List of songs written by Stephen Foster


This is a list of songs written by Stephen Foster 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

TitlePublishedPublisherLyricistGenre
"Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway"1850F. D. Benteen
"All Day Long"1864 Holloway's Musical Monthly MagazineClara Morton
"Anadolia"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Angelina Baker" or "Angelina the Baker"1850F. D. Benteen
"The Angels Are Singing Unto Me"1863Horace Waters
"Annie My Own Love"1853Firth, Pond & Co.Charles P. Shiras
"The Anthenaeum Collection"1863Horace Waters
"Away Down South" or "Way Down Souf"1848W. C. Peters & Co.
"Beautiful Child of Song"1860Clark's School Visitor Magazine
"Beautiful Dreamer"1864Wm. A. Pond & Co.Published posthumously
"The Beautiful Shore"1863Horace WatersMrs. O. S. Matteson
"Better Times Are Coming" or "Better Days Are Coming"1862Horace Waters
"The Bright Hills of Glory"1863Horace WatersMary Ann Kidder
"Bring My Brother Back to Me"1863S. T. GordonGeorge Cooper
"Bury Me in the Morning, Mother"1863Horace Waters
"Camptown Races" or "Gwine to Run All Night"1850F. D. Benteen
"Cane Brake Jig" or "Plantation Jig"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"Choral Harp"1863Horace Waters
"Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming"1855Firth, Pond & Co.
"Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me"1855Miller & Beacham
"Cora Dean"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"Dearer Than Life!"1869 The Demorest Monthly MagazineGeorge Cooper
"Dolcy Jones"1849Firth, Pond & Co.
"Dolly Day"1850F. D. Benteen
"Don't Be Idle"1863Horace WatersMary Ann Kidder
"Don't Bet Your Money On de Shanghai"1861Firth, Pond & Co.
"Down Among the Cane Brakes"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"A Dream of My Mother and My Home" or "I Dream of My Mother" or "A Dream of My Mother Land"1862Horace Waters
"Ellen Bayne"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Eulalie"1851Firth, Pond & Co.Henry Sylvester Cornwall
"Fairy Belle"1859Firth, Pond & Co.
"Farewell Mother Dear"1861John J. Daly
"Farewell My Lilly Dear"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Farewell Old Cottage"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Farewell Sweet Mother"1861Firth, Pond & Co.
"Fighting for the Flag Day and Night"1865Horace Waters
"For the Dear Old Flag, I Die"1863Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"For Thee Love for Thee"1859Firth, Pond & Co.William Henry McCarthy
"Friendship with the World"Joseph C. Ludgatehymn
"Gentle Annie"1859Firth, Pond & Co.
"Gentle Lena Clare"1862S. T. Gordon
"Give the Stranger Happy Cheer"1851F. D. Benteen
"Give This to Mother"1864P. A. WundermannS. W. Harding
"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread"1863Horace Waters
"The Glendy Burk"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Great Baby Show" or "The Abolition Show"1856 Pittsburgh Post
"Happy Hours At Home"1862John J. Daly
"Hard Times Come Again No More" or "Hard Times"1855Firth, Pond & Co.
"He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters"1863Horace WatersJoseph Gilmore
"Heavenly Echoes"1867C. M. TremaineCompiled by Horace Waters
"The Holiday Schottisch"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Hour for Thee & Me"
"Hurrah for the Bigler Boys"1851Fletcher Hodges, Jr.
"I Cannot Sing to Night"1852Firth, Pond & Co.George F. Banister
"I See Her Still in My Dreams"1857Firth, Pond & Co.
"I Will Be True to Thee"1862Horace Waters
"I Would Not Die In Spring Time"1850F. D. Benteen
"I Would Not Die In Summer Time"1851F. D. Benteen
"I'd Be a Fairy"1863S. T. Gordon
"I'll Be a Soldier"1861John J. Daly
"I'll Be Home to Morrow"1862Firth, Pond & Co.
"If You've Only Got a Moustache"1864Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"Irene"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Jennie's Own Schottisch"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Jenny June"1863Firth, Pond & Co.George Cooper
"Jenny's Coming O'er the Green"1860 Clark's School Visitor Magazine
"Katy Bell"1863S. T. GordonGeorge Cooper
"Kiss Me Dear Mother "1869Wm. A. Pond & Co.
