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Song Title	Composer	Date	Place of Pub.	Publisher	Notes
Another Mississippi River Song	La Fond, Gene	1983			pg. 46-47
Big Human River	Miller, James I.	1983			pg. 12
By the Bend of the River	Edwards, Clara	1927	New York, NY	Schirmer	Pub. No. 33500
By Thy Rivers Gently Flowing, Illinois	Johnson, Archibald and Charles H. Chamberlin	1966	Illinois	Otto Kerner	official state song of Illinois
Circlet of Brilliants: Rippling Waves.	Millward, G.		Boston, MA	W.A. Evans & Bro.
Cottage by the River	Dulfuss, Gustavus	1881	St. Louis, MO	J.L. Peters
Cry Me a River	Hamilton, Arthur	1953	New York, NY	Saunders	Pub. No. S106-2
Daisies from the Island	Wagner, Pop	1981			pg.45
Dat Fas'natin' Rivah Gal!	Byars, Mary Warner	1940	Boston, MA	R.F.Wood Music
De Boatman Dance	Emmett, Daniel Decatur	1882	Boston, MA	Oliver Ditson & Co.	Copy from "A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore" pg. 566-567
Deep, Deep Sea	Gabriel, Chas H.		St. Louis, MO	Wm. Barr Dry Goods Co.
Down by the River	Rodgers, Richard	1935	New York, NY	Famous Music Co.
Down the River	Mason, A.W.	1916	Indianapolis, IN	Indiana Historical Commission	Copy from "A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore" pg. 564-565
Down the River We Swiftly Glide	Kneass, Nelson	1865	St. Louis, MO	J.L. Peters	Pub. No. 3987
Drifting Melody	Connell, Grant	1944	Philadelphia, PA	Theodore Presser Co.
East Saint Louis	Handy, W.C.	1937	New York, NY	Handy Brothers Music Co.
Floating Down the River	White, James	1913	Chicago, IL	Will Rossiter
Flow on Thou Shining River	Stevenson, John Sir		Baltimore, MD	John Cole	Pub. No. 183
Fun on the Levee	Washburn, R.E.	1895	St. Louis, MO	Thiebes-Stierlin Music
Gliding Down the Waters of the Old Mississippi	Rosenkrans, Geo	1905	Chicago, IL	L.S.Norris Co.
Green River	Van & Schenck	1920	Chicago, IL	Schoenhofen Co.	Missing pages
Hello Swanee Hello	Coslow, Sam and Addy Britt	1926	New York	Henry Waterson Inc.
High Water Blues	Conner, Daryl Sinclair., & Clarke Tate	1927	Augusta, AK	Conner Publishing Co.
Illinois	Chamberlin, C.H.	1894	Illinois	Clayton F. Summy Co.
I Love the River		1983	Onalaska, WI		Sung to the tune of "I Love the Mountains" pg.70
The Land is Your Mother: ( La Tierra es tu Madre)	Westerman, Floyd	1983		Red Crow Productions	pg.44
Lazy River	Carmicheal, Hoagy; Sidney Arodin	1931	New York, NY	Peer International Co.
Lost on the Steamer "Stonewall"	Brown, G.W.		St. Louis, MO	Balmer & Weber	Pub. No. 206
Mississippi	Williams, Curley., & Billy Simmons	1950	Nashville, TN	Acuff-Rose Publications
Mississippi: A Tone Journey	Grofe, Ferdie	1926	New York, NY	Leo Feist, Inc.	Pub. No. 5864-13
Miss the Mississippi and You					Lyric only
Mississippi Cradle	Olman, Abe	1921	Chicago, IL	Forster Music Pub.
Mississippi Dream Boat	Fain, Sammy	1943	New York, NY	Leo Feist, Inc.	Pub. No. 7426-3
Mississippi Flood Song	Hoover, Joe	1927	New York, NY	Max Kortlander Music Co.
Mississippi Flood Song	Westcott, Sarah A.	1927	New York, NY	Ager, Yellen, & Bornstein Inc.
Mississippi Lullaby	Richard, Hector	1940		Buck Enlow
Mississippi Moon	Brown, G.W.	1983			pg.77
Mississippi River	Starner, Fred	1980			pg.74
Mississippi River Rage	Sisson, Kenn	1941	New York, NY	Cason Music Co.
Mississippi River Scenes: Suite for the Piano	Kern, Carl	1917	Philadelphia, PA	Theodor Presser Co.
Mississippi Rose	Quasha, Sol	1960	New York, NY	LaSalle publishers	Pub. No. 52
Mississippi Shanty	Wesley, Les	1934	Chicago, IL	T.S. Denison & Co.
