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This list contains songs with lyrics written or co-written by the English humorist, novelist and playwright P. G. Wodehouse.

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Song title Additional writers Musical debut Musical Notes
Act One Finale (from Sitting Pretty)Jerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Act One Finale (from The Three Musketeers)Rudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
All For OneRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
The Actor's LifeRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
All Full of TalkJerome Kern1916Miss Springtime[3]
All You Need Is a GirlJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Ask DadLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
Back To the Dear Old TrenchesIvan Caryll1918The Girl Behind the Gun[5]
Beauty PrizeJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
Unknown--[6]
Behind the ScenesJerome Kern1906The Beauty of BathIncluded in the libretto but not in the vocal score and may not have been used.[7]
BillJerome Kern
Oscar Hammerstein II
1918
1927
1986
Oh, Lady! Lady!!
Show Boat
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
[8][9]
Bless My SoulRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Bongo on the CongoJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Breakfast in BedArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[10]
Bright LightsJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
Broken BlossomsArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
Bunny DearArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
Cabaret GirlJerome Kern
Anne Caldwell
George Grossmith, Jr.
Unknown--[13]
CalicoHerbert Haines
Charles H. Taylor
1907My Darling[7]
Carnival of FoolsRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
The Charity ClassJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
The ChaseRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Childhood DaysLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
The Church Round the CornerJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[14][15]
CleopatraJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
CleopattererJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
College SpiritArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
Come Where Nature CallsLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
Comin' Thru the RyeArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Come to MeEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
unknown--[18]
Come to UsRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
A Cottage in KentJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
The Crickets Are CallingJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
DaisyJerome Kern1917Have a Heart[20]
Days Gone ByJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Dear Little GirlJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Dear Old Fashioned Prison of MineJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
A Desert IslandJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Down Here in Greenwich VillageJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Down on the Banks of the SubwayArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
DreamsRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
The Enchanted TrainJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[21]
Every DayJerome KernUnknown--[22]
FairylandArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
The Fall of ManEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[23]
Finale (from Sally)Jerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Finale (from The Three Musketeers)Rudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Finale Act One (from Leave It to Jane)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Finale Act Two (from Leave It to Jane)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Finale UltimoGeorge Gershwin
Jerome Kern
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
The First Day of MayJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
First Rose of SummerJerome Kern
Anne Caldwell
Unknown--[25]
Flags of AlliesIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Flubby Dub, the Cave-ManJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
Football SongJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
For the Man I LoveJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
The Frolic of a BreezeF. Clifford Harris1906The Beauty of Bath[7]
Gascony BredRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
The Girl Behind the GunIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
The Glow WormHerbert Haines1907My Darling[7]
Godsons and GrandmothersIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Go Little BoatJerome Kern1917
1918
Miss 1917
Oh, My Dear
[21]
Good Old AtwaterJerome Kern1917Leave It to Jane[27]
GossipRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Greenwich VillageJerome Kern1918Oh, Lady! Lady!![28]
Gypsy Bring Your FiddleEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[23]
Half A Married ManEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[29]
Happy FamilyIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
He Doesn't KnowArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Here They areGeorge Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
1928Rosalie[30]
Home from Oh KayGeorge Gershwin
Guy Bolton
Unknown--[31]
HomelandArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Honeymoon InnJerome Kern1917
1977
Have a Heart
Very Good Eddie
[32]
Honeymoon IsleJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
