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List of songs written by Stephen Foster
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This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster (1826–1864) including those published posthumously. Foster may have written words and/or music for each song.
Several of Foster's songs have alternate titles which are included in the "Title" column along with the original title. The original title is always given first.
Table
| Title | Published | Publisher | Lyricist | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "All Day Long" | 1864 (April) | Holloway's Musical Monthly Magazine | Clara Morton | |
| "Anadolia" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Angelina Baker" or "Angelina the Baker" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "The Angels Are Singing Unto Me" | 1863 | Horace Waters[1] | ||
| "Annie My Own Love" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Charles P. Shiras | |
| "The Anthenaeum Collection" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Away Down South" or "Way Down Souf" | 1848 | W. C. Peters & Co. | ||
| "Beautiful Child of Song" | 1860 | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Beautiful Dreamer" | 1864 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | Published posthumously | |
| "The Beautiful Shore" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mrs. O. S. Matteson | |
| "Better Times Are Coming" or "Better Days Are Coming" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Bright Hills of Glory" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mary Ann Kidder | |
| "Bring My Brother Back to Me" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Bury Me in the Morning, Mother" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Cane Brake Jig" or "Plantation Jig" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Choral Harp" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me" | 1855 | Miller & Beacham | ||
| "Cora Dean" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Dearer Than Life!" | 1869 (February or March) | The Demorest Monthly Magazine | George Cooper | |
| "Dolcy Jones" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Dolly Day" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Don't Be Idle" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Mary Ann Kidder | |
| "Don't Bet Your Money On de Shanghai" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Down Among the Cane Brakes" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "A Dream of My Mother and My Home" or "I Dream of My Mother" or "A Dream of My Mother Land" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Ellen Bayne" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Eulalie" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Henry Sylvester Cornwall | |
| "Fairy Belle" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Mother Dear" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Farewell My Lilly Dear" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Old Cottage" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Farewell Sweet Mother" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Fighting for the Flag Day and Night" | 1865 | Horace Waters | ||
| "For the Dear Old Flag, I Die" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "For Thee Love for Thee" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Henry McCarthy | |
| "Friendship with the World" | Joseph C. Ludgate | hymn[2] | ||
| "Gentle Annie" | 1856 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Gentle Lena Clare" | 1862 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "Give the Stranger Happy Cheer" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Give This to Mother" | 1864 | P. A. Wundermann | S. W. Harding | |
| "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Glendy Burk" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Great Baby Show" or "The Abolition Show" | 1856 (September 26) | Pittsburgh Post | ||
| "Happy Hours At Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Hard Times Come Again No More" or "Hard Times" | 1855 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Joseph Gilmore | |
| "Heavenly Echoes" | 1867 | C. M. Tremaine | Compiled by Horace Waters | |
| "The Holiday Schottisch" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Hour for Thee & Me" | 1852 | |||
| "Hurrah for the Bigler Boys" | 1851 | Fletcher Hodges, Jr. | ||
| "I Cannot Sing to Night" | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | George F. Banister | |
| "I See Her Still in My Dreams" | 1857 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "I Will Be True to Thee" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "I Would Not Die In Spring Time" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "I Would Not Die In Summer Time" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "I'd Be a Fairy" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | ||
| "I'll Be a Soldier" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "I'll Be Home to Morrow" | 1862 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "If You've Only Got a Moustache" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Irene" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jennie's Own Schottisch" | 1854 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Jenny June" | 1863 | Firth, Pond & Co. | George Cooper | |
| "Jenny's Coming O'er the Green" | 1860 (July) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Katy Bell" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Kiss Me Dear Mother (Ere I Die)" | 1869 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | ||
| "Kissing In the Dark" | 1863 | John J. Daly | George Cooper | |
| "Larry's Good Bye" | 1853 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "Laura Lee" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Leave Me With My Mother" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Lena Our Loved One is Gone" | 1863 | John J. Daly | George Cooper | |
| "Lily Ray" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Linda Has Departed" | 1859 | Firth, Pond & Co. | William Henry McCarthy | |
| "Linger In Blissful Repose" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "The Little Ballad Girl" or "'Tis My Father's Song" | 1860 (December) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Little Belle Clair" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Little Ella" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Little Ella's an Angel!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Little Jenny Dow" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Little Mac! Little Mac! You're the Very Man" | 1864 | J. Marsh | Likely written by Henrietta Foster Thornton, Stephen's sister | |
| "Lizzie Dies To-Night" | 1861 (May) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | Mary Rynon Reese | |
| "Long-Ago Day" | Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. | |||
| "Lou'siana Belle" | 1847 | W. C. Peters & Co. | ||
| "The Love I Bear to Thee" | 1863 | Horace Waters | ||
| "Lula Is Gone" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Maggie by My Side" | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Maria Bach Waltz" | 1944 | Evelyn Foster Morneweck, Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family | ||
| "Mary Loves the Flowers" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Massa's In de Cold Ground" (“Oh, Dem Watermelons”) | 1852 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Melinda May" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Merry Little Birds Are We" | 1862 | Horace Waters | ||
| "The Merry, Merry Month of May" | 1862 (May) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Mine Is the Mourning Heart" | 1861 (July) | Clark's School Visitor Magazine | ||
| "Molly" | ||||
| "Molly Dear Good Night" | 1861 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Molly! Do You Love Me?" | 1850 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me" | 1851 | F. D. Benteen | ||
| "Mr. & Mrs. Brown" | 1864 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "My Angel Boy, I Cannot See Thee Die" | 1865 | Wm. A. Pond & Co. | H. Brougham | |
| "My Boy Is Coming From the War" | 1863 | S. T. Gordon | George Cooper | |
| "My Brudder Gum" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Hopes Have Departed Forever" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | James Gates Percival | |
| "My Loved One and My Own" or "Eva" | 1858 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" or "My Old Kentucky Home" | 1853 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman" | 1863 | Horace Waters | George Cooper | |
| "Nee and I" | 1861 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Nelly Bly" | 1850 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "Nelly Was a Lady" | 1849 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||
| "No Home, No Home" | 1862 | John J. Daly | ||
| "None Shall Weep a Tear for Me" | 1860 | Firth, Pond & Co. | Richard Henry Wilde | |
| "Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier" | 1863 | John J. Daly | ||
| "Oh! 'Tis Glorious!" | 1863 | Horace Waters | Edward Nevin | |
| "Oh! Boys Carry Me 'Long" | 1851 | Firth, Pond & Co. | ||