Deleting songs on my iPhone

There are two songs on my iPhone that I can not delete. When I swipe across the song, the delete option does not become available. Does anyone know how to remove those songs?

Hi Ms. Cox,
You can delete individual songs, artists, albums, playlists, compilations and composers from your iPhone. Swipe over one of the items above and tap on the red DELETE button.
This information is on page 61 of the iPhone User Guide
manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf
Delete a song from iPhone: In Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete.
The song is deleted from iPhone, but not from your iTunes library on your Mac or PC, or from iCloud.
I hope this information helps ...
- Judy

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