This list contains songs with lyrics written or co-written by the English humorist, novelist and playwright P. G. Wodehouse.
Song Title | Additional writers | Musical debut | Musical | Notes | |
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Act One Finale (from Sitting Pretty) | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Act One Finale (from The Three Musketeers) | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
All For One | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
The Actor's Life | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
All Full of Talk | Jerome Kern | 1916 | Miss Springtime | [1] | |
All You Need Is a Girl | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Ask Dad | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | [2] | |
Back To the Dear Old Trenches | Ivan Caryll | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | [3] | |
Beauty Prize | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | Unknown | -- | [4] | |
Behind the Scenes | Jerome Kern | 1906 | The Beauty of Bath | Included in the libretto but not in the vocal score and may not have been used. | |
Bill | Jerome Kern Oscar Hammerstein II | 1918 1927 1986 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! Show Boat Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood | [5] [6] | |
Bless My Soul | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Bongo on the Congo | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Breakfast in Bed | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | [7] | |
Bright Lights | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
Broken Blossoms | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | [8] | |
Bunny Dear | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Cabaret Girl | Jerome Kern Anne Caldwell George Grossmith, Jr. | Unknown | -- | [9] | |
Calico | Herbert Haines Charles H. Taylor | 1907 | My Darling | ||
Carnival of Fools | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
The Charity Class | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
The Chase | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Childhood Days | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
The Church Round the Corner | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | [10] [11] | |
Cleopatra | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Cleopatterer | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
College Spirit | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Come Where Nature Calls | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
Comin' Thru the Rye | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Come to Me | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | unknown | -- | [12] | |
Come to Us | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
A Cottage in Kent | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | [13] | |
The Crickets Are Calling | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Daisy | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Have a Heart | [14] | |
Days Gone By | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Dear Little Girl | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Dear Old Fashioned Prison of Mine | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
A Desert Island | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [15] | |
Down Here in Greenwich Village | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Down on the Banks of the Subway | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Dreams | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
The Enchanted Train | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Every Day | Jerome Kern | Unknown | -- | [16] | |
Fairyland | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | [17] | |
The Fall of Man | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | ||
Finale (from Sally) | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Finale (from The Three Musketeers) | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Finale Act One (from Leave It to Jane) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Finale Act Two (from Leave It to Jane) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Finale Ultimo | George Gershwin Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
The First Day of May | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
First Rose of Summer | Jerome Kern Anne Caldwell | Unknown | -- | [18] | |
Flags of Allies | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
Flubby Dub, the Cave-Man | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
Football Song | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
For the Man I Love | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
The Frolic of a Breeze | F. Clifford Harris | 1906 | The Beauty of Bath | ||
Gascony Bred | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
The Girl Behind the Gun | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
The Glow Worm | Herbert Haines | 1907 | My Darling | ||
Godsons and Grandmothers | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | [19] | |
Go Little Boat | Jerome Kern | 1917 1918 | Miss 1917 Oh, My Dear | [20] | |
Good Old Atwater | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | [21] | |
Gossip | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Greenwich Village | Jerome Kern | 1918 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! | [22] | |
Gypsy Bring Your Fiddle | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | ||
Half A Married Man | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [23] | |
Happy Family | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
He Doesn't Know | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Here They are | George Gershwin Ira Gershwin | 1928 | Rosalie | [24] | |
Home from Oh Kay | George Gershwin Guy Bolton | Unknown | -- | [25] | |
Homeland | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Honeymoon Inn | Jerome Kern | 1917 1977 | Have a Heart Very Good Eddie | ||
Honeymoon Isle | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
(Oh,) How Warm It is Today | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
Hussars March | Sigmund Romberg | 1928 | Rosalie | [26] | |
Hymn to the Sun | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
(And) I Am All Alone | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
I Like It | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
I Never Knew | Jean Schwartz | 1918 | See You Later #2 | [27] | |
