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The Music of Stephen C. Foster .

Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864)

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VOLUME 1 1844–1855
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VOLUME 2 1856–1869
  
GENTLE ANNIE.
  
The White House Chair
  
The Abolition Show
  
I SEE HER STILL IN MY DREAMS.
  
LULA IS GONE
  
LINGER IN BLISSFUL REPOSE
  
WHERE HAS LULA GONE
  
MY LOVED ONE AND MY OWN
  
FAIRY-BELLE.
  
THOU ART THE QUEEN OF MY SONG.
  
THE WIFE.
  
POOR DROOPING MAIDEN.
  
CORA DEAN
  
UNDER THE WILLOW SHE'S SLEEPING.
  
THE GLENDY BURK
  
Jenny's Coming O'er the Green.
  
Beautiful Child of Song.
  
OLD BLACK JOE.
  
DOWN AMONG THE CANE-BRAKES.
  
VIRGINIA BELLE.
  
The Little Ballad Girl.
  
MINE IS THE MOURNING HEART.
  
DON'T BET YOUR MONEY ON DE SHANGHAI.
  
MOLLY DEAR GOOD NIGHT.
  
OUR WILLIE DEAR IS DYING.
  
“Lizzie Dies To-Night.”
  
OUR BRIGHT, BRIGHT SUMMER DAYS ARE GONE
  
I'LL BE A SOLDIER
  
“WHY HAVE MY LOVED ONES GONE?”
  
OH! TELL ME OF MY MOTHER.
  
FAREWELL MOTHER DEAR.
  
SWEET LITTLE MAID OF THE MOUNTAIN
  
FAREWELL SWEET MOTHER.
  
LITTLE BELLE BLAIR
  
NELL AND I
  
“A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS!”
  
A THOUSAND MILES FROM HOME.
  
LITTLE JENNY DOW.
  
I WILL BE TRUE TO THEE.
  
The Merry, Merry Month of May.
  
A DREAM OF MY MOTHER AND MY HOME.
  
“THAT'S WHAT'S THE MATTER.”
  
BETTER TIMES ARE COMING.
  
SLUMBER MY DARLING.
  
MERRY LITTLE BIRDS ARE WE.
  
NO ONE TO LOVE.
  
NO HOME, NO HOME.
  
WAS MY BROTHER IN THE BATTLE?
  
I'LL BE HOME TO-MORROW.
  
HAPPY HOURS AT HOME
  
GENTLE LENA CLARE.
  
WE'VE A MILLION IN THE FIELD.
  
Beautiful Dreamer.
  
THE LOVE I BEAR TO THEE.
  
BURY ME IN THE MORNING, MOTHER.
  
LITTLE ELLA'S AN ANGEL!
  
“SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME.”
  
WILLIE'S GONE TO HEAVEN.
  
I'M NOTHING BUT A PLAIN OLD SOLDIER
  
I'D BE A FAIRY.
  
TEARS BRING THOUGHTS OF HEAVEN.
  
LEAVE ME WITH MY MOTHER.
  
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
  
SEEK AND YE SHALL FIND.
  
I WOULD A YOUTHFUL.
  
WE'LL ALL MEET OUR SAVIOUR.
  
FRIENDS OF THE POOR.
  
THE ANGELS ARE SINGING UNTO ME.
  
ON THE BANKS OF LIFE'S FAIR RIVER.
  
LENA OUR LOVED ONE IS GONE
  
TELL ME OF THE ANGELS, MOTHER.
  
HOW HAPPY.
  
WHILE WE WORK FOR THE LORD.
  
FOR A WHILE THE HEART GROWS WARM.
  
SITTING BY MY OWN CABIN DOOR
  
WHEN DEAR FRIENDS ARE GONE.
  
TELL ME LOVE OF THY EARLY DREAMS
  
The Voices That Are Gone
  
PRAISE THE LORD!
  
ETERNITY!
  
KISS ME DEAR MOTHER ERE I DIE.

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79

DOLLY DAY.

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The following poem is scored for music in the source text.

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I've told you 'bout de banjo,
De fiddle and de bow
Likewise about de cottonfield,
De shubble and de hoe;
I've sung about de bulgine
Dat blew de folks away,
And now I'll sing a little song
About my Dolly Day.

CHORUS.

Oh Dolly Day looks so gay,
I run all round and round,
To hear her fairy footsteps play,
As she comes o'er de ground.

2.

I like to see de clover
Dat grows about de lane,
I like to see de 'bacco plant,
I like de sugar cane;
But on de old plantation
Der's nothing half so gay,
Der's nothing dat I love so much
As my sweet Dolly Day.

Cho:

Oh Dolly Day &c

3.

When de work is over
I make de banjo play,
And while I strike de dulcem notes,
I think of Dolly Day.
Her form is like a posy—
De lily of de vale,
Her voice is far de sweetest sound
Dat floats upon de gale.

Cho:

Oh Dolly Day &c

4.

Massa give me money
To buy a peck of corn
I'se guine to marry Dolly Day
And build myself a barn;
Den when I'm old and feeble,
And when my head is grey,
I'll trabble down de hill of life
Along wid Dolly Day.

Cho:

Oh Dolly Day &c
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