Mississippi Shore	Sizemore, Arthur; Egbert Van Alstyne	1919	Chicago, IL	Van Alstyne and Curtis
Mississippi Sounding Call	Haufrect, Herbert	1943			Copy from " A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore" pg. 572-573
Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair Grand March	Van Berg, T.	1864	St.Louis, MO	Endres & Co.	Pub. No. 372-4
Mississippi Waltz	Rau, Jerry	1982			pg.38
Mississippi Waltzes	Bricher, Thomas	1847	Boston, MA	Oliver Ditson & Co.	Pub. No. 1463
Mississippi Woodman's Wife	Macaulay, Stewart	1853	Boston, MA	Oliver Ditson & Co.
Moonlight on the Colorado	King, Robert A. and Billy Moll	1903	New York, NY	Shapiro, Bernstein and Co. Inc.
Moonlight on the Mississippi	Le Boy, Grace	1913	New York, NY	Jerome H. Remick
Moonlight on the Mississippi	Drumheller, Charles	1921	St.Louis, MO	Shattingers Music	Pub. No. 22-4
Moonlight on the Mississippi	Becker, Lucien	1891		Kunkel Brothers	Pub. No. 1373-5
Moon River	Mancini, Henry	1961	New York, NY	Famous Music Co.	Pub. No. 4820MSMX
Muddy Water	De Rose, Peter; Harry Richman	1926	New York, NY	Broadway Music
Music on the Water: A Moonlight Reverie	Wyman, A.P.	1882	Boston, MA	Oliver Ditson & Co.	Pub. No. 9791-11
My Ohio Home	Donaldson, Walter and Gus Kahn.	1927	New York, NY	Leo Feist
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night	Foster, Stephen C.	1853	New York, NY	Firth Pond Co.	Pub. No. 1892
Negro Spirituals: Deep River	Burleigh, H.T.	1917	New York, NY	Fanco Colombo, Inc.	Pub. No. FCS 1587
Ole Miss Blues	Handy, W.C.	1923	New York, NY	Robbins Music Co.	Pub. No. B.F.8 -36
Ole Miss Rag	Handy, W.C.	1916	Memphis, TN	Pace & Handy Music Co.
On the Mississippi	Carroll & Fields	1912	New York, NY	Shapiro Music Co.
Path of Least Resistance	Enblom, Mark	1983			pg.10
Proud Mary					Lyrics only
Push Boat	Thomas, Jean	1939	New York, NY	Henry Holt and Co.	Copy from "A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore" pg 567-568
Ridin' on the Steamer "J.S."	Jarret, Harry E.	1925	St.Louis, MO	Shattingers Music	Pub. No. 63-4
Rippling Waters: Caprice Elegante	Drumheller, Charles	1891	St.Louis, MO	Val. A. Reis Music
Rippling Waters: Romance	Pacher, Aug.	1884	St.Louis, MO	J.L. Peters	Pub. No. J.L.P. 214-5
Rising River: Rise No More	Martin, Ted	1937	Hollywood, CA	Bob Squires Publishing
River	Staines, Bill	1981			pg.29
River Love Song	Holman, Lynne	1981			pg.63
River Man	Cavanaugh, Jimmy; Nat Simon; Sammy Mysels	1936	New York, NY	Southern Music Publishing
River, River	Oakland, Ben	1952	Hollywood, CA	Hub Music Co.
River Road	Kummer, Clare	1937	New York, NY	Jerry Vogel Music
River Seine	Lafarge, Guy	1949	U.S.A.	Remick Music	Pub. No. 3530-2
River Shannon: Arrangement of the beautiful song 'Where the River Shannon Flows.	Russell, James I
Riverside Polka	Atwood, J.B.	1858	St.Louis, MO	Balmer & Weber	Pub. No. 1017-3
River Song	Sherman, Richard & Robert	1973	New York, NY	UnArt Music Co.	Pub. No. 1371-4
Roll On, Mississippi	West, Eugene; James Mccafrey; Dave Ringle
Steamboat Bill	Leighton Brothers	1910	New York, NY	F.A. Mills
Steamboat Rag	Burnett, Ernie	1914	St.Louis, MO	Syndicate Music
Steam Boat Squad	Freeman, James	1882	New York, NY	Spear & Dehnhoff
She'll Be Clean Once More	Long, Larry	1982			pg.7
St.Louis Grand March	Draper, G.H.	185?	St.Louis, MO	Balmer & Weber	Pub. No. 363-3
Trampealeau Hotel	Allen, Eddie	1983			pg.66-67
Underneath the Mississippi Moon	Bernard & Bickel	1910	New York, NY	F.A. Mills
Waiting for Robert E. lee	Muir, Lewis F.	1912	New York, NY	F.A. Mills
Waters of Life	Tilsen, Barbara	1982			pg. 34
We Parted by the River Side	Paoler, Aug.	1867	St.Louis, MO	J.L Peters	Pub. No. 2133-4
We Sat by the River, You and I	Claribel	1874	St.Louis, MO	Balmer & Weber	Pub. No. 3161-3
Where our Country's Longest Rivers Flow Away	Alewel, Louis E.	1945	St.Louis, MO	Louis Emil Alewel