1800s Pop Song Hits |
1. Good Morning to All (Happy Birthday To You) – 1893 |
2. Amazing Grace – 1800 |
3. Jingle Bells – 1857 (by James Pierpont) |
4. Old MacDonald Had A Farm – 1859 |
5. Camptown Races* – 1850 (Stephen Foster) |
*actual title is Gwine to Run All Night |
6. Mary Had a Little Lamb – (1830 Lyrics) |
7. Rock-a-bye Baby – 1884 (by Effie I. Canning) |
8. Alphabet Song – 1834 (copyrighted by C. Bradlee, it’s probably older) |
9. Wedding March – 1844 (by Felix Mendelssohn, from A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
10. William Tell Overture – 1829 |
11. Semper Fidelis – 1886 (by John Philip Sousa) |
12. (Oh Dem) Golden Slippers – 1879 |
13. Stars and Stripes Forever – 1897 (by John Philip Sousa) |
14. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again – 1863 (by Louis Lambert & Patrick Gilmore) |
15. Chopsticks – 1877 |
16. The Battle Hymn of the Republic – 1862 (by Julia Ward Howe) |
17. While Strolling Through The Park One Day – 1884 (by Ed Haley) |
18. Can Can – 1858 (by Offenbach) |
19. When The Saints Go Marching In – 1896 (by Katherine E. Purvis & James M. Black) |
20. Row Row Row Your Boat – 1881 |
21. Funeral March (Pray For The Dead and the Dead Will Pray For You…) – 1840 |
22. Fur Elise – 1810 (by Beethoven) |
23. I’ve Been Working on the Railroad – 1894 |
24. She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain – 1899 |
25. Oh! Susanna – 1848 (by Stephen Foster) |
26. Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! – 1861 |
27. America (God Shed His Grace On Thee) words – 1832 |
28. I’ve Been Working On The Railroad – 1894 (copyright is probably older) |
29. Dixie’s Land (aka Dixie) – 1860 |
30. Home, Sweet Home – 1823 (by John Howard Payne) |
31. Joy to the World – 1839 (by Handel) |
32. A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight – 1896 |
33. Alouette -1879 |
34. O Where O Where Has My Little Dog Gone – 1864 (by James Bland) |
35. Turkey In De Straw – 1834 |
36. Funiculi Funicula – 1880 |
37. Polly Wolly Doodle (All The Day) – 1883 (copyright, is probably older) |
38. Reveille – 1890 |
39. Gloria – 1890 (by Mozart) |
40. (Oh My Darling) Clementine – 1863 (by Percy Montrose & H S. Thompson) |
41. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot – 1872 |
42. Onward, Christian Soldiers – 1871 (by Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould & Sir Arthur Sullivan) |
43. The Yellow Rose of Texas – 1858 |
44. O Little Town of Bethlehem – 1868 |
45. Buffalo Gals – 1844 (heard in the film It’s a Wonderful Life. Malcolm McClaren did it in the 1980s too) |
46. My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean – 1881 |
47. Blue Danube Waltz – 1867 (by J.S. Strauss) |
48. Shoo-Fly Don’t Bother Me – 1869 |
49. Rock of Ages – 1832 (by Hastings) |
50. Au Clair de la Lune – 1811 |
51. Morning – 1890 (by Luse) |
52. Home on the Range – 1873 (by Daniel Kelly & Brewster M. Higley) |
53. King Cotton March – 1895 |
54. (I Dream Of) Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair – 1854 (by Stephen Foster) |
55. (Gimme That) Old Time Religion – 1865 |
56. Song Of India – 1897 (by Nikolai Rimsky Korsakov) |
57. The Man on the Flying Trapeze – 1868 |
58. Hail to the Chief – 1820 (by Sir Walter Scott & James Sanderson) |
59. Barber of Seville – 1813 |
60. Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Swanee River) – 1851 (by Stephen Foster) |
61. The Thunderer – 1889 (by John Philip Sousa) |
62. Skip To My Lou – 1844 |
63. The Merry, Merry Month of May – 1862 (by Stephen Foster) |
64. Frankie and Johnny – 1869 |
65. Grandfather’s Clock – 1876 (by Henry Clay Work) |
66. Beautiful Dreamer – 1864 (by Stephen Foster ) |
67. Away In a Manger – 1887 |
68. Flying Dutchman Overture – 1844 (by Wagner) |
69. The Washington Post – 1889 (by John Philip Sousa) |
70. A Night on Bald Mountain – 1887 (by Mussorgsky) |
71. Hello! Ma Baby – 1899 |
72. Git Along Little Dogies – 1893 |
73. Pictures at an Exhibition – 1887 (by Mussorgsky) |
74. I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen – 1876 |
75. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – 1855 |
76. Sleeping Beauty Waltz – 1890 |
77. Peer Gynt Suite – 1888 |
78. Mazel Tov – 1894 |
79. Baa Baa Black Sheep – 1865 |
80. Liberty Bell March – 1893 (by John Philip Sousa) |
81. Red River Valley – 1896 |
82. Maple Leaf Rag – 1899 (by Scott Joplin) |
83. Goodnight Ladies – 1853 |
84. King Cotton March – 1895 (by John Philip Sousa) |
85. Home on the Range – 1873 |
86. Coronation March – 1849 (by Meyerbeer) |
87. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny – 1878 |
88. At A Georgia Camp Meeting – 1897 (by Kerry Mills) |
89. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – 1838 |
90. Good Night – 1899 (by Mendelssohn) |
91. Dance of the Hours – 1876 (by Ponchielli) |
92. Gypsy Love Song – 1898 (by Harry B. Smith & Victor Herbert (From the musical The Fortune Teller) |
93. Prelude in C# Minor – 1893 (by Rachmaninoff) |
94. Hush-a-bye Baby – 1884 |
95. El Capitan – 1896 (by John Philip Sousa) |
96. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – 1850 |
97. Romeo and Juliet – 1871 (by Tchaikovsky) |
98. Three Little Kittens – 1885 |
99. Good King Wenceslas – 1860ish (words) |
100. I Gave My Love a Cherry – 1850 (heard in 1979 film, Animal House) |