Welcome to PDHymns
A collection of Public Domain Hymns
Site launched on August 29, 2010"The ugliest looking hymn site on the internet."
No donations will be taken this year. A big thank you to J. Davis for his very generous and appreciated donation last year which will help PDHymns meet its hosting costs for the next couple of years.
Last Update: April 12, 2026
Previous updates: Mar. 17th, 20th, 24th, 30th; Apr. 2nd, 6th, 10th
(see Update History)
ONGOING PROJECTS
Adding sheet music from Church Hymnal Mennonite (1927) (A-Z)
Play "Name The Hymn" -try to guess the hymn from lyrical or music clues.
Name The Hymn #46 posted 08-04-25
Click above to check out the public domain hymnal "Great Hymns" available for download in Normal and Shaped Note editions.
TUNES section there are no lyrics in the sheet music.
Hymn Sheet Music and PPT
(dates are when last updated)
A - 04-12-26 I - 02-09-26 R - 03-09-26 B - 01-13-26 J - 02-15-26 S - 03-13-26 C - 01-16-26 K - 02-15-26 T - 03-30-26 D - 01-16-26 L - 02-20-26 The - 03-20-26 E - 01-16-26 M - 02-20-26 U - 03-30-26 F - 01-19-26 N - 02-26-26 V - 03-30-26 G - 01-24-26 O - 03-03-26 W - 04-06-26 H - 02-04-26 P - 03-03-26 X Children's - 03-13-26 Q - 09-20-19 Y - 01-06-25 Xmas - 11-26-25 Patriotic - 01-28-26 Z - 11-01-25 PPT Music
(4:3 and 16:9)
PPT Music: A-H PPT Music: I-Q PPT Music: R-Z PPT: Music Xmas
PPT Lyrics
4:3 only
Lyric Main TUNES
Sheet Music
Tunes Main
Jewish Hymn Sheet Music
(last updates)
Jewish: A-H - 09-30-25 Jewish: I-Q - 10-21-25 Jewish: R-Z - 11-19-25
Spanish Language
Espanol: A-H Espanol: I-Q Espanol: R-Z Biligual: SM & PPT
Other Sheet Music
Christmas Songbook for caroling, download here.
Internal Links
Complete Index (Excel) - PDF Catalogs - Update History (2010-2020) - Update History (2021-Present)
Hymnal Cross-Reference of 12 hymnals (Excel) - Disclaimer - External Links
Notes and Other Information
NOTE: There are some reports that the sheet music comes out all black except the borders and title when printed. While not sure why, this seems to always happen when opening and printing directly from the browser. The suggestion is to download the sheet music, open in Acrobat Reader and print. You don't need any special music fonts for the PDF files.
NOTE: PDF-L is lead (melody) only music since the harmony arrangement is copyrighted but the melody and words are Public Domain.
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