Texts by S. Foster set in Art Songs and Choral Works

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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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 - G. Crumb, S. Foster (Beautiful Dreamer)
• Beautiful Dreamer (Beautiful Dreamer, wake unto me) - G. Crumb, 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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