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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Tailor in the Tea Chest

Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The Tailor's Breeches

Tail Toodle
Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
Take Me Out to the Ballgame (1908)
Take This Hammer
Take a Drink on Me (r 1927, PD)
Take Her Out of Pity (1636)
Take Me Home
Take the News to Mother (1897)
Take this Hammer (1907)
Take Your Fingers Off It (1973 PD)
Take Your Girlie to the Movies (1919)
Take Your Gun & Go, John (1862)
Talk About Suffering
Talking Casey (1963 PD)

Tamiami Trail (1926)
Tambourines and Oranges
Tam Lin (Child #39) (1769)
Tapanapa
Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay (1891)
Tater Patch
The Tattletale Birdy (Child #82)
Tavern in the Town (1883)
Teacher, Teacher, I Declare (<1970 PD)

Tea for Two (1924)
Teddy Bear's Picnic (1907)

Tell Her in the Springtime (1924)
Tell It to Me (~1906)
Tell Me Why
Temperance Reel

Tell Me with a Melody (1923)
Temperance Union (1921)
The Tempest
Temptation Rag (1909)
Ten Broeck & Mollie (unk -trad anon)
Ten Little Indians (1868)
The Tenderfoot (1894)

Ten Thousand Years Ago (1913)
Tell Mother I'll Meet her (1900)
​The Temperance Reel
Ten Broeck & Mollie (>1878)
The Tenderfoot (1921)
Ten Little Indians (1907)
Tennessee Fox Chase (unk)

Tennessee Mountain Fox Chase
The Tennis Balls (Child #156)
Ten Stone
Tenting Tonight (1864)
​Ten Thousand Miles Away
Tenting Tonight (1864)
Terraplane Blues (?)
The Terrier Pup
Tessie, You Are the Only Only (1902)
The Texas Cowboy
Texas Gales (Gals)
Texas Jack (1905)
Texas Quickstep
Texas Rangers (1874)

Texas Triangle Blues (PD)
Texian Boys (1841)

Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1925)
That Bloody War (<1918)

That Certain Feeling (1925)

That Certain Party (1925)
That Haunting Melody (1911)
That High-born Girl of Mine
That International Rag (1913)
That Mysterious Rag (1911)
That Is Even So (1858)
That Old Time Religion (1872)
That's All Right
That's A-Plenty (1909)
That's No Way to Get Along (1929 PD)

That Old Gang of Mine (1923)
That Sweetie of Mine
That's Where I Met My Girl
That's Why I Never Married
That's Why They Call Me Shine (1907)
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone (1918)
That Will Never Happen No More

Then I'll Be Happy (1925)
There Ain't No Bugs on Me (1928 PD)
There Ain't No Flies on Jesus (1925 PD)
There Ain't No Use Me Working So Hard
There's a Long, Long trail Unwinding (1914)
There Is a Balm in Gilead (1909)
​There Is More Love Somewhere

There is a Tavern in the Town (1883)
There'll Be No Distinction There

There'll Be Some Changes Made (1921)
There's a Brown-Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere
There's a Little bit of Bad in Every Good Girl(1916)
There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding (1913)
There's a Mother Always Waiting for You at Home

There's a New Star in Heaven Tonight (1926)
There's Music in the Air (1854)
There's No Hiding Place Down Here
There's No One Like Mother to Me
There's No Place Like Home (1822)