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Foster's Complete Songs, listed alphabetically

 

For a list of Foster's songs arranged chronologically, go here.

 

 

 

Abolition Show, The or The Great Baby Show (1856) words: Foster; music: air "Villikins & his Dinah"

 

Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway! (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Ah! My Child! [Ah mon fils] (1851) words: Scribe; music: G. Meyerbeer; trans.: Foster

 

All Day Long (1864)* word and music by Foster

 

Angelina Baker (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Angels are Singing Unto Me (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Annie My Own Love (1853) words: Charles Shiras; music: Foster

 

Autumn Waltz (1856) music: Foster

 

Away Down Souf (1848) words and music by Foster

 

Beautiful Child of Song (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Beautiful Dreamer (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Beautiful Shore, The (1863) words: Mrs. O.S. Matteson; music: Foster

 

Better Times (Days) Are Coming (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Bright Hills of Glory, The (1863) words: Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder; music: Foster

 

Bring My Brother Back to Me (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Bury Me in the Morning Mother (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Camptown Races, De [Gwine to Run All Night] (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Cane Brake Jig (see Old Folks Quadrilles) words and music by Foster

 

Choral Harp (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming (1855) words and music by Foster

 

Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again (1854) words and music by Foster

 

Comrades Fill No Glass for Me (1855) words and music by Foster

 

Cora Dean (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Dearer than Life! [Meet Me Tonight Dearest] (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Dolcy Jones (1849) words and music by Foster

 

Dolly Day (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Don't Be Idle (1863) words: Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder; music: Foster

 

Don't Bet Your Money on de Shanghai (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Down Among the Cane Breaks (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Dream of My Mother and My Home, A (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Ellen Bayne (1854) words and music by Foster

 

Eulalie (1851) words: H.S. Cornwall; music: Foster

 

Fairy-Belle (1859) words and music by Foster

 

Farewell Mother Dear (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Farewell My Lilly Dear (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Farewell! Old Cottage (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Farewell Sweet Mother (1861) words and music by Foster

 

For the Dear Old Flag I Die! (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

For Thee, Love, For Thee (1859) words: Wm. Henry McCarthy; music: Foster

 

Gentle Annie (1856) words and music by Foster

 

Gentle Lena Clare (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Give the Stranger Happy Cheer (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Give This to Mother (1864) words: S.W. Harding; music: Foster

 

Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Glendy Burk (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Great Baby Show, The [The Abolition Show] (1856) words: Foster; music: anonymous

 

Happy Hours at Home (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Hard Times Come Again No More (1854) words and music by Foster

 

He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters (1863) words: Joseph Gilmore; music: Foster

 

Holiday Schottisch (1853) words and music by Foster

 

Hour for Thee and Me, The (1852) words and music by Foster

 

I Cannot Sing To-night (1852) words: G.F. Banister; music: Foster

 

I See Her Still in My Dreams (1857) words and music by Foster

 

I Will Be True to Thee (1862) words and music by Foster

 

I Would Not Die in Spring Time (1850) words and music by Foster

 

I Would Not Die in Summer Time (1851) words and music by Foster I'd Be a Fairy (1863) words and music by Foster I'll Be a Soldier (1861) words and music by Foster

 

I'll Be Home To-morrow (1862) words and music by Foster

 

If You've Only Got a Moustache (1864) words: George Cooper; Music: Foster

 

In the Eye Abides the Heart (1851) author: Franz von Kobell; music: Frank Abt; trans: Foster

 

Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair (1854) words and music by Foster

 

Jenny June (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Jenny's Coming O'er the Green (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Katy Bell (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Kiss Me Dear Mother [Ere I Die] (1869) words and music by Foster

 

Kissing in the Dark (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Larry's Good Bye (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Laura Lee (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Leave Me with My Mother (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Lena Our Loved One is Gone (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Lily Ray (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Linda Has Departed (1859) words: Wm. Henry McCarthy; music: Foster

 

Linger in Blissful Repose (1858) words and music by Foster

 

Little Ballad Girl, The (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Little Belle Blair (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Little Ella (1853) words and music by Foster

 

Little Ella's an Angel (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Little Jenny Dow (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Little Mac! Little Mac! You're the Very Man (1864)* words: Henrietta Foster Thornton?; music: Foster?

