Author: Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)
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- A dream of my mother and my home (My Mother and my home) - S. Foster
- Ah! may the red rose live alway (Ah! may the red rose live alway) - S. Foster
- Ah! My Child! (Ah mon fils) (Ah! my child! Ah! my child!) - S. Foster
- Ah! my child! Ah! my child! - S. Foster
- Ah! the voice of by gone days - S. Foster (Voice of bygone days)
- Angelina Baker (Way down on de old plantation) - S. Foster
- A penny for your thoughts (A penny for your thoughts!) - S. Foster
- As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day - S. Foster (The song of all songs)
- A thousand miles from home (Far from the childhood's scene, with weary steps I roam) - S. Foster
- At midnight hour when all alone - S. Foster (The love I bear to thee)
- Away down Souf (We'll put for de souf -- Ah! dat's the place) - S. Foster
- Beautiful child of song (Come, I came longing to hear thee) - S. Foster
- Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me CHI - S. Foster (Beautiful Dreamer)
- Beautiful Dreamer (Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me) - S. Foster CHI
- Bend o'er my pillow my mother dear - S. Foster (Kiss me, dear mother)
- Better times are coming (There are voices of hope that are borne on the air) - S. Foster
- Blame not those who weep and sigh - S. Foster (Tears bring thoughts of Heaven)
- Bloom bright fair flowers around the white stone - S. Foster (Eva)
- Bloom bright fair flowers around the white stone (My loved one and my own) - S. Foster
- Bury me in the morning, mother (Lay me down where the grass is green, mother) - S. Foster
- Choral harp (Murmur on, murmur on, all your melodies sweet) - S. Foster
- Come all ye men of every state - S. Foster (The White House chair)
- Come, I came longing to hear thee - S. Foster (Beautiful child of song)
- Come where my love lies dreaming (Come where my love lies dreaming) - S. Foster
- Come with thy sweet voice again (Come with thy sweet voice again) - S. Foster
- Comrades, fill no glass for me (Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me) - S. Foster
- Cora Dean (Near the broad Atlantic waters) - S. Foster
- De Camptown ladies sing dis song - S. Foster
- De Camptown Races (De Camptown ladies sing dis song) - S. Foster
- De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat - S. Foster (The Glendy Burk)
- Dere was an old nigga dey calld him Uncle Ned - S. Foster
- De Shanghai chicken when you put him in de pit - S. Foster
- De time is nebber dreary - S. Foster
- Dolcy Jones (Oh! ladies dont you wonder) - S. Foster
- Dolly Day (I've told you 'bout de banjo) - S. Foster
- Don't bet your money on de Shanghai (De Shanghai chicken when you put him in de pit) - S. Foster
- Down among the cane brakes (Once I could laugh and play) - S. Foster
- Down on de Mississippi floating - S. Foster (Nelly was a lady)
- Ellen Bayne (Soft be thy slumbers) - S. Foster
- Eva (Bloom bright fair flowers around the white stone) - S. Foster
- Fairer than the golden morning - S. Foster (Virginia Belle)
- Fairy Belle (The pride of the village and the fairest in the dell) - S. Foster
- Farewell! mother dear, I go - S. Foster (Farewell mother dear)
- Farewell mother dear (Farewell! mother dear, I go) - S. Foster
- Farewell my Lilly dear (Lilly dear, it grieves me) - S. Foster ITA
- Farewell! old cottage (Farewell! old cottage) - S. Foster
- Farewell sweet mother (Farewell sweet mother) - S. Foster
- Far from the childhood's scene, with weary steps I roam - S. Foster (A thousand miles from home)
- Father of love - S. Foster (Give us this day our daily bread)
- Fondly old memories - S. Foster (Old memories)
- Gentle Annie (Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie) - S. Foster
- Gentle Lena Clare (I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare) - S. Foster
- Give the stranger happy cheer (Give the stranger happy cheer) - S. Foster
- Give us this day our daily bread (Father of love) - S. Foster
- Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay ITA - S. Foster
- Gwine to run all night (De Camptown ladies sing dis song) - S. Foster
- Happy hearts may feel no gloom - S. Foster (When dear friends are gone)
- Happy hours at home (I sit me down by my own fireside) - S. Foster
- Hard times, come again no more (While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay) - S. Foster IRI ITA
- He’ll come home - S. Foster (He'll come home)
- He’ll come home (The wife) - S. Foster
- Ho! little girl, so dressed with care! - S. Foster (The little ballad girl)
