Compositions, Arrangements and Books*
By W.C. Handy
| 1907 | In the Cotton Fields of Dixie (words by Harry H. Pace) |
| 1909 | Mister Crump (unpublished in original form) |
| 1912 | The Memphis Blues, or, Mister Crump (instrumental.; republished 1913 with words by George A. Norton |
| 1913 | The Jogo Blues (instrumental) The Girl You Never Met (words by Harry H. Pace) |
| 1914 | The St. Louis Blues The Yellow Dog Rag (title changed to Yellow Dog Blues) |
| 1915 | Joe Turner Blues Hail to the Spirit of Freedom (march) The Hesitating Blues Shoeboot's Serenade |
| 1916 | Old Miss (instrumental, 1918; words with J. Russel Robinson) In The Land Where Cotton Is King (words by Harry H. Pace) Aframerican Hymn (also for military band, mixed chorus and male chorus) |
| 1917 | Beale Street (title changed to Beale Street Blues) Thinking of Thee (words by Harry H. Pace) The Hooking Cow Blues (words by Douglass Williams) |
| 1918 | Keep The Love Ties Binding (with J.P. Schofield) The Kaiser's Got The Blues (words by Dorner C. Browne) No Name Waltz (with Charles Hillman) |
| 1919 | Though We're Miles Apart (words by J. Russel Robinson, music with Charles Hillman) |
| 1920 | Long Gone (from Bowling Green) (words by Chris Smith) The Rough Rocky Road (spiritual) |
| 1921 | Loveless Love Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (instrumental; 1922; words by J. Tim Brymn) |
| 1922 | John Henry Blues Ape Mister Eddie Sounding Brass and Tinkling Cymbals Southside |
| 1923 | Darktown Reveille (words by Walter Hirsch, music with Chris Smith) Harlem Blues Sundown Blues |
| 1924 | Atlanta Blues (Make Me One Pallet on Your Floor) (words by Dave Elman) The Basement Blues I'm Drinking From A Fountain That Never Runs Dry (spiritual) The Chicago Gouge The Gouge of Armour Avenue |
| 1926 | Friendless Blues (words by Mercedes Gilbert) Blue Gummed Blues (words by Dave Elman) Goin' to See My Sarah (folk song) Blues: An Anthology (book, with introduction and notes by Abbe Niles) |
| 1927 | Golden Brown Blues (words by Langston Hughes) The Birth of Jazz (words by Henry Troy, music with Chris Smith) Pasadena Give Me Jesus (spiritual) The White Man Said 'Twas So, So It Must Be So (words by Chris Smith) Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler (spiritual) |
| 1928 | I've Heard of a City Called Heaven (spiritual) Who's That Man? (words by Agnes Castleton, music with Spencer Williams) |
| 1929 | Wall Street Blues (words by Margaret Gregory) |
| 1930 | Somebody's Wrong About Dis Bible (spiritual; words by Arthur J. Neale) Go Down, Moses (spiritual, for pipe organ, military band and two pianos. |
| 1931 | Stand on the Rock a Little Longer (spiritual) Chantez Les Bas (Sing 'Em Low) We'll Go On and Serve the Lord (spiritual) |
| 1932 | Way Down South Where The Blues Began Opportunity (words by Walter Malone) |
| 1933 | In That Great Gettin' Up Morning (spiritual) I'll Be There In The Morning (spiritual) |
| 1934 | Mozambique (words by Arthur Porter) Annie Love |
| 1935 | Negrita (with D'Arteaga) Negro Authors And Composers of the United States (book) Vesuvius (words by Andy Razaf) I'll Never Turn Back No More (spiritual) 'Tis the Old Ship of Zion (spiritual) The Bridgegroom has Done Come (spiritual) |
| 1936 | The Good Lord Sent Me You (words by Elsie and Stella Francis) Nobody Knows The Trouble I See (spiritual) |
| 1937 | East St. Louis I'm Telling You in Front (words by Andy Razaf, music with Russell Wooding) Stand on That Sea of Glass (spiritual) |
| 1938 | W.C. Handy's Collection of Negro Spirituals (book) Beale Street Serenade (with Gene Van Ormer and Porter Grainger) I've Just Come From The Fountain (spiritual) My Lord's Writing All the Time (spiritual) Room Enough (spiritual) Been a Listening All de Day Long (spiritual) You Better Mind (spiritual) Get Right, Church (spiritual) See The Sign of the Judgement (spiritual) Children, You Will Be Called On (spiritual) I Want To Be Ready (spiritual) Gospel Train (spiritual) The Rocks and the Mountains (spiritual) Sunday Morning Band (spiritual) Turn Back Pharaoh's Army (spiritual) Judgement Day Is Rolling Around (spiritual) Rise, Shine, For Thy Light Is a-Coming (spiritual) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ((spiritual) Keep Me From Sinking Down (spiritual) One Found Worthy (spiritual) Jesus Goin' a Make Up My Dying Bed (spiritual) |
| 1940 | Black Patti (Sissieretta Jones) (with Chris Smith and Henry Troy) Finis (a tribute to Richard B. Harrison; with Andy Razaf) Remembered (impressions of Florence Mills; with Olive Lewis Handy and Joe Jordan) The Temple of Music (a tribute to Robert T. Motts; with Joe Jordan) The Memphis Blues, or, Mister Crump (new arrangement with lyrics by J. Russel Robinson) |
* Reprinted from Father Of The Blues, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957
