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Just a little rocking chair and you

Listen to Just a little rocking chair and you by Bieling, John H.; Hooley, William F.; Murray, Billy; Haydn Quartet; Macdonough, Harry from Library of Congress. View the original archive record and source rights notes before reuse.

Bieling, John H.; Hooley, William F.; Murray, Billy; Haydn Quartet; Macdonough, Harry · 1906

Archive: National Jukebox. Original recording record.

Source rights notes

Dataset rights
All recordings published before January 1, 1923 entered the public domain on January 1, 2022 under the Music Modernization Act of 2018. Based on the dates in the item metadata, all recordings included in this dataset are assumed to be in the public domain.
Rights jurisdiction
United States
Rights URL
https://data.labs.loc.gov/jukebox/README.html
Item rights
Inclusion of the recording in the National Jukebox, courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment
Attribution
Library of Congress, National Jukebox.

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