I Shall Be All Right Now | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
I Wonder Whether (I've Loved You All My Life) | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
If Ever I Lost You | Ivor Novello | 1921 | The Golden Moth | [28] | |
I'd Ask No More | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
I'm a Prize | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
I'm Here, Little Girl, I'm Here | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
I'm Going To Find a Girl | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
I'm So Busy | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
I'm the Old Man in the Moon | Jerome Kern | Unknown | -- | [29] | |
In The Garden of Romance | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
It's a Great Big Land | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
It's a Hard Hard World for a Man | Jerome Kern | 1918 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! | [30] | |
It's A Long, Long Day | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
I've Had My Share (I Don't Care) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
I've Played For You | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Josephine | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Joy Bells | Jerome Kern | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
Just a Voice to Call Me Dear | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [31] | |
Just You Watch My Step | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Koo-La-Loo | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
L'Amour Toujours-L'Amour | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Land Where Journeys End (and Dreams Come True) | Louis Hirsch | Unknown | -- | [32] | |
Land where the Good Songs Go | Jerome Kern | Unknown | -- | [33] | |
Leave It To Jane | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
The Legend of the Tea Tree | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Let's Make a Night of It | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | [34] | |
Life in the Old Dog Yet | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
Life Is a Game of Bluff | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Life's a Tale | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [35] | |
Lilt of a Gypsy Strain | Emmerich Kálmán | Unknown | -- | [36] | |
A Little Bid for Sympathy | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
A Little Bit of Ribbon | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
Little Bride | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
A Little Bungalow in Quoque | Jerome Kern | 1917 1920 1977 | The Riviera Girl Sally Very Good Eddie | [37] | |
A Little Country Mouse | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Look for the Silver Lining | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
The Love Monopoly | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
The Magic Train | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Man, Man, Man | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | ||
March of the Musketeers | Rudolf Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | [38] | |
May Moon | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Meet Me Down on Main Street | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
Moon Love | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | [39] | |
Moon Song | Jerome Kern | 1918 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! | [40] | |
Mr. and Mrs. Rorer | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
My Belle | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
My Castle in the Air | Jerome Kern | 1916 | Miss Springtime | [41] | |
My China Rose | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
My Sword And I | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
My Wife - My Man | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
Napoleon | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Have a Heart | [42] | |
Nerves | Jean Schwartz Guy Bolton | 1922 | The Cabaret Girl | [43] | |
Nesting Time (in Flatbush) | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
New York Serenade | George Gershwin Ira Gershwin | 1928 | Rosalie | [44] | |
Non-Stop Dancing | Jerome Kern | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | [45] | |
Now That My Ship's Come Home | Guy Jones | 1907 | The Gay Gordons | ||
Nuts in May | Ivor Novello | 1921 | The Golden Moth | [46] | |
Oh Gee Oh Joy | George Gershwin Ira Gershwin | 1928 | Rosalie | [47] | |
Oh, Mr Chamberlain! | Jerome Kern | 1906 | The Beauty of Bath | Rewritten version of a Kern song from The Catch of the Season (1905) | |
Oh, My Dear! | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
Oh, Daddy Please | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
Oh, Lady! Lady | Jerome Kern | 1918 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! | [48] | |
The Old-Fashioned Drama | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
An Old-Fashioned Wife | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
On a Desert Island With You | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [49] | |
Once In September | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
Once Upon a Time | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Only A Rose | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Opening Act 1 Appendix (Pergola Patrol) | Jerome Kern Anne Caldwell George Grossmith, Jr. | Unknown | -- | [50] | |
Opening Act Two (from Leave It to Jane) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Overture (from Leave It to Jane) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Our Chinese Bungalow | Armand Vecsey Oscar Shaw | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Our City of Dreams | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
A Package of Seeds | Jerome Kern Herbert Reynolds | 1915 1917 | Ninety in the Shade Oh, Boy! | ||
A Pal Like You (We're Going to Be Pals) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
A Pal Like You | Jerome Kern | Unknown | -- | [51] Also known as (I Was Looking For) A Pal Like You | |
A Peach of a Life | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | Also known as Life of a Peach[52] | |
Peter Pan | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
Phoebe Snow | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
Play Out Music (from Leave It to Jane) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
