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

 § Author § 

Stephen Collins Foster (1826 - 1864)

(Also see this author's vocal compositions.)

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

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Special notes: All titles and first lines are included in this index, including those used by composers.
Titles used by the text author appear in boldface. First lines appear in italics.
A language code in a blue rectangle like ENG indicates that a translation to that language is available.
A grey rectangle like FRE indicates a particular translation (usually one set to music) exists but isn't yet available.

  • 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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