 

Lizzie Dies Tonight (1861) words: Mary Bynon Reese; music: Foster

 

Long Ago Day (1931)* words and music by Foster

 

Lou'siana Belle (1847) words and music by Foster

 

Love I Bear to Thee, The (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Lula Is Gone (1858) words and music by Foster

 

Maggie By My Side (1852) words and music by Foster

 

Mary Loves the Flowers (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Massa's in de Cold Ground (1852) words and music by Foster

 

Meet Me Tonight Dearest [Dearer Than Life] (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Melinda May (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Merry Little Birds Are We (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Merry, Merry Month of May, The (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Mine is the Mourning Heart (1861) words and music by Foster Molly Dear, Good Night (1861) words and music by Foster Molly, Do You Love Me? (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Mr. & Mrs. Brown (1864) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

My Angel Boy I Cannot See Thee Die (1858) words: John Brougham; music: Foster

 

My Boy is Coming From the Way (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

My Brodder (Brudder) Gum (1849) words and music by Foster

 

My Hopes Have Departed Forever (1851) words: James Gates Percival; music Foster

 

My Loved One and My Own or Eva (1858) words and music by Foster

 

My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night! (1853) words and music by Foster

 

My Wife is a Most Knowing Woman (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Nell and I (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Nelly Bly (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Nelly Was a Lady (1849) words and music by Foster

 

No Home, No Home (1862) words and music by Foster

 

No One to Love? [Why No One to Love?] (1862) words and music by Foster

 

None Shall Weep a Tear for Me (1860) words: Richard Henry Wilde; music: Foster

 

Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier [I'm Nothing...] (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Oh! Boys Carry Me 'Long (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Oh! Lemuel! (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Oh! Susanna (1848) words and music by Foster

 

Oh! Tell Me of My Mother (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Oh! There's No Such Girl as Mine (1863) words: Samuel Lover; music: Foster

 

Oh! 'tis Glorious (1863) words: Edward Nevin; music: Foster

 

Oh! Why Am I so Happy? (1863) words: Francis D. Murtha; music: Foster

 

Old Black Joe (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Old Dog Tray (1853) words and music by Foster

 

Old Folks at Home [Swanee River] (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Old Folks Quadrilles (1853) words and music by Foster

 

Old Memories (1853) words and music by Foster

 

Once I Loved Thee, Mary Dear (1851) words: Wm. Cullen Crookshank; music: Foster

 

Onward and Upward! (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Open Thy Lattice Love (1844) words: George Pope Morris; music: Foster

 

Our Bright, Bright Summer Days Are Gone (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Our Darling Kate (1865) words: John Mahon; music: Foster

 

Our Willie Dear is Dying (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Over the River (1863) words: H.C.; music: Foster

 

Parthenia to Ingomar (1859) words: Wm. Henry McCarthy; music: Foster

 

Penny for Your Thoughts, A! (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Poor Drooping Maiden (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Praise the Lord! (1867) words and music by Foster

 

Pure, the Bright, the Beautiful, The (1863) author: Charles Dickens?; music: Foster

 

Ring, Ring de Banjo! (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing (1858) words: Eliza Sheridan Carey; music: Foster

 

Santa Anna's Retreat from Buena Vista (1848) words and music by Foster

 

Seek and Ye Shall Find (1863) words and music by Foster

 

She Was All the World to Me (1864) words: Dr. Duffy; music: Foster

 

Sitting by My Own Cabin Door (1864) words and music by Foster

 

Slumber My Darling (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Social Orchestra (1854) authors & music: Various; arr.: Foster

