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American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Baseball Songs  - http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri045.html  Includes sheet music covers of several baseball songs, the first of which was written in 1858.  Classic Railroad Songs  - http://home.mindspring.com/~mhyatt2/index.html  Collections of songs since 1930, including historical profiles of song and CD ordering.  Froggy's Novelty Song Lyric Collection  - http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/5109/Novcont.html  Songs popular during the first third of the twentieth century as transcribed from period phonograph recordings.  Slate: The Worst Songwriter of All Time  - http://slate.msn.com/id/2898/  Mark Steyn's article on Bob Merrill and novelty songs in general.  World War One Songs  - http://nfo.net/usa/ww1.html  List of popular songs, some with audio samples.  I Hear America Singing: Patriotic Melodies  - http://www.loc.gov/rr/perform/patriotic/  Includes stories behind the songs, audio samples, and sheet music.  Popmatters: Freight Train Blues: Classic Railroad Songs  - http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/various/various-freighttrainblues.shtml  Mitchell Moore's review of the CD released in 2000.