"Kissing In the Dark"1863John J. DalyGeorge Cooper
"Larry's Good Bye"1853S. T. GordonGeorge Cooper
"Laura Lee"1851F. D. Benteen
"Leave Me With My Mother"1863Horace Waters
"Lena Our Loved One is Gone"1863John J. DalyGeorge Cooper
"Lily Ray"1850Firth, Pond & Co.
"Linda Has Departed"1859Firth, Pond & Co.William Henry McCarthy
"Linger In Blissful Repose"1858Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Little Ballad Girl" or "'Tis My Father's Song"1860 Clark's School Visitor Magazine
"Little Belle Clair"1861John J. Daly
"Little Ella"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"Little Ella's an Angel!"1863Horace Waters
"Little Jenny Dow"1862Horace Waters
"Little Mac! Little Mac! You're the Very Man"1864J. Marsh
"Lizzie Dies To-Night"1861 Clark's School Visitor MagazineMary Rynon Reese
"Long-Ago Day"Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
"Lou'siana Belle"1847W. C. Peters & Co.
"The Love I Bear to Thee"1863Horace Waters
"Lula Is Gone"1858Firth, Pond & Co.
"Maggie by My Side"1852Firth, Pond & Co.
"Maria Bach Waltz"1944Evelyn Foster Morneweck, Chronicles of Stephen Foster's Family
"Mary Loves the Flowers"1850Firth, Pond & Co.
"Massa's In de Cold Ground"1852Firth, Pond & Co.
"Melinda May"1851F. D. Benteen
"Merry Little Birds Are We"1862Horace Waters
"The Merry, Merry Month of May"1862 Clark's School Visitor Magazine
"Mine Is the Mourning Heart"1861 Clark's School Visitor Magazine
"Molly"
"Molly Dear Good Night"1861Firth, Pond & Co.
"Molly! Do You Love Me?"1850F. D. Benteen
"Mother, Thou'rt Faithful to Me"1851F. D. Benteen
"Mr. & Mrs. Brown"1864Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"My Angel Boy, I Cannot See Thee Die"1865Wm. A. Pond & Co.H. Brougham
"My Boy Is Coming From the War"1863S. T. GordonGeorge Cooper
"My Brudder Gum"1849Firth, Pond & Co.
"My Hopes Have Departed Forever"1858Firth, Pond & Co.James Gates Percival
"My Loved One and My Own" or "Eva"1858Firth, Pond & Co.
"My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night" or "My Old Kentucky Home"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"My Wife Is a Most Knowing Woman"1863Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"Nee and I"1861John J. Daly
"Nelly Bly"1850Firth, Pond & Co.
"Nelly Was a Lady"1849Firth, Pond & Co.
"No Home, No Home"1862John J. Daly
"None Shall Weep a Tear for Me"1860Firth, Pond & Co.Richard Henry Wilde
"Nothing But a Plain Old Soldier"1863John J. Daly
"Oh! 'Tis Glorious!"1863Horace WatersEdward Nevin
"Oh! Boys Carry Me 'Long"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Oh! Lemuel!"1850F. D. Benteen
"Oh! Susanna" or "Susanna"1848C. Holt, Jr.First performance 1847
"Oh! Tell Me of My Mother"1861John J. Daly
"Oh! There's No Such Girl As Mine" or "There's No Such Girl As Mine"1863Horace WatersSamuel Lover
"Oh, Why Am I So Happy?"1863Horace WatersFrancis D. Murtha
"Old Black Joe"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"Old Dog Tray"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"Old Folks At Home" or "Swanee River" or "Way Down Upon de Swanee River"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Old Folks Quadrilles"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"Old Memories"1853Firth, Pond & Co.
"Old Uncle Ned" or "Uncle Ted"1848Millets Music Saloon
"Once I Loved Thee Mary Dear"1851Firth, Pond & Co.William Cullen Crookshank
"Onward and Upward!"1863Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"Open Thy Lattice Love"1844George WilligLyrics by George P. Morris
"Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone" or "Our Bright Bright Summer Days Are Gone"1861John J. Daly
"Our Willie Dear Is Dying"1861Firth, Pond & Co.
"Over the River"1863Horace Waters
"Parthenia to Ingomar"1859Firth, Pond & Co.William Henry McCarthy
"A Penny for Your Thoughts"1861Horace Waters
"Poor Drooping Maiden"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"Praise the Lord!"1867C. M. TremaineCompiled by Horace Waters
"The Pure, The Bright, The Beautiful"1863Horace Waters
"Ring de Banjo" or "Ring, Ring, de Banjo!"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing"1858Firth, Pond & Co.Eliza Sheridan Carey
"Santa Anna's Retreat From Buena Vista"1848Firth, Pond & Co.
