X-Y-Z - 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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Yankee Doodle (<1775)
Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)

The Yankee & Marcum
Yankee Man O War
Yas, Yas, Yas
Yea Ho, Little Fish(1956 PD)
Year of Jubilo (1862)

Yearning Just for You (1925)
Yella Gal
Yellow Bird
The Yellow Bonnet
Yellow Dog Blues (1914)
Yellow Gal (r1926 PD)
Yellow Meal
The Yellow Road
Yellow Rose of Texas (1853)
Ye Parliaments of England (1836)
Ye Sons of Columbia (1866)

Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1925)
Yes, We Have No Bananas (1922)
Yo Ho Ho & a Bottle of Rum (1891)
You Ain't Talking to Me (1909)


You Are False, But I"ll Forgive You (1891)
You Are My Flower

You Better Mind

You Better Run
You'd Be Surprised (1919)
You Don't Knock (1961 PD)
You Drove a Buick (1952 PD)

You Gotta Move
You Gotta See Your Papa
You Got to Be a Lover of the Lord (1869)

You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone (19230
You Made Me Love You (1913)
You Married My Daughter, But You Didn't
You Never Miss the Water Til the Well Runs Dry (1872)
Young Aiken (1818)
Young Beham (Beichan)(Child 53) (1690)
Young Brennan (> 1903)
You Can't Lose-a Me, Charley (1936 PD)
Young Charlotte (1833)
Young Collins (Child 85)
Young Emily
Youngest Daughter
Young Henerly (Child 68)
Young Hunting (Child 68)
Young Johnny
Young Man Who Wouldn't Hoe Corn (1905)

The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime
You're a Grand Old Flag (1906)

You're Just a Flower from an Old Bouquet (1924)
You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline (1903)
You're Nothing But a Humbug
You're the Man that Stole My Wife (1923 PD)
Your Mother Still Prays for You
You Said Something When You Said Dixie
You're a Flower in the Wildwood
You've Been a Friend to Me

You've got to See Mama Ev'ry Night (1923)
You've Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley
You Will Eat Bye & Bye (1911)
You You You (1952 PD)




Zack, the Mormon Engineer (?)
Zebra Dun (1908)

Zion's Walls
Zip Coon (1835)