(Oh,) How Warm It is TodayIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Hussars MarchSigmund Romberg1928Rosalie[33]
Hymn to the SunArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
(And) I Am All AloneJerome Kern1917Have a Heart[11]
I Like ItIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
I Never KnewJean Schwartz1918See You Later #2[34]
I Shall Be All Right NowLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
I Wonder Whether (I've Loved You All My Life)Louis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
If Ever I Lost YouIvor Novello1921The Golden Moth[35]
I'd Ask No MoreLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
I'm a PrizeJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
I'm Here, Little Girl, I'm HereJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
I'm Going To Find a GirlJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
I'm So BusyJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
I'm the Old Man in the MoonJerome KernUnknown--[36]
In The Garden of RomanceEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
It's a Great Big LandJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
It's a Hard Hard World for a ManJerome Kern1918Oh, Lady! Lady!![38]
It's A Long, Long DayJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
I've Had My Share (I Don't Care)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
I've Played For YouJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
JosephineArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Joy BellsJerome Kern1923The Beauty Prize[19]
Just a Voice to Call Me DearEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[39]
Just You Watch My StepJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Koo-La-LooJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
L'Amour Toujours-L'AmourRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Land Where Journeys End (and Dreams Come True)Louis HirschUnknown--[40]
Land where the Good Songs GoJerome KernUnknown--[41]
Leave It To JaneJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
The Legend of the Tea TreeArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
Let's Make a Night of ItJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
Life in the Old Dog YetIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Life Is a Game of BluffEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Life's a TaleEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[42]
Lilt of a Gypsy StrainEmmerich KálmánUnknown--[43]
A Little Bid for SympathyEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
A Little Bit of RibbonJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
Little BrideArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
A Little Bungalow in QuoqueJerome Kern1917
1920
1977
The Riviera Girl
Sally
Very Good Eddie
[15][32]
A Little Country MouseEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Look for the Silver LiningJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
The Love MonopolyEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
The Magic TrainJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Man, Man, ManEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[23]
March of the MusketeersRudolf Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[44]
May MoonArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Meet Me Down on Main StreetJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[19]
Moon LoveJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[45]
Moon SongJerome Kern1918Oh, Lady! Lady!![46]
Mr. and Mrs. RorerJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
My BelleRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
My Castle in the AirJerome Kern1916Miss Springtime[47]
My China RoseArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
My Sword And IRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
My Wife - My ManJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
NapoleonJerome Kern1917Have a Heart[48]
NervesJean Schwartz
Guy Bolton
1922The Cabaret Girl[49]
Nesting Time (in Flatbush)Jerome Kern1917Oh, Boy![24]
New York SerenadeGeorge Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
1928Rosalie[50]
Non-Stop DancingJerome Kern1923The Beauty Prize[51]
Now That My Ship's Come HomeGuy Jones1907The Gay Gordons[7]
Nuts in MayIvor Novello1921The Golden Moth[52]
Oh Gee Oh JoyGeorge Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
1928Rosalie[53]
Oh, Mr Chamberlain!Jerome Kern1906The Beauty of BathRewritten version of a Kern song from The Catch of the Season (1905)[7]
Oh, My Dear!Louis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
Oh, Daddy PleaseJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
Oh, Lady! Lady!!Jerome Kern1918Oh, Lady! Lady!![54]
The Old-Fashioned DramaEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
An Old-Fashioned WifeJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
On a Desert Island With YouJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[55]
Once In SeptemberArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
Once Upon a TimeEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Only A RoseRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Opening Act 1 Appendix (Pergola Patrol)Jerome Kern
Anne Caldwell
George Grossmith, Jr.
Unknown--[56]
Opening Act Two (from Leave It to Jane)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Overture (from Leave It to Jane)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Our Chinese BungalowArmand Vecsey
Oscar Shaw
1919The Rose of China[12]
Our City of DreamsLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
A Package of SeedsJerome Kern
Herbert Reynolds
1915
1917
Ninety in the Shade
Oh, Boy!
