling Blues
Rambling Boy
Rambling, Gambling Man (1915)
Rambling Hobo
Rambling on My Mind (?)
Rambling Woman
Randall, My Son (1787)
Randy Dandy
Range of the Buffalo (early 1900s)
Ranger's Command (1947 PD)
Randy Riley (Child 278)

Ranky Tanky
Ranzo, Me Boys, Ranzo (1882)
Rastus Johnson Brown
Rattling Bog (1877)
Rattlin' Cannonball
Razors in the Air (late 1800s)

Reaching for the Moon (1926)
Real Old Mountain Dew
Rebel Soldier (1918)
The Recruited Collier
Red Apple Juice (1927 PD)
Red Apple Rag
Red Bird
Red Haired Boy
Red Hot Fannie

Red Hot Mama (1924)
Red Is the Rose (1980 PD)
Red Light Saloon
Red Mountain Wine
Red River Shore (1867)
Red River Valley (1910)
Red Rocking Chair (1927 PD)
Red, White & Blue (Green Grow the Lilacs) (1846)
Red Wing (1907)
The Reedy Lagoon
Reel Beatrice (late 1800s)
Reel La Pointe
Reel La Pointe
Remember (1925)

Remembering (1923)
Remember Me
Remember the Alamo (1840)
The Restless Dead I(Child #78)
The Resurrected Sweetheart (Child #78)
Return to Milltown
Reuben (1909)
Reuben and Rachael (1871)
Reuben James (?)