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The Music of Stephen C. Foster .
Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864)
1.
VOLUME 1 1844–1855
LOU'SIANA BELLE.
WHAT MUST A FAIRY'S DREAM BE?
Where Is Thy Spirit Mary?
UNCLE NED.
STAY SUMMER BREATH.
SUSANNA.
AWAY DOWN SOUF.
NELLY WAS A LADY.
MY BRODDER GUM.
DOLCY JONES.
CHO'S
MARY LOVES THE FLOWERS.
NELLY BLY
DOLLY DAY.
“GWINE TO RUN ALL NIGHT.”
ANGELINA BAKER.
“AH! MAY THE RED ROSE LIVE ALWAY!”
“WAY DOWN IN CA-I-RO.”
MOLLY DO YOU LOVE ME?
THE VOICE OF BY GONE DAYS.
I WOULD NOT DIE IN SPRING TIME.
TURN NOT AWAY!
LILY RAY
GIVE THE STRANGER HAPPY CHEER.
MELINDA MAY.
MOTHER, THOU'RT FAITHFUL TO ME.
FAREWELL! OLD COTTAGE.
RING, RING DE BANJO!
I WOULD NOT DIE IN SUMMER TIME
LAURA LEE.
OLD FOLKS AT HOME
WILLIE MY BRAVE.
FAREWELL MY LILLY DEAR.
MASSA'S IN DE COLD GROUND.
THE HOUR FOR THEE AND ME.
MAGGIE BY MY SIDE.
MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD-NIGHT!
OH! BOYS CARRY ME LONG.
OLD DOG TRAY
OLD MEMORIES.
LITTLE ELLA
ELLEN BAYNE.
WILLIE WE HAVE MISSED YOU.
JEANIE WITH THE LIGHT BROWN HAIR.
COME WITH THY SWEET VOICE AGAIN.
HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE.
COME WHERE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING.
SOME FOLKS.
THE VILLAGE MAIDEN.
COMRADES FILL NO GLASS FOR ME.
2.
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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SOME FOLKS.
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The following poem is scored for music in the source text.
Some folks like to sigh,
Some folks do, some folks do;
Some folks long to die,—
But that's not me nor you.
The Music of Stephen C. Foster .