"Seek and Ye Shall Find"1863Horace Waters
"She Was All the World to Me"1864Horace WatersDr. Duffy
"Sitting By My Own Cabin Door"1864John J. Daly
"Slumber My Darling"1862Horace Waters
"Soiree Polka"1850W. C. Peters
"A Soldier In de Colored Brigade"1863Firth, Pond & Co.George Cooper
"The Soldier's Home"1863S. T. GordonGeorge Cooper
"Some Folks"1855Firth, Pond & Co.
"Somebody's Coming to See Me to Night"1864D. S. HolmesGeorge Cooper
"The Song of All Songs"1863D. S. Holmes
"The Spirit of My Song"1850F. D. BenteenNetta Victoria Fuller
"Stand Up For the Truth"1863Horace Waters
"Stay Summer Breath"1848W. C. Peters & Co.
"Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me"1863Horace Waters
"Summer Longings"1849W. C. Peters & Co.Denis Florence McCarthy
"Sweet Emerald Isle That I Love So Well"1866John J. DalyGeorge Cooper
"Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain"1861John J. Daly
"Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair"1851F. D. BenteenCharles G. Eastman
"Tears Bring Thoughts of Heaven"1863Horace Waters
"Tell Me Love of Thy Early Dreams"1864John J. Daly
"Tell Me of the Angels, Mother"1864John J. Daly
"That's What's the Matter"1862Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Social Orchestra"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"There Are Plenty of Fish In the Sea"1862Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"There Was a Time"1863S. T. GordonJames D. Byrne
"There's a Good Time Coming"1846Peters & FieldCharles Mackay
"This Rose Will Remind You" or "My Story of Love"Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.New lyrics by Jack Lawrence
"Thou Are the Queen of My Song"1859Firth, Pond & Co.
"A Thousand Miles From Home"1870John J. Daly
"The Tioga Waltz"1896Morrison Foster, Biography: Songs and Musical Compositions of Stephen C. Foster
"Turn Not Away!"1850F. D. Benteen
"Under the Willow She's Sleeping"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Village Bells, Polka"1850F. D. Benteen
"Village Festival "1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Village Maiden"1855Firth, Pond & Co.
"Virginia Belle"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Voice of By Gone Days"1850Firth, Pond & Co.
"The Voices that Are Gone"1865Wm. A. Pond & Co.
"Was My Brother In the Battle?"1862Horace Waters
"Waters' Golden Harp" or "Water's Choral Harp"1863Horace Waters
"Way Down In Ca-i-ro"1850Firth, Pond & Co.
"Way Down South In Alabama"1848Millets Music Saloon
"We Are Coming Father Abraham, 300,000 More"1862S. T. GordonJames Sloane Gibbons
"We Will Keep a Bright Lookout"1863Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"We'll All Meet Our Saviour"1863Horace Waters
"We'll Still Keep Marching On"1863Horace WatersMary Ann Kidder
"We'll Tune Our Hearts"1863Horace Waters
"We've a Million In the Field"1862S. T. Gordon
"What Does Every Good Child Say?"1867C. M. TremaineCompiled by Horace Waters
"What Must a Fairy's Dream Be?"1847W. C. Peters
"What Shall the Harvest Be?"1863Horace WatersEmily Sullivan Oakey
"When Dear Friends Are Gone"1864P. A. Wundermann
"When Old Friends Were Here"1864Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"When This Dreadful War Is Ended" or "When This War Is Ended"1863Horace WatersGeorge Cooper
"Where Has Lula Gone"1858Firth, Pond & Co.
"Where Is Thy Spirit Mary"1895Geo. Mercer, Jr.View the archived, handwritten manuscript
"Where We Work for the Lord"1863Horace Waters
"The White House Chair"1856 Pittsburgh Post
"Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?"1861Horace Waters
"Why No One to Love?"1862S. T. Gordon
"The Wife or He'll Come Home"1860Firth, Pond & Co.
"Willie Has Gone to War"1863Wm. A. Pond & Co.View the archived, handwritten manuscript
"Willie My Brave"1851Firth, Pond & Co.
"Willie We Have Missed You"1854Firth, Pond & Co.
"Willie's Gone to Heaven"1863Horace Waters
"Wilt Thou Be Gone Love"1851Firth, Pond & Co.William Shakespeare
"Wilt Thou Be True?"1864Horace WatersGeorge Cooper