NEED INFO - Copyright or Public Domain?

Subject: old songs
From: Lynn
Date: 17 Jun 99 - 09:07 AM

I need to know when the following songs were copyrighted: Volare, Old Man River, God Bless America, Camptown Ladies, Gentle Annie, Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair, Come where My Love is Dreaming, Swanee River Mr. Sandman. Thanks!

Subject: RE: NEED INFO
From: Jesse in Sonora
Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:05 AM

Lynn...You might try going to BMI.com and check the data base on some of these. Jesse

Subject: RE: NEED INFO
From: Bill in Alabama
Date: 17 Jun 99 - 10:44 AM

Lynn:

Camptown Races--1850 Gentle Annie--1856 Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming--1860 Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)--1851

A great resource for this sort of search can be the Levy Sheet Music Collection, at:

http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/index.html

NOTE--The Levy Collection is best for the really old songs.