1883 Oct. 929/2 Little sermons in rhyme that are sure to catch the ear and to become hackneyed as a sidewalk song.
1962 29 Dec. 12/4 She shows what she means with a wide range of sorrowful work songs, joyous children's sidewalk songs and spirituals.
2007 D. Carr in E. Weisbard xviii. 275 These melancholic, patriotic sidewalk songs continued to be sung through the 1950s and 1960s.