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Froggy's Novelty Song Lyric Collection
Songs popular during the first third of the twentieth century as transcribed from period phonograph recordings.
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5...
Slate: The Worst Songwriter of All Time
Mark Steyn's article on Bob Merrill and novelty songs in general.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2898/
Popmatters: Freight Train Blues: Classic Railroad Songs
Mitchell Moore's review of the CD released in 2000.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/va...
World War One Songs
List of popular songs, some with audio samples.
http://nfo.net/usa/ww1.html
Classic Railroad Songs
Collections of songs since 1930, including historical profiles of song and CD ordering.
http://home.mindspring.com/~mhyatt2/index....
American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Baseball Songs
Includes sheet music covers of several baseball songs, the first of which was written in 1858.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri0...
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