- Hurrah for the Bigler boys (They say that Johnston’s up once more) - S. Foster
- I came from Alabama, Wid a banjo on my knee
- I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee - S. Foster
- I'd be a fairy (In the cheerful days of spring) - S. Foster
- I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair - S. Foster, N. Rorem
- I'll be a soldier and march to the drum - S. Foster (I'll be a soldier)
- I'll be a soldier (I'll be a soldier and march to the drum) - S. Foster
- I'll be home tomorrow (I've wander'd far from those I love, and many years have pass'd) - S. Foster
- I long for thee; must I long and long in vain? - S. Foster
- I'm nothing but a plain old soldier (I'm nothing but a plain old soldier) - S. Foster
- I'm nothing but a plain old soldier - S. Foster (Nothing but a plain old soldier)
- Im Sonnenschein liegt mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim ENG ITA (Text: Anonymous after Stephen Collins Foster) [x] - S. Foster
- I'm thinking of sweet Lena Clare - S. Foster
- In the cheerful days of spring - S. Foster (I'd be a fairy)
- In the eye abides the heart (In the eye abides the heart) - S. Foster
- I remember the days of our youth and love - S. Foster (Our bright, bright summer days are gone)
- I see her still in my dreams (While the flow'rs bloom in gladness and spring bird rejoice) - S. Foster
- I sit me down by my own fireside - S. Foster (Happy hours at home)
- I've told you 'bout de banjo - S. Foster (Dolly Day)
- I've wander'd far from those I love, and many years have pass'd - S. Foster (I'll be home tomorrow)
- I will be true to thee (I will be true to thee) - S. Foster
- I would not die in Spring time (I would not die in Spring time) - S. Foster
- I would not die in Summer time (I would not die in Summer time) - S. Foster
- Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair) - S. Foster, N. Rorem
- Jenny's coming o'er the green (Jenny's coming o'er the green) - S. Foster
- Kiss me, dear mother (Bend o'er my pillow my mother dear) - S. Foster
- Laura Lee (Why has thy merry face) - S. Foster
- Lay me down where the grass is green, mother - S. Foster (Bury me in the morning, mother)
- Leave me with my mother for her voice is sweet - S. Foster (Leave me with my mother)
- Leave me with my mother (Leave me with my mother for her voice is sweet) - S. Foster
- Let all tongues of every nation - S. Foster (Praise the Lord!)
- Lilly dear, it grieves me ITA - S. Foster (Farewell my Lilly dear)
- Lily Ray (While in their sunny bowers) - S. Foster
- Linger in blissful repose (Linger in blissful repose) - S. Foster
- Little Belle Blair (We have made a grave for little Belle Blair) - S. Foster
- Little Ella, fairest, dearest - S. Foster (Little Ella)
- Little Ella's an angel in the skies - S. Foster (Little Ella's an angel)
- Little Ella's an angel (Little Ella's an angel in the skies) - S. Foster
- Little Ella (Little Ella, fairest, dearest) - S. Foster
- Little Jenny Dow lives beyond the mill - S. Foster (Little Jenny Dow)
- Little Jenny Dow (Little Jenny Dow lives beyond the mill) - S. Foster
- Little voices laughing free - S. Foster (Where has Lula gone? )
- Little Willie's gone to Heaven - S. Foster (Willie's gone to Heaven)
- Lou'siana Belle (Lou’siana's de same old state) - S. Foster
- Lou’siana's de same old state - S. Foster (Lou'siana Belle)
- Lubly Melinda, come now my dear - S. Foster (Melinda May)
- Lula is gone (With a heart forsaken I wander) - S. Foster
- Maggie by my side (The land of my home is flitting) - S. Foster
- Mary loves the flowers (Mary loves the flowers!) - S. Foster
- Massa's in de cold ground (Round de meadows am a ringing) - S. Foster
- Mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim (Im Sonnenschein liegt mein Alt-Kentucky-Heim) - S. Foster ENG ITA (Text: Anonymous after Stephen Collins Foster) [x]
- Melinda May (Lubly Melinda, come now my dear) - S. Foster
- Merry little birds are we (The summer's coming on) - S. Foster
- Mine is the mourning heart (Thou hast roam'd under summer skies whilst I have weathered the storm) - S. Foster
- Molly dear, good night (Molly dear, I cannot linger) - S. Foster
- Molly dear, I cannot linger - S. Foster (Molly dear, good night)
- Molly do you love me? (Molly do you love me?) - S. Foster
- Mother, dear mother, 'tis sweet to know - S. Foster (Mother, thou'rt faithful to me)
- Mother, thou'rt faithful to me (Mother, dear mother, 'tis sweet to know) - S. Foster
- Murmur on, murmur on, all your melodies sweet - S. Foster (Choral harp)
