The Music of FreeBluegrass.org
Traditional Public Domain Songs
DEFINITION: Traditional (old time) music consists of songs and tunes which
have been performed, by custom, over a long period (usually several
generations). They are most often folk songs, country dance or similar types
of folk music but they can also be pieces from known early composers and may
have been the "pop music " of their time. Many of the pieces trace back to
European origins. Traditional music (or public domain) is also used as a
copyright status covering music which is out of copyright.
The following songs and tunes were compiled by Lynn Osmann for Mill Mountain Coffee & Tea Old Time Jam.
They are provided here for your reference. The music and tabulature for these are available in many
places and it doesn't seem necessary to post that info again here.
| Angel Band | Fortune | Little Rabbit/Rabbit Where's Your Mammy | Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me |
| Angelina Baker | Four Cent Cotton | Liverpool Hornpipe | Shoot That Turkey Buzzard |
| Annie Laurie | Frosty Morning | Logan County Blues | Shootin' Creek |
| Arkansas Traveler | Gal (Girl) I Left Behind Me | Lonesome Blues | Short Life of Trouble |
| Ash Grove | Gaspe Reel | Lost Girl | Shortnin' Bread |
| Aunt Rhody | Georgia Camp Meeting | Lost Indian | Sleepy Lulu |
| Back Up & Push | Give the Fiddler a Dram | Lost John | (My Pretty) Snow Deer |
| Back Step Cindy | Glory in the Meetinghouse | Lulu Walls | Snowshoes |
| Barlow Knife | Goober Peas | Lynchburg | Soap Suds Over the Fence |
| Battleship of Maine | Good Old Mountain Dew | Lynchburg Town | Soldier's Joy |
| Bells of St Mary's | Golden Slippers | Magpie | Sourwood Mountain |
| Bible's True, The | Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight | Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor | Speed the Plough |
| Big Eyed Rabbit | Goodbye Girls I'm Off to Boston | Man Of Constant Sorrow | Spinning Wheel |
| Big Rock Candy Mountain | Goodbye Liza Jane | Margaret's Waltz | Spotted Pony |
| Big Scioty | Goodbye Miss Liza Jane | Midnight on the Water | Squirrel Hunters |
| Bile Them Cabbage Down | Grandfather's Clock | Miss Mcleod's Reel | Spotted Pony |
| Bill Cheatam | Granny Does Your Dog Bite | Mississippi Sawyer | Stagolee/Stacker Lee/Stack-A-Lee |
| Billy in the Low Ground | Grasshopper On A Sweet Potato Vine | M(P)olly Put the Kettle On | Star of Bethlehem |
| Birdie | Greasy Coat | Moneymusk | Staten Island Hornpipe |
| Black Ey'd Susan | Greasy String | Monkey on a Dogcart | Stay All Night |
| Black Mountain Rag | Green Back Dollar | My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | Sugar Hill |
| Blackberry Blossom | Green River March | Nancy Rowland | Sugar in the Gourd |
| Blue Bells of Scotland | Green Valley Waltz | Natchez Under the Hill | Susanna Gal |
| Blue Tail Fly | Green Willis | Needlecase | Sweet Sunny South |
| Boatman, The | Greenback Dollar | New Money | Swing Low Sweet Chariot |
| Boll Weevil | Greensleeves | New River Train | 'Tain't Nobody's Business if I Do |
| Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine (Sherman's March) | Grey Eagle | Nine Pound Hammer (Roll on Buddy) | Tam Lin |
| Bonaparte's Retreat | Ground Hog | Nobody's Darlin' | Tater Patch |
| Boys Them Buzzards is Flying | Growling Old Man, Growling Old Woman | North Carolina Breakdown | Tell Her to Come Back Home |
| Breaking Up Christmas | Grubb Springs | Oh! Susanna | Temperance Reel |
| Briarpicker Brown | Half Past Four | Ookpic Waltz | Tennessee Coon |
| Brighton Camp/The Girl I Left Behind Me | Hand Me Down My Walking Cane | Old Bunch of Keys | Texas |
| Broken-down Gambler | Handsome Molly | Old Dan Tucker | Texas Gales/Girls/Gals |
| Brown-skinned Girl Down the Road | Hangman's Reel | Old Grey Mare | Texas Fair |
| Buffalo Gals | Hard Times Come Again No More | Old Jimmy Sutton | That's My Rabbit, My Dog Caught It |
| Bull At The Wagon | Hawks & Eagles | Old Joe Clark | Three Thin Dimes |
| Bully of the Town | Hell Amongst the Yearlings | Old Molly Hare | Tom & Jerry Rag |
| Camp Chase | Hell Broke Loose in Georgia | Old Mother Flanagan | Tom Bigby Waltz |
| Camptown Races | High Yellow | Old Sledge | Tom Dooley |
| Candy Girl | Hog Eye | Old Sport | Too Young to Marry |
| Carroll County Blues | Hog Eyed Man | Old Uncle Ned | Train 45 |
| Charleston Gals | Hollow Poplar | Over the Waterfall | Turkey in the Straw |
| Cherokee Shuffle | Home Brew Rag | Over the Waves Waltz | Twenty Eighth Of January |
