The song above, "Over the Rainbow" from the moving picture, "The Wizard of Oz" was selected by those who do those things as the best song of the twentieth century. It plays in the background here for that reason. Also included here are many other beautiful songs which were written or sung primarily in the first half of the twentieth century because the last half of the century was taken with popular (non-country) songs which ordinary people could neither play, sing, nor recognize away from the group which did the song and sold it as a recording. Oh, there were a few, and most of them are here; in fact, some of the better country songs will be found here also. I have selected a "triplet" of groups of songs as the "best of Sned" since all of the songs here were notated for midi and for Noteworthy players by sksnedegar, the author and webmaster of this page using the Noteworthy Composer software from Noteworthy Software, Inc. found at http://www.noteworthysoftware.com. I believe there are 11 songs in each group in the below "best of" triplet, sort of a football team which comprises an offense, a defense, and special team groupings, but the real reason for there being three groups is that I tried to make a best ten and simply couldn't reject any of the 33 songs from my best ten list. You may not think any of them worthy of your own best ten list, but after all it isn't your page, is it? There is much more to be said about Noteworthy, about its free player, about its free plugin for Netscape, about its (not free but about $40) Composer which allows the user to write his own songs his own way or notate music for the songs of other composers, and that will be said on a separate page here which will contain links to the Noteworthy pages which apply to the various applications. But onward now with the music. I am not sure how IEx will treat this page and these songs, but I am sure at least that Netscape will play them for you as midi files if you choose not to attempt the other possibilities with plugins or by using the free player from Noteworthy. If all else fails, you can download the midi files and play them with Media Player or some other application you choose. To play them in Netscape you have only to click on the clef icon to the left of the song title, and if your browser is configured to play midi files it will play these.

		Angry		A Foggy Day		Corcovado
		Beyond Blue Horizon		Basin Street		Girl from Ipanema
		Clair de Lune		Desert Song		Harbor Lights
		Do Nothing		Estrellita		If I Loved You
		Dream		Heart San Francisco		May You Always
		Granada		I'll Walk Alone		Memories of You
		I'll Be Seeing You		Little Light of Mine		Night and Day
		Marie		Sunrise Serenade		Old Man River
		Meditation		Wanting You		You Light Up My Life
		One for My Baby		Who's Sorry Now		You'll Never Know
		We'll Meet Again		World Waiting Sunrise		You'll Never Walk Alone

So now, having done the top ten which grew to 33, we can get on below with the rest of the songs. There are no categories, no groups, just an alphabetical list of midi songs. Click the song title to play the song with Netscape; or do whatever you do with IEx to make it work for you. Following the list of songs just below will be some seasonal songs which will then be followed by some songs you won't recognize because I wrote them myself in a fit of sheer hubris.