- My Brodder Gum (White Folks I'll sing for you) - S. Foster
- My loved one and my own (Bloom bright fair flowers around the white stone) - S. Foster
- My Mother and my home - S. Foster (A dream of my mother and my home)
- My Old Kentucky Home (The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home) - S. Foster ITA GER
- My time of life is waning fast - S. Foster (Sitting by my own cabin door)
- My wife is a most knowing woman (My wife is a most knowing woman) - S. Foster
- Near the broad Atlantic waters - S. Foster (Cora Dean)
- Nell and I (We parted in the spring time of life) - S. Foster
- Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly! - S. Foster
- Nelly Bly (Nelly Bly! Nelly Bly!) - S. Foster
- Nelly was a lady (Down on de Mississippi floating) - S. Foster
- No home! no home on my weary way I seek - S. Foster (No home. No home)
- No home. No home (No home! no home on my weary way I seek) - S. Foster
- No one to love in this beautiful world [possibly misattributed] - S. Foster (No one to love)
- No one to love (No one to love in this beautiful world) - S. Foster [possibly misattributed]
- Nothing but a plain old soldier (I'm nothing but a plain old soldier) - S. Foster
- Oh! Boys carry me 'long (Oh! carry me 'long) - S. Foster
- Oh! carry me 'long - S. Foster (Oh! Boys carry me 'long)
- Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me - S. Foster (Comrades, fill no glass for me)
- Oh! ladies don't you blush - S. Foster
- Oh! ladies dont you wonder - S. Foster (Dolcy Jones)
- Oh! Lemuel my lark - S. Foster (Oh! Lemuel!)
- Oh! Lemuel! (Oh! Lemuel my lark) - S. Foster
- Oh! Susanna (I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee) - S. Foster
- Oh! Tell me of my mother (Tell me, tell me, gentle lady) - S. Foster
- Oh! Willie is it you, dear - S. Foster (Willie, we have missed you)
- Old Black Joe (Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay) - S. Foster ITA
- Old Dog Tray (The morn of life is past) - S. Foster
- Old memories (Fondly old memories) - S. Foster
- Old Uncle Ned (Dere was an old nigga dey calld him Uncle Ned) - S. Foster
- Once I could laugh and play - S. Foster
- On the lonely seabeat shore - S. Foster (Willie my brave)
- On the seventeenth day of September you know (The Abolition Show) - S. Foster
- On the seventeenth day of September you know - S. Foster (The Great Baby Show)
- Our bright, bright summer days are gone (I remember the days of our youth and love) - S. Foster
- Our Willie, dear, is dying, love - S. Foster (Our Willie, dear, is dying)
- Our Willie, dear, is dying (Our Willie, dear, is dying, love) - S. Foster
- Poor drooping maiden sighing on a bright summer's day - S. Foster (Poor drooping maiden)
- Poor drooping maiden (Poor drooping maiden sighing on a bright summer's day) - S. Foster
- Praise the Lord! (Let all tongues of every nation) - S. Foster
- Ring, ring de banjo (De time is nebber dreary) - S. Foster
- Roaming with thee, I am happy and free - S. Foster (Sweet little maid of the mountain)
- Round de meadows am a ringing - S. Foster
- Seek and ye shall find (Who has our Redeemer heard) - S. Foster
- Sitting by my own cabin door (My time of life is waning fast) - S. Foster
- Slumber my darling, thy mother is near - S. Foster (Slumber my darling)
- Slumber my darling (Slumber my darling, thy mother is near) - S. Foster
- Soft be thy slumbers - S. Foster (Ellen Bayne)
- Some folks like to sigh - S. Foster
- Some folks (Some folks like to sigh) - S. Foster
- Stay summer breath (Summer breath, Summer breath, whisp'ring low) - S. Foster
- Suffer little children to come unto me (What did our Lord and Savior say) - S. Foster
- Summer breath, Summer breath, whisp'ring low - S. Foster (Stay summer breath)
- Sweet little maid of the mountain (Roaming with thee, I am happy and free) - S. Foster
- Tears bring thoughts of Heaven (Blame not those who weep and sigh) - S. Foster
- Tell me love of thy early dreams (Tell me love of thy early dreams) - S. Foster
- Tell me of the angels, mother (Tell me of the angels, mother) - S. Foster
- Tell me, tell me, gentle lady - S. Foster (Oh! Tell me of my mother)
- Tell me, tell me, weary soldier from the rude and stirring wars - S. Foster, J. Heggie
- That's what's the matter (We live in hard and stirring times) - S. Foster
- The Abolition Show (On the seventeenth day of September you know) - S. Foster
- The angels are singing unto me (When my mother's hands are o'er me spread) - S. Foster
- The flags are flying - S. Foster (We've a million in the field)
