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
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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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