A . . . After the Loving . . . All the Things You Are . . . America the Beautiful . . . Am I Blue . . . And I Love You So . . . Angry . . . Anniversary Song . . . Anniversary Waltz . . . Ave Maria . . . B . . . Basin St. Blues . . . Battle Hymn of the Republic . . . Because . . . Because of You . . . The Bells of St. Mary's . . . Be My Love . . . Beyond the Blue Horizon  . . . Beyond the Sea . . . Bill Bailey . . . The Birth of the Blues . . .Blue Hawaii . . . Bye-bye Blackbird . . . C . . . A Certain Smile . . . Charleston . . . Charmaine . . . Choppedupsticks . . . Clair de Lune . . . Come Rain or Come Shine . . . Corcovado . . . Cruising Down the River . . . D . . . Dancing in the Dark . . . Danny Boy . . . Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup . . . Deep Henderson . . . The Desert Song . . . Didn't We . . . Don Giovanni . . . Do Nothing 'til You Hear from Me . . . Don't Get Around Much Any More . . . Do Re Mi . . . Dream . . . Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes . . . E . . . East of the Sun . . . Easy Rider . . . Easy to Love . . . Edelweiss . . . Estrellita . . . Exodus . . . F . . . Faust Waltz . . . The First Thing Every Morning . . . The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face . . .  Five Hundred Miles . . . Fly Me to the Moon . . . A Foggy Day . . .  For Once in My Life . . . For the Good Times . . . G . . . Gentle on My Mind . . . The Girl from Ipanema . . . God Bless America . . . A Good Man Is Hard to Find . . . Goodnight Irene . . . Granada . . . H . . . Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe . . . Harbor Lights . . . Have I Told You Lately That I Love You . . . He's Got the Whole World in His Hands . . . Hawaiian Wedding Song . . . Honey Come Back . . . Honeysuckle Rose . . . How About You . . . I . . . If . . . If Ever I Would Leave You . . . If I Had My Way . . . If I Loved You . . . If You Love Me . . . If You Were the Only Girl in the World . . . I'll Be Seeing You . . . I'll Catch the Sun . . . I'll Never Stop Loving You . . . I'll Remember You . . . I'll Walk Alone . . . I Left My Heart in San Francisco . . . Indian Love Call . . . In the Blue of Evening . . . In the Mood . . . In the Still of the Night . . . I Will Wait for You . . . I Wish You Love . . . J . . . Jean . . . Jody and the Kid . . . L . . . Lara's Theme (Dr. Zhivago) . . . The Last Time I Saw Paris . . . Let Me Be There . . . A Little Bit of Heaven . . . This Little Light of Mine . . . Long Ago and Far Away . . . Look for the Silver Lining . . . Lover Come Back to Me . . . Love's Been Good to Me . . . Love Walked In . . . Lucky Day . . . Lucky Old Sun . . . M . . . Make Believe . . . Manhattan . . . Marie . . . Mary Ann . . . May You Always . . . Me and Bobby McGee . . . Meditation . . . Memories of You . . . Michelle . . . Mississippi Mud . . . (Do you know what it means to) Miss New Orleans . . . Misty . . . Mona Lisa . . . Mood Indigo . . . Moonglow . . . Moonglow-Picnic . . . Moonlight Becomes You . . . More . . . Music of the Night . . . My Country . . . My Darling, My Darling . . . My Happiness . . . My Island . . . My Romance . . . My Way . . . N . . . Nancy . . . Night and Day . . . O . . . The Old Lamplighter . . . Old Man River . . . On a Clear Day . . . One Alone . . . One for My Baby . . . Only a Rose . . . Our Love Is Here to Stay . . . Over the Rainbow . . . P . . . People Will Say We're in Love . . . R . . . Raindrops Are Falling on My Head . . . Red Roses for a Blue Lady . . . S . . . Sakura . . . San Francisco . . . Satin Doll . . . Seasons in the Sun . . . Sentimental Journey . . . September Song . . . The Sheik of Araby . . . Softly As I Leave You . . . Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song . . . Somebody Else Is Taking My Place . . . Some of These Days . . . Soon It's Gonna Rain . . . The Sound of Music . . . Stardust . . . St. Louis Blues . . . Stomping at the Savoy . . . Stormy Weather . . . Stranger on the Shore . . . Summertime . . . The Sunny Side of the Street . . . Sunrise Serenade . . . Sweet Betsy from Pike . . . Sweet Bird . . . T . . . Tender Is the Night . . . That Old Feeling . . . The Third Man Theme . . . This Is All I Ask . . . Til the End of Time . . . Til There Was You . . . To Love Again . . . Top of the World . . . The Trail of the Lonesome Pine . . . Try to Remember . . . Twilight Time . . . V . . . Vaya con Dios . . . W . . . Wanting You . . . Way Down Yonder in New Orleans . . . We'll Meet Again . . . What Is This Thing Called Love? . . . What'll I Do . . . When I Loved Her . . . When You're Smiling . . . When Your Lover Has Gone . . . When You Wish Upon a Star . . . Where or When . . . Who's Sorry Now? . . . Willow, Weep for Me . . . The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise . . . Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams . . . Y . . . Yellow Ribbon . . . You and I . . . You Can't Be True, Dear . . . You'd Be So Nice to Come Home to . . . You Light Up My Life . . . You'll Never Know . . . You'll Never Walk Alone. . .
 

Hope you have enjoyed some of the above songs. These following will be religious in nature, Christmas songs, Easter carols, hymns, and generally music from religious works of one kind or another, noting that above you saw Ave Maria and the Battle Hymn of the Republic which will be repeated here below. Actually some of the songs are just winter songs which suggest holidays.

I did warn you that I'd be listing some stuff I had the temerity to write myself, and I wasn't kidding about it one little bit. The good news is that there aren't too many of them, and they don't last too long when being played, so without further ado, here are the songs, one of which has lyrics done by L.W. Harding, and the rest of which were all my own creation. Harding did lyrics to "Your Words of Love."

Grand Spring Day . . . It Was You . . . Mockingbird . . . On Loving . . . Roanoke . . . Soigeppra . . . Trying to Get Over Something . . . Twenty-four Steps from the Ocean . . . Your Words of Love . . .