The Melodies of Stephen C. Foster

This is one of a series of posts about books used as source material for Art Song Central.

Book Title: The Melodies of Stephen C. Foster
Composer: Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864)
Publisher: T. M. Walker
Copyright: 1909

There is a complete copy available for download at Google Books.

There is an extensive biographical introduction.

Songs:

  • Ah, May the Red Rose Live Alway
  • Angelina Baker
  • Annie, My Own Love
  • Away Down Souf
  • Beautiful Child of Song
  • Beautiful Dreamer
  • Bring My Brother Back to Me
  • Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
  • Come With Thy Sweet Voice Again
  • Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me
  • Cora Dean
  • Dolcy Jones
  • Dolly Day
  • Don’t Bet Your Money on de Shanghai
  • Down Among de Cane-Brakes
  • A Dream of My Mother and My Home
  • Ellen Bayne
  • Eulalie
  • Fairy-Belle
  • Farewell, Mother Dear
  • Farewell, My Lilly Dear
  • Farewell, Old Cottage
  • Farewell, Sweet Mother
  • For the Dear Old Flag I Die
  • For Thee, Love, For Thee
  • Gentle Annie
  • Gentle Lena Clare
  • Give the Stranger Happy Cheer
  • The Glendy Burke
  • Gwine to Run All Night
  • Hard Times Come Again No More
  • The Hour for Thee and Me
  • I Cannot Sing To-night
  • I’d Be a Fairy
  • If You’ve Only Got a Moustache
  • I’ll Be a Soldier
  • I’ll Be Home To-morrow
  • I See Her Still in My Dreams
  • I Will Be True to Thee
  • I Would Not Die in Spring Time
  • I Would Not Die in Summer Time
  • Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
  • Jenny June
  • Jenny’s Coming O’er the Green
  • Katy Bell
  • Kiss Me, Dear Mother
  • Larry’s Good Bye
  • Laura Lee
  • Lily Ray
  • Linda Has Departed
  • Linger in Blissful Repose
  • Little Belle Blair
  • Little Ella
  • Little Jennie Dow
  • Lizzie Dies To-night
  • Lou’siana Belle
  • The Love I Bear to Thee
  • Lula Is Gone
  • Maggie by My Side
  • Mary Loves the Flowers
  • Massa’s in de Cold Ground
  • Melinda May
  • Merry Little Birds Are We
  • Mine is the Mourning Heart
  • Molly, Dear, Good Night
  • Molly, Do You Love Me?
  • Mother, Thou’rt Faithful to Me
  • Mr. and Mrs. Brown
  • My Angel Boy
  • My Boy is Coming from the War
  • My Brudder Gum
  • My Loved One and My Own — Eva
  • My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
  • My Wife is a Most Knowing Woman
  • Nell and I
  • Nelly Bly
  • Nelly was a Lady
  • No Home, No Home
  • None Shall Weep a Tear for Me
  • Oh! Boys Carry Me ‘Long
  • Oh! Lemuel
  • Oh! Susanna
  • Oh! Why Am I So Happy?
  • Old Black Joe
  • Old Dog Tray
  • Old Folks at Home
  • Old Memories
  • Once I Loved Thee, Mary Dear
  • Open Thy Lattice, Love
  • Our Bright Summer Days Are Gone
  • Our Willie Dear Is Dying
  • Parthenia to Ingomar
  • A Penny for Your Thoughts
  • Poor Drooping Maiden
  • Ring, Ring de Banjo
  • Sadly to Mine Heart Appealing
  • She Was All the World to Me
  • Slumber, My Darling
  • The Soldier’s Home
  • A Soldier In the Colored Brigade
  • Some Folks
  • The Song of all Songs
  • The Spirit of My Song
  • Stay, Summer Breath
  • Summer Longings
  • Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain
  • Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
  • That’s What’s the Matter
  • There Are Plenty of Fish in the Sea
  • There Is No Such Girl As Mine
  • There’s a Good Time Coming
  • There’s a Land of Bliss
  • There Was A Time
  • Thou Art the Queen of My Song
  • Turn Not Away!
  • Uncle Ned
  • Under the Willow She’s Sleeping
  • The Village Maiden
  • Virginia Belle
  • The Voice of By-Gone Days
  • The Voices That Are Gone
  • Was My Brother in the Battle?
  • ‘Way Down in Cairo
  • We Are Coming, Father Abraam
  • We’ve a Million in the Field
  • What Must a Fairy’s Dream Be?
  • Where Has Lula Gone?
  • Where Is Thy Spirit, Mary?
  • When Old Friends Were Here
  • When This Dreadful War is Ended
  • Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?
  • Why No One to Love?
  • The Wife
  • Willie Has Gone to the War
  • Willie My Brave
  • Willie, We Have Missed You
  • Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?
  • Wilt Thou Be True?

Hymns:

  • The Angels Are Sighing Unto Me
  • The Beautiful Shore
  • Bury Me in the Morning, Mother
  • Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
  • He Leadeth Me Beside Still Waters
  • Little Ella’s An Angel
  • Leave Me With My Mother
  • Oh! ‘Tis Glorious
  • Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me
  • Seek and Ye Shall Find
  • There Is a Land of Love
  • Tears Bring Thoughts of Heaven
  • Willie’s Gone to Heaven
  • We’ll Still Keep Marching On
  • We’ll All Meet Our Saviour

Instrumental

  • The Tioga Waltz
  • Old Folks at Home – With Variations
  • Old Folks Quadrille
  • Village Bells Polka
  • Village Festival

Notes:
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