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Sample Lyrics
Edited by John Kenrick

 

 		These lyrics are from different musical genres. As best as I can determine, all are currently in the public domain.

Minstrelsy
Jim Crow (1828)
Everybody Works But Father (1905)

Vaudeville
The Band Played On (1895)
I Don't Care (1905)
Mr. Gallagher & Mr. Shean (1920)
Under the Bamboo Tree (1903)

Harrigan & Hart
The Mulligan Guard March (1873)
The Babies on Our Block (1879)
John Riley's Always Dry (1881)

Broadway - Early Musical Comedies
After the Ball (1892)
The Bowery (1892)
I Can't Do the Sum (1903)
I Wants to Be a Actor Lady (1903)
Sweet Sana-oo (1904)
The Streets of New York (1906)

George M. Cohan
Give My Regards to Broadway (1904)
Yankee Doodle Boy (1904)
 Life's a Very Funny Proposition (1904)
 45 Minutes From Broadway (1906)
Mary's a Grand Old Name (1906)
You're a Grand Old Flag (1906)

 

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