- The Glendy Burk (De Glendy Burk is a mighty fast boat) - S. Foster
- The Great Baby Show (On the seventeenth day of September you know) - S. Foster
- The hour for thee and me (When day breaks forth on the dewy lawn) - S. Foster
- The land of my home is flitting - S. Foster
- The little ballad girl (Ho! little girl, so dressed with care!) - S. Foster
- The love I bear to thee (At midnight hour when all alone) - S. Foster
- The merry, merry month of May (We roamed the fields and river sides) - S. Foster
- The morn of life is past - S. Foster
- The pride of the village and the fairest in the dell - S. Foster (Fairy Belle)
- There are voices of hope that are borne on the air - S. Foster
- The song of all songs (As you've walked through the town on a fine summer's day) - S. Foster
- The summer's coming on - S. Foster (Merry little birds are we)
- The sun shines bright in My Old Kentucky home ITA GER
- The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home ITA GER - S. Foster (My Old Kentucky Home)
- The village bells are ringing - S. Foster
- The village maiden (The village bells are ringing) - S. Foster
- The voices that are gone (When the twilight shades fall o'er me) - S. Foster
- The White House chair (Come all ye men of every state) - S. Foster
- The wife (He’ll come home) - S. Foster
- They say that Johnston’s up once more - S. Foster (Hurrah for the Bigler boys)
- Thou art the queen of my song (I long for thee; must I long and long in vain?) - S. Foster
- Thou hast roam'd under summer skies whilst I have weathered the storm - S. Foster (Mine is the mourning heart)
- Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie - S. Foster (Gentle Annie)
- Turn not away! (Turn not away!) - S. Foster
- Under the willow she's laid with care - S. Foster (Under the willow she's sleeping)
- Under the willow she's sleeping (Under the willow she's laid with care) - S. Foster
- Virginia Belle (Fairer than the golden morning) - S. Foster
- Voice of bygone days (Ah! the voice of by gone days) - S. Foster
- Was my brother in the battle? (Tell me, tell me, weary soldier from the rude and stirring wars) - S. Foster, J. Heggie
- Way Down in Ca-i-ro (Oh! ladies don't you blush) - S. Foster
- Way down on de old plantation - S. Foster
- We have made a grave for little Belle Blair - S. Foster (Little Belle Blair)
- We live in hard and stirring times - S. Foster (That's what's the matter)
- We'll all meet our Savior, if we keep his sacred word - S. Foster (We'll all meet our Savior)
- We'll all meet our Savior (We'll all meet our Savior, if we keep his sacred word) - S. Foster
- We'll put for de souf -- Ah! dat's the place - S. Foster (Away down Souf)
- We'll tune our hearts to harmony - S. Foster (We'll tune our hearts)
- We'll tune our hearts (We'll tune our hearts to harmony) - S. Foster
- We parted in the spring time of life - S. Foster (Nell and I)
- We roamed the fields and river sides - S. Foster (The merry, merry month of May)
- We've a million in the field (The flags are flying) - S. Foster
- What did our Lord and Savior say - S. Foster (Suffer little children to come unto me)
- What must a Fairy's dream be (What must a Fairy's dream be) - S. Foster
- When day breaks forth on the dewy lawn - S. Foster (The hour for thee and me)
- When dear friends are gone (Happy hearts may feel no gloom) - S. Foster
- When my mother's hands are o'er me spread - S. Foster (The angels are singing unto me)
- When the twilight shades fall o'er me - S. Foster (The voices that are gone)
- Where has Lula gone? (Little voices laughing free) - S. Foster
- Where is thy spirit, Mary? (Where is thy spirit, Mary?) - S. Foster
- While in their sunny bowers - S. Foster (Lily Ray)
- While the flow'rs bloom in gladness and spring bird rejoice - S. Foster (I see her still in my dreams)
- While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay IRI ITA - S. Foster (Hard times, come again no more)
- White Folks I'll sing for you - S. Foster (My Brodder Gum)
- Who has our Redeemer heard - S. Foster (Seek and ye shall find)
- Why has thy merry face - S. Foster (Laura Lee)
- Why have my loved ones gone (Why have my loved ones gone) - S. Foster
- Why no one to love (No one to love in this beautiful world) - S. Foster [possibly misattributed]
- Willie my brave (On the lonely seabeat shore) - S. Foster
- Willie's gone to Heaven (Little Willie's gone to Heaven) - S. Foster
- Willie, we have missed you (Oh! Willie is it you, dear) - S. Foster
- With a heart forsaken I wander - S. Foster (Lula is gone)
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