| Chicken Reel | Home on the Range | Paddy on the Turnpike | Twinkle Little Star |
| Chinese Breakdown | Hop Along Peter | Peek-a-Boo Waltz | Uncle Joe |
| Cider Mill | Hop Light Ladies | Petronella | Up Jumped the Devil |
| Cindy | I Wish I was a Mole in the Ground | Pig Ankle Rag | Wagoner |
| Clementine | Ida Red | Pikes Peak | Wait for the Wagon |
| Cluck Old Hen | I'll Fly Away | Piney Woods | Waiting for Nancy |
| Colored Aristocracy | I'm Gwine Back to Dixie | Piney Woods Gal | Walking In My Sleep |
| Combination Rag | In the Pines | Policeman | Walking In The Parlor |
| Come Dance & Sing | I've Been All Around the World | Polly Wolly Doodle | Waltzing Matilda |
| Come Over & See Me Sometime | I've Got No Honey Babe Now | Possum up a Gum Stump | Washington's March |
| Cornbread & Butterbeans | In The Pines | Pretty Little Dog | Waterbound |
| Cotton-Eyed Joe | In The Sweet Bye & Bye | Quince Dillon's High D | Way Down the Old Plank Road |
| Cowboy's Dream | Indian Ate the Woodchuck | Rabbit in the Pea Patch | Waynesburgh(boro) |
| Crawdad | Irish Washer Woman, The | Rabbit up a Gum Stump | Ways Of The World |
| Cricket On The Hearth | It Just Suits Me | Rachel | Weeping Willow |
| Cripple Creek | Jawbone | Ragtime Annie | Western Country |
| Crooked Stove Pipe | Jaybird | Red Fox Waltz | Westfork Girls |
| Crow Black Chicken | Jeff Davis | Red Haired Boy/Little Beggarman | Westphalia Waltz |
| Cuckoo | Jenny Lind Polka | Red River Valley | When the Roll is Called Up Yonder |
| Cuckoo's Nest | Jimmy in the Swamp | Red Wing | When the Saints Go Marching In |
| Cumberland Gap | Jingle Bells | Richmond | When You and I Were Young, Maggie |
| Dance All Night | John Brown's Dream | Richmond Cotillion | Where the Soul Never Dies |
| Danville Girl | John Brown's March | Rickett's Hornpipe | Whiskey Before Breakfast |
| Dark Hollow Blues | John Hardy | Rochester Schottische | Whistlin' Rufus |
| Darling Corey | John Henry | Rock The Cradle Joe | Whoa Mule |
| Deep Elem Blues | John Ryan's Polka | Rocky Mountain Goat | Wind & Rain (Two Sisters) |
| Devilish Mary | Johnny Don't Come Home | Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms (lapsed copyright) | Wild Bill Jones |
| Devil's Dream | Johnny Don't Get Drunk | Roscoe | Wild Hog in the Woods |
| Dinah | Johnny's Lover's Gone | Rose of the Mountain | Wild Horse / Stoney Point |
| Dixie | Joke on the Puppy | Rosin the Bow | Wildwood Flower |
| Done Gone | Jordan Am a Hard Road to Trabbel (Travel) | Round Town Girls | Will the Circle Be Unbroken? |
| Don't Let Your Deal Go Down | Josie-o | Rufus Rastus | Woodchopper's Reel |
| Double File | Joys of Quebec | Rye Straw | Worried Man Blues |
| Down Yonder | Julianne Johnson | Rye Whiskey | Wreck of Old 97 |
| Drunken Hiccups | Jump Jim Crow | Sail Away Ladies | Yankee Doodle |
| Dry & Dusty | June Apple | Saint Anne's Reel | Year of Jubalo/Kingdom Coming |
| Dubuque | Katy(ie) Cline | Sal's Got A Meatskin | Yellow Barber |
| Ducks On The Mill Pond | Katy Did | Sal's Got Mud Between Her Toes | Yellow Eyed Cat |
| Ducks On The Pond | Keep On the Sunny Side | Sally Ann | Yellow Rose Of Texas |
| Durang's Hornpipe | Keep the Ark A Moving | Sally Ann Johnson | You Ain't Talking to Me |
| Dusty Miller | Kitchen Girl (Gal) | Sally Johnson | You Are My Sunshine |
| Ebenezer | La Bastringue | Sally in the Garden | |
| Eighth of January | Ladies Waist Ribbon | Sally Goodin' | |
| Elzik's Farewell | Lady of the Lake | Salt River/Creek | |
| Fair & Tender Ladies | Lacy of the Lake II | Sandy Boys | |
| Fall(s) of Richmond | Last of Callahan, The | Sandy River Belles | |
| Fall on my Knees | Leather Britches | Santa Anna's Retreat | |
| Farewell to Whisky | Lee Highway Blues | Saturday Night Breakdown | |
| Fire on the Mountain | Liberty | Seeing Nelly Home | |
| Fisher's Hornpipe | Liberty Off The Corn Liquor Still | Seneca Square Dance | |
| Flop-eared Mule | Little Billy Wilson | Shady Grove (traditional) | |
| Florida Blues | Little Brown Jug | Shakin' Down the Acorns | |
| Flowers of Edinburgh | Little Gal that Fooled Me | She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain Sheebeg Sheemore | |
| Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss | Little Liza Jane | Shelvin' Rock | |
| Flying Injun/Indian | Little Maggie | Shenandoah | |
| Folding Down The Sheets | Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane | Shipping Port | |
| Forked Deer | Liza Jane | Shoes & Stockings |