 

Soiree Polka (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Soldier in de Colored Brigade, A (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Soldier's Home, The (1863) author: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Some Folks (1855) words and music by Foster

 

Somebody's Coming to See Me Tonight (1864) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Song of All Songs, The (1863) words: John Poole?; music: Foster

 

Spirit of My Song, The (1850) words: Metta Victoria Fuller; music: Foster

 

Stand Up for the Truth (1863) words: J.C.; music: Foster

 

Stay Summer Breath (1848) words and music by Foster

 

Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Summer Longings (1849) words: Denis Florence McCarthy; music: Foster

 

Sweet Emerald Isle that I Love So Well (1866) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair (1851) words: Charles G. Eastman; music: Foster

 

Tears Bring Thoughts of Heaven (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Tell me Love of Thy Early Dreams (1864) words and music by Foster

 

Tell Me of Angels, Mother (1863) words and music by Foster

 

That's What's the Matter (1862) words and music by Foster

 

There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

There Was a Time (1863) words: James D. Byrne; music: Foster

 

There's a Good Time Coming (1846) words: Charles Mackay; music: Foster

 

This Rose Will Remind You (1931)* words and music by Foster

 

Thou Art the Queen of My Song (1859) words and music by Foster

 

Thousand Miles From Home, A (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Tioga Waltz (1896)* words and music by Foster

 

Turn Not Away! (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Uncle Ned [Old Uncle Ned] (1848) words and music by Foster

 

Under the Willow She's Sleeping (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Village Bells Polka (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Village Maiden, The (1855) words and music by Foster

 

Virginia Belle (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Voice of Bygone Days, The (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Voices That Are Gone, The (1865) words and music by Foster

 

Was My Brother in the Battle? (1862) words and music by Foster

 

Way Down in Ca-i-ro (1850) words and music by Foster

 

Way Down South in Alabama (1848)* words and music by Foster

 

Way Down Upon the Swanee River [see Old Folks at Home]

 

We Are Coming Father Abraam, 300,000 More (1862) words: James Sloane Gibbons; music: Foster

 

We Will Keep a Bright Lookout (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

We'll All Meet Our Savior (1863) words and music by Foster

 

We'll Still Keep Marching On (1863) words: Mrs. Mary Ann Kidder; music: Foster

 

We'll Tune Our Hearts (1863) words and music by Foster

 

We've a Million in the Field (1862) words and music by Foster

 

What Does Every Good Child Say? (1867) words: anonymous; music: Foster

 

What Must a Fairy's Dream Be? (1847) words and music by Foster

 

What Shall the Harvest Be? (1863) words: Emily Sullivan Oakey; music: Foster

 

When Dear Friends Are Gone (1864) words and music by Foster

 

When Old Friends Were Here (1864) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

This Dreadful War is Ended (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Where Has Lula Gone? (1858) words and music by Foster

 

Where is Thy Spirit Mary? (1847) words and music by Foster

 

While the Bowl Goes Round (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

While We Work for the Lord (1863) words and music by Foster

 

White House Chair, The (1856) words and music by Foster

 

Why Have My Loved Ones Gone? (1861) words and music by Foster

 

Wife, The or He'll Come Home (1860) words and music by Foster

 

Willie Has Gone to War (1863) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

Willie My Brave (1851) words and music by Foster

 

Willie We Have Missed You (1854) words and music by Foster

 

Willie's Gone to Heaven (1863) words and music by Foster

 

Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love? (1851) words: Shakespeare; music: Foster

 

Wilt Thou Be True? (1864) words: George Cooper; music: Foster

 

*Doubtful Work This work is included in a section entitled "Works of Doubtful Authenticity" in The Music of Stephen C. Foster: A Critical Edition by Deane Root and Stephen Saunders. For further information on why this may not be a work of Foster's please consult the Critical Edition (bibliographic information on this book may be found here.)


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