[24]
A Pal Like You (We're Going to Be Pals)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
A Pal Like YouJerome KernUnknown--[57] Also known as (I Was Looking For) A Pal Like You
A Peach of a LifeJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to JaneAlso known as Life of a Peach[16]
Peter PanJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
Phoebe SnowLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
Play Out Music (from Leave It to Jane)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
The Polka DotJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Poor PruneJerome Kern1917Leave It to Jane[58]
Prologue (from The Three Musketeers)Rudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
ProposalsArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
Put Me in My Little CellFrederick Rosse1904Sergeant Brue[59] Not included in the published score or libretto; published separately.[7]
Reaching for StarsJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Riviera GirlEmmerich Kálmán
Bela Jenbach
Leo Stein
Unknown--[60]
The Road That Lies BeforeJerome Kern1917Have a Heart[11]
Rolled into OneJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
Sally SelectionJerome Kern
Buddy DeSylva
Clifford Grey
Anne Caldwell
Unknown--[61]
SamarkandJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
Saturday NightJerome KernUnknown--[62]
Say SoGeorge Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
1928Rosalie[63]
Shadow of the MoonJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
Shimmy With MeJerome Kern1922
2003
The Cabaret Girl
Never Gonna Dance
[21][64]
ShopJerome Kern
Schuyler Green
1917Have a Heart[11]
Shufflin' SamJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[65]
The Siren SongJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
The Siren's SongJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Sir GalahadJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Sitting PrettyJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[66]
Some Day Waiting Will EndIvan Caryll1918The Girl Behind the Gun[67]
Some OneJerome Kern
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Sometimes I Feel Just Like GrandpaEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[23]
The Spirit of the DrumArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
The Sun Shines BrighterJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
SunriseEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Sweet SweetGeorge Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Unknown--[68]
That's What Men are ForIvan Caryll1918The Canary[69]
Tell Me All Your Troubles, CutieJerome Kern1917Miss 1917[70]
There Isn't One GirlJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[71]
There It Is AgainJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
There'll Never Be Another Girl Like DaisyEmmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[72]
There's a Light in your EyesIvan Caryll1918The Girl Behind the Gun[73]
There's a ToastEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
Unknown--[74]
This is the ExistenceEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[75]
Thousands of Years AgoIvan Caryll1918The Canary[69][76]
Throw Me a RoseEmmerich Kálmán
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Till The Clouds Roll ByJerome Kern
1917
unknown
1986
Oh, Boy!
Till the Clouds Roll by
Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood
[9][24]
To Live a Simple LifeHerbert Haines1907My Darling[7]
True to MeIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Try AgainLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
Tulip Time in Sing SingJerome Kern1920
1924
Sally
Sitting Pretty
[15][77]
Twenties are here to StayGeorge Gershwin
Guy Bolton
Unknown--[78]
Two Little ShipsArmand Vecsey
Guy Bolton
1927The Nightingale[17]
A Very Good Girl on SundayJerome Kern
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
Victor Light Opera SelectionJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[16]
Vive La FranceRudolph Friml
Clifford Grey
1928The Three Musketeers[2]
Wait Till TomorrowJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Leave It to Jane[79]
We're CrooksJerome Kern1917Miss 1917[80]
West Point songSigmund Romberg1928Rosalie[81]
What I'm Longing to SayJerome Kern1917Leave It to Jane[82]
What! What! What!Armand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
What's The Use?Louis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
When the Ships Come HomeJerome Kern1920That Little Thing[83]
When You Are in ChinaArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
When You Take the Road With MeJerome Kern1923The Beauty Prize[19]
When You're Full of TalkJerome Kern
Herbert Reynolds
1916Miss Springtime[37]
The Whippoorwill WaltzJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Why Don't They Hand It to Me?Emmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[23]
Why Must We always be DreamingSigmund Romberg1928Rosalie[84]
Why?Jerome Kern1917Leave It to Jane[85]
Wild RoseJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[15]
Will You Forget?Emmerich Kálmán1917The Riviera Girl[86]
Women Haven't Any Mercy on a ManIvan Caryll
Guy Bolton
1918The Girl Behind the Gun[26]
Words Are Not Needed (Every Day)Jerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![24]
WorriesJerome Kern1924Sitting Pretty[87]
YaleArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
A Year from TodayJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1924Sitting Pretty[1]
YesterdayArmand Vecsey1919The Rose of China[12]
You Can't Keep a Good Girl DownJerome Kern
Clifford Grey
1920Sally[88]
You Can't Make Love by WirelessJerome Kern
George Grossmith, Jr.
1923The Beauty Prize[89]
You Found Me and I Found YouJerome Kern1918Oh, Lady! Lady!![90]
You Never Knew About MeJerome Kern
Guy Bolton
1917Oh, Boy![21]
You Never KnowLouis Hirsch
Guy Bolton
1918Oh, My Dear![4]
You Said SomethingJerome Kern1917Have a Heart[91]
You, You, YouGuy Jones1907The Gay Gordons[7]
You'll Find Me Playing Mah-JonggJerome Kern1923The Beauty Prize[19]
Your EyesRudolf Friml1928The Three Musketeers[92]
You're the TopCole Porter1934Anything GoesLyrics re-written by Wodehouse for British version
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