The Polka Dot | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Poor Prune | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | [53] | |
Prologue (from The Three Musketeers) | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | [54] | |
Proposals | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
Put Me in My Little Cell | Frederick Rosse | 1904 | Sergeant Brue | [55] Not included in the published score or libretto; published separately.[56] | |
Reaching for Stars | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Riviera Girl | Emmerich Kálmán Bela Jenbach Leo Stein | Unknown | -- | [57] | |
The Road That Lies Before | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Have a Heart | [58] | |
Rolled into One | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
Sally Selection | Jerome Kern Buddy DeSylva Clifford Grey Anne Caldwell | Unknown | -- | [59] | |
Samarkand | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
Saturday Night | Jerome Kern | Unknown | -- | [60] | |
Say So | George Gershwin Ira Gershwin | 1928 | Rosalie | [61] | |
Shadow of the Moon | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Shimmy With Me | Jerome Kern | 1922 2003 | The Cabaret Girl Never Gonna Dance | [62] | |
Shop | Jerome Kern Schuyler Green | 1917 | Have a Heart | ||
Shufflin' Sam | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [63] | |
The Siren Song | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
The Siren's Song | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Sir Galahad | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Sitting Pretty | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [64] | |
Some Day Waiting Will End | Ivan Caryll | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | [65] | |
Some One | Jerome Kern Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Sometimes I Feel Just Like Grandpa | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [66] | |
The Spirit of the Drum | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
The Sun Shines Brighter | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Sunrise | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Sweet Sweet | George Gershwin Ira Gershwin | Unknown | -- | [67] | |
That's What Men are For | Ivan Caryll | 1918 | The Canary | [68] | |
Tell Me All Your Troubles, Cutie | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Miss 1917 | [69] | |
There Isn't One Girl | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [70] | |
There It Is Again | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
There'll Never Be Another Girl Like Daisy | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [71] | |
There's a Light in your Eyes | Ivan Caryll | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | [72] | |
There's a Toast | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | Unknown | -- | [73] | |
This is the Existence | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | [74] | |
Thousands of Years Ago | Ivan Caryll | 1918 | The Canary | [75] | |
Throw Me a Rose | Emmerich Kálmán Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | [76] | |
Till The Clouds Roll By | Jerome Kern | 1917 unknown 1986 | Oh, Boy! Till the Clouds Roll by Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood | ||
To Live a Simple Life | Herbert Haines | 1907 | My Darling | ||
True to Me | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
Try Again | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
Tulip Time in Sing Sing | Jerome Kern | 1920 1924 | Sally Sitting Pretty | [77] | |
Twenties are here to Stay | George Gershwin Guy Bolton | Unknown | -- | [78] | |
Two Little Ships | Armand Vecsey Guy Bolton | 1927 | The Nightingale | ||
A Very Good Girl on Sunday | Jerome Kern Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
Victor Light Opera Selection | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | ||
Vive La France | Rudolph Friml Clifford Grey | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | ||
Wait Till Tomorrow | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | [79] | |
We're Crooks | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Miss 1917 | [80] | |
West Point song | Sigmund Romberg | 1928 | Rosalie | [81] | |
What I'm Longing to Say | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | [82] | |
What! What | What! | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | |
What's The Use? | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
When the Ships Come Home | Jerome Kern | 1920 | That Little Thing | [83] | |
When You Are in China | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
When You Take the Road With Me | Jerome Kern | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
When You're Full of Talk | Jerome Kern Herbert Reynolds | 1916 | Miss Springtime | ||
The Whippoorwill Waltz | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Why Don't They Hand It to Me? | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | ||
Why Must We always be Dreaming | Sigmund Romberg | 1928 | Rosalie | [84] | |
Why? | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Leave It to Jane | [85] | |
Wild Rose | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | ||
Will You Forget? | Emmerich Kálmán | 1917 | The Riviera Girl | [86] | |
Women Haven't Any Mercy on a Man | Ivan Caryll Guy Bolton | 1918 | The Girl Behind the Gun | ||
Words Are Not Needed (Every Day) | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
Worries | Jerome Kern | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | [87] | |
Yale | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
A Year from Today | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1924 | Sitting Pretty | ||
Yesterday | Armand Vecsey | 1919 | The Rose of China | ||
You Can't Keep a Good Girl Down | Jerome Kern Clifford Grey | 1920 | Sally | [88] | |
You Can't Make Love by Wireless | Jerome Kern George Grossmith, Jr. | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | [89] | |
You Found Me and I Found You | Jerome Kern | 1918 | Oh, Lady! Lady!! | [90] | |
You Never Knew About Me | Jerome Kern Guy Bolton | 1917 | Oh, Boy! | ||
You Never Know | Louis Hirsch Guy Bolton | 1918 | Oh, My Dear! | ||
You Said Something | Jerome Kern | 1917 | Have a Heart | [91] | |
You, You, You | Guy Jones | 1907 | The Gay Gordons | ||
You'll Find Me Playing Mah-Jongg | Jerome Kern | 1923 | The Beauty Prize | ||
Your Eyes | Rudolf Friml | 1928 | The Three Musketeers | [92] | |
You're the Top | Cole Porter | 1934 | Anything Goes | Lyrics re-written